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Hi folks, I'm trying to conduct a rich picture mapping activity from the soft systems methodology as part of a multi-day process I'm facilitating solely online. One of the assets of the activity that I'm hoping to harvest is the process of people putting symbols and illustration into a larger map to convey divergent feelings and meanings beyond words.? The challenge I've found is that most whiteboards online? can be hard to draw on(unless you have an iPad or a Surface), so I've? experienced facilitators rely more on typing or posting pictures. ? I'm a frequent Miro user.- Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did it go?
- Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity that relies more on creativity and art?
I appreciate any comments in advance.? Thank you!
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Hello Luis,
Would it be helpful if you pre-positioned copies of many images already added to the board so the participants could?pull them off the side and then place?them on the board?+ add minor modifications?
Alternatively, if you're using Google Drawings, people could pull in photos from across the web very quickly (screenshot).? One downside is that when each person adds a photo, it is quite large and takes up most of the screen.? So it might be necessary to first have a phase where everyone adds photos to the board and then a phase where everyone positions the photos where they need to be.? A tech host can quickly grab each one as it comes in, shrink it, and move it to the side for the participants to move after all the photos are in.
Please let us know what you come up with. Lucas Cioffi Lead Software Engineer,? Scarsdale, NY 917-528-1831
Hi folks, I'm trying to conduct a rich picture mapping activity from the soft systems methodology as part of a multi-day process I'm facilitating solely online. One of the assets of the activity that I'm hoping to harvest is the process of people putting symbols and illustration into a larger map to convey divergent feelings and meanings beyond words.? The challenge I've found is that most whiteboards online? can be hard to draw on(unless you have an iPad or a Surface), so I've? experienced facilitators rely more on typing or posting pictures. ? I'm a frequent Miro user.- Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did it go?
- Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity that relies more on creativity and art?
I appreciate any comments in advance.? Thank you!
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Hi Miranda,
I have been using padlet.com for this purpose. Multiple groups
(in breakout rooms, for example) can work on one padlet wall
simultaneously, add pictures (as well as text and audio). You can
then export the padlet wall as pdf or jpg etc. I agree that
whiteboards are not yet there. Padlet allows you to choose from
various layouts.
Christina
Am 15.07.2020 um 05:08 schrieb Luis
Miranda:
Hi folks,
I'm trying to conduct a rich picture mapping activity from the
soft systems methodology as part of a multi-day process I'm
facilitating solely online.
One of the assets of the activity that I'm hoping to harvest is
the process of people putting symbols and illustration into a
larger map to convey divergent feelings and meanings beyond
words.? The challenge
I've found is that most
whiteboards online? can be
hard to draw on(unless you have an iPad or a Surface), so I've? experienced
facilitators rely more on typing or posting pictures. ? I'm a
frequent Miro user.
- Has anyone managed to?pull off
facilitating a rich picture mapping activity
online?? If so, how did it go?
- Any?tools,
tricks, or tips would you recommend
to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an
activity that relies more on creativity and art?
I
appreciate any comments in advance.? Thank you!
?
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Hi Luis
- Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating?a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did?it go?
Yes, we do them using (see attached example where six people did a mapping exercise). It has worked really well (surpassing our expectations) in the three times we have done it.
- Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you?recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity that relies more on creativity and art?
Some things I think have contributed to it: - Spend loads of time in setting it up. Every last detail counts
- Where possible, we have done a version of the mapping first with someone (or some people) from the group of participants (e.g. their lead or their coordinator). This person is then a great interlocutor who both gives us feedback on what s/he thinks might give challenges to the group in advance. And, most importantly, they are also great at communicating tips and tricks to the others based on their own experience. ??
- In particular, attention to facilitating anything related to navigating the space, finding things¡ e.g. personalized links from the agenda to their space on the Mural
- A sandbox where people can play and experiment in advance of the session - with a links to a videos on how to add content in Mural.
- Each person¡¯s area has its own key - some icons, symbols and post-its that we have pre-chosen. They just have to drag and drop (or copy/paste) them into place. As people became more adventurous they start to look for their own. Related - people report that having a limited selection of icons (rather than the thousands offered by Mural) helped them to focus on their map
- Easy directions (see top left) on the mural for them to refer to while they are doing it. (Actually, I¡¯m not sure how often people actually refer to these - and forget to ask).
- Spend the first 10-15 minutes of the session doing screen share to show people the basics
- We give people the option to do their map using paper and pen, insisting that the technology should not get in the way of what we are trying to achieve through doing this. People report finding it easier to experiment when they feel like the pressure to perform online isn¡¯t there. i.e. simply knowing they can do it using pen and paper makes it easier to do it online!
(Related reasons why we like Mural for doing this kind of thing -?)
Bev
Hi folks, I'm trying to conduct a rich picture mapping activity from the soft systems methodology as part of a multi-day process I'm facilitating solely online. One of the assets of the activity that I'm hoping to harvest is the process of people putting symbols and illustration into a larger map to convey divergent feelings and meanings beyond words.? The challenge I've found is that most whiteboards online? can be hard to draw on(unless you have an iPad or a Surface), so I've? experienced facilitators rely more on typing or posting pictures. ? I'm a frequent Miro user.- Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did it go?
- Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity that relies more on creativity and art?
I appreciate any comments in advance.? Thank you!
?
|
Agree with Bev.
Mural is so good for collaborative visuals and makes a tremendous difference to the ebb and flow, extroversion/extroversion of an online event.? Not having to decipher and transcribe post-it notes afterwards is a real bonus too!
?
I would add:
?
- Have some fun!? As the Mural facilitator, you can summon people to follow your screen ¨C which opens up a world of animation possibilities.? I represented our 2-day event as a roadmap
and created a VW camper van with everyone on board, which we moved along the ¡®route¡¯.? Here¡¯s a blog post about it:?
- Use Zoom breakouts as background ?audio channels whilst each break-out gathers around their part of the mural.? I usually create well-labelled flipcharts or cork boards (with the
name of the break-out group) so that they know where to go.
- Arrange a pre-test for people.? If your time is constrained, or people¡¯s time management is dubious, set up a simple mural flipchart and ask people to ¡®check in¡¯ by creating a post-it
with their name on a few days before.? That makes it easy to chase anyone whose post-it is missing. ?I have had the odd issue with government employees whose browsers are restricted such that they can¡¯t create a post-it note.? With a bit of advanced notice,
they can find a personal device to use instead.? Hide an ¡®easter egg¡¯ somewhere in a corner of the test mural so that they have to master navigation and zooming in and out.
Depending on the nature of the group, you could have? a flipchart for ¡®check-in¡¯ post-its and a separate area for ¡®paste a photo of you as a baby/child¡¯ to set the scene for a great icebreaker!
?
Chris
?
?
Hi Luis
-
Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating?a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did?it
go?
Yes, we do them using (see attached example where six people did a mapping exercise). It has worked really well (surpassing our expectations) in the three times we have done it.
-
Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you?recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity
that relies more on creativity and art?
?
Some things I think have contributed to it:
-
Spend loads of time in setting it up. Every last detail counts
-
Where possible, we have done a version of the mapping first with someone (or some people) from the group of participants (e.g. their lead or their coordinator). This person is then a great interlocutor who both gives us feedback on what s/he thinks might give
challenges to the group in advance. And, most importantly, they are also great at communicating tips and tricks to the others based on their own experience. ??
-
In particular, attention to facilitating anything related to navigating the space, finding things¡ e.g. personalized links from the agenda to their space on the Mural
-
A sandbox where people can play and experiment in advance of the session - with a links to a videos on how to add content in Mural.
-
Each person¡¯s area has its own key - some icons, symbols and post-its that we have pre-chosen. They just have to drag and drop (or copy/paste) them into place. As people became more adventurous they start to look for their own. Related - people report that
having a limited selection of icons (rather than the thousands offered by Mural) helped them to focus on their map
-
Easy directions (see top left) on the mural for them to refer to while they are doing it. (Actually, I¡¯m not sure how often people actually refer to these - and forget to ask).
-
Spend the first 10-15 minutes of the session doing screen share to show people the basics
-
We give people the option to do their map using paper and pen, insisting that the technology should not get in the way of what we are trying to achieve through doing this. People report finding it easier to experiment when they feel like the pressure to perform
online isn¡¯t there. i.e. simply knowing they can do it using pen and paper makes it easier to do it online!
(Related reasons why we like Mural for doing this kind of thing -?)
?
?
Hi folks,
I'm trying to conduct a rich picture mapping activity from the soft systems methodology as part of a multi-day process I'm facilitating solely online. One of the assets of
the activity that I'm hoping to harvest is the process of people putting symbols and illustration into a larger map to convey divergent feelings and meanings beyond words.?The challenge
I've found is that
most whiteboards online?can be hard to draw on(unless you have an iPad or a Surface), so I've?experienced
facilitators rely more on typing or posting pictures.? I'm a frequent Miro user.
-
Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did
it go?
-
Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you
recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity that relies more on creativity and art?
I appreciate any comments in advance.? Thank you!
?
|
Hi everyone,
These responses were nothing short of majestic. Lucas, Bev, and Chris, I appreciate the examples you've?provided on how you've used mural and iconography to do the sort of landscape analysis you were looking to do.
In my case, I only gave them just under an hour to start getting their thoughts into the board,?but it was what I needed for my objective for this activity.??
While I've used mural before and love it, I prefer miro (and I have the license) it proved to be quite a hit.?Miro has these "apps" that allow you to insert and pretty seamlessly. Check those hyperlinks to learn more about them. These examples of some of the results we got, which display a group that were more image and power systems oriented, and another one that was icon-oriented and descriptive:
Just wanted to thank folks for responding so quickly, attentively, and just being willing to pitch in ideas. I hope this debrief email can contribute back a bit. It feels good to be connected to such a smart, supportive, and creative community like this one.
Have a good weekend!
Agree with Bev.
Mural is so good for collaborative visuals and makes a tremendous difference to the ebb and flow, extroversion/extroversion of an online event.? Not having to decipher and transcribe post-it notes afterwards is a real bonus too!
?
I would add:
?
- Have some fun!? As the Mural facilitator, you can summon people to follow your screen ¨C which opens up a world of animation possibilities.? I represented our 2-day event as a roadmap
and created a VW camper van with everyone on board, which we moved along the ¡®route¡¯.? Here¡¯s a blog post about it:?
- Use Zoom breakouts as background ?audio channels whilst each break-out gathers around their part of the mural.? I usually create well-labelled flipcharts or cork boards (with the
name of the break-out group) so that they know where to go.
- Arrange a pre-test for people.? If your time is constrained, or people¡¯s time management is dubious, set up a simple mural flipchart and ask people to ¡®check in¡¯ by creating a post-it
with their name on a few days before.? That makes it easy to chase anyone whose post-it is missing.? I have had the odd issue with government employees whose browsers are restricted such that they can¡¯t create a post-it note.? With a bit of advanced notice,
they can find a personal device to use instead.? Hide an ¡®easter egg¡¯ somewhere in a corner of the test mural so that they have to master navigation and zooming in and out.
Depending on the nature of the group, you could have? a flipchart for ¡®check-in¡¯ post-its and a separate area for ¡®paste a photo of you as a baby/child¡¯ to set the scene for a great icebreaker!
?
Chris
?
?
Hi Luis
-
Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating?a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did?it
go?
Yes, we do them using (see attached example where six people did a mapping exercise). It has worked really well (surpassing our expectations) in the three times we have done it.
-
Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you?recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity
that relies more on creativity and art?
?
Some things I think have contributed to it:
-
Spend loads of time in setting it up. Every last detail counts
-
Where possible, we have done a version of the mapping first with someone (or some people) from the group of participants (e.g. their lead or their coordinator). This person is then a great interlocutor who both gives us feedback on what s/he thinks might give
challenges to the group in advance. And, most importantly, they are also great at communicating tips and tricks to the others based on their own experience. ??
-
In particular, attention to facilitating anything related to navigating the space, finding things¡ e.g. personalized links from the agenda to their space on the Mural
-
A sandbox where people can play and experiment in advance of the session - with a links to a videos on how to add content in Mural.
-
Each person¡¯s area has its own key - some icons, symbols and post-its that we have pre-chosen. They just have to drag and drop (or copy/paste) them into place. As people became more adventurous they start to look for their own. Related - people report that
having a limited selection of icons (rather than the thousands offered by Mural) helped them to focus on their map
-
Easy directions (see top left) on the mural for them to refer to while they are doing it. (Actually, I¡¯m not sure how often people actually refer to these - and forget to ask).
-
Spend the first 10-15 minutes of the session doing screen share to show people the basics
-
We give people the option to do their map using paper and pen, insisting that the technology should not get in the way of what we are trying to achieve through doing this. People report finding it easier to experiment when they feel like the pressure to perform
online isn¡¯t there. i.e. simply knowing they can do it using pen and paper makes it easier to do it online!
(Related reasons why we like Mural for doing this kind of thing -?)
?
?
Hi folks,
I'm trying to conduct a rich picture mapping activity from the soft systems methodology as part of a multi-day process I'm facilitating solely online. One of the assets of
the activity that I'm hoping to harvest is the process of people putting symbols and illustration into a larger map to convey divergent feelings and meanings beyond words.?The challenge
I've found is that
most whiteboards online?can be hard to draw on(unless you have an iPad or a Surface), so I've?experienced
facilitators rely more on typing or posting pictures.? I'm a frequent Miro user.
-
Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did
it go?
-
Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you
recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity that relies more on creativity and art?
I appreciate any comments in advance.? Thank you!
?
|
Hi gang; lurker here.?
One more for the mix. Yesterday I ran to compare various tools, including Kumu, Plectica, Flying Logic and TheBrain. I'm the world's of the latter,?with a single mind map I've been curating for 22+ years. Many of?you are in there. ( the video I?just pointed to.) Hope it adds some spice to the mix :)
All this is part of , which I invite anyone interested to join (there's a link halfway down the landing page).?
Hi everyone,
These responses were nothing short of majestic. Lucas, Bev, and Chris, I appreciate the examples you've?provided on how you've used mural and iconography to do the sort of landscape analysis you were looking to do.
In my case, I only gave them just under an hour to start getting their thoughts into the board,?but it was what I needed for my objective for this activity.??
While I've used mural before and love it, I prefer miro (and I have the license) it proved to be quite a hit.?Miro has these "apps" that allow you to insert and pretty seamlessly. Check those hyperlinks to learn more about them. These examples of some of the results we got, which display a group that were more image and power systems oriented, and another one that was icon-oriented and descriptive:
Just wanted to thank folks for responding so quickly, attentively, and just being willing to pitch in ideas. I hope this debrief email can contribute back a bit. It feels good to be connected to such a smart, supportive, and creative community like this one.
Have a good weekend!
Agree with Bev.
Mural is so good for collaborative visuals and makes a tremendous difference to the ebb and flow, extroversion/extroversion of an online event.? Not having to decipher and transcribe post-it notes afterwards is a real bonus too!
?
I would add:
?
- Have some fun!? As the Mural facilitator, you can summon people to follow your screen ¨C which opens up a world of animation possibilities.? I represented our 2-day event as a roadmap
and created a VW camper van with everyone on board, which we moved along the ¡®route¡¯.? Here¡¯s a blog post about it:?
- Use Zoom breakouts as background ?audio channels whilst each break-out gathers around their part of the mural.? I usually create well-labelled flipcharts or cork boards (with the
name of the break-out group) so that they know where to go.
- Arrange a pre-test for people.? If your time is constrained, or people¡¯s time management is dubious, set up a simple mural flipchart and ask people to ¡®check in¡¯ by creating a post-it
with their name on a few days before.? That makes it easy to chase anyone whose post-it is missing.? I have had the odd issue with government employees whose browsers are restricted such that they can¡¯t create a post-it note.? With a bit of advanced notice,
they can find a personal device to use instead.? Hide an ¡®easter egg¡¯ somewhere in a corner of the test mural so that they have to master navigation and zooming in and out.
Depending on the nature of the group, you could have? a flipchart for ¡®check-in¡¯ post-its and a separate area for ¡®paste a photo of you as a baby/child¡¯ to set the scene for a great icebreaker!
?
Chris
?
?
Hi Luis
-
Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating?a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did?it
go?
Yes, we do them using (see attached example where six people did a mapping exercise). It has worked really well (surpassing our expectations) in the three times we have done it.
-
Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you?recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity
that relies more on creativity and art?
?
Some things I think have contributed to it:
-
Spend loads of time in setting it up. Every last detail counts
-
Where possible, we have done a version of the mapping first with someone (or some people) from the group of participants (e.g. their lead or their coordinator). This person is then a great interlocutor who both gives us feedback on what s/he thinks might give
challenges to the group in advance. And, most importantly, they are also great at communicating tips and tricks to the others based on their own experience. ??
-
In particular, attention to facilitating anything related to navigating the space, finding things¡ e.g. personalized links from the agenda to their space on the Mural
-
A sandbox where people can play and experiment in advance of the session - with a links to a videos on how to add content in Mural.
-
Each person¡¯s area has its own key - some icons, symbols and post-its that we have pre-chosen. They just have to drag and drop (or copy/paste) them into place. As people became more adventurous they start to look for their own. Related - people report that
having a limited selection of icons (rather than the thousands offered by Mural) helped them to focus on their map
-
Easy directions (see top left) on the mural for them to refer to while they are doing it. (Actually, I¡¯m not sure how often people actually refer to these - and forget to ask).
-
Spend the first 10-15 minutes of the session doing screen share to show people the basics
-
We give people the option to do their map using paper and pen, insisting that the technology should not get in the way of what we are trying to achieve through doing this. People report finding it easier to experiment when they feel like the pressure to perform
online isn¡¯t there. i.e. simply knowing they can do it using pen and paper makes it easier to do it online!
(Related reasons why we like Mural for doing this kind of thing -?)
?
?
Hi folks,
I'm trying to conduct a rich picture mapping activity from the soft systems methodology as part of a multi-day process I'm facilitating solely online. One of the assets of
the activity that I'm hoping to harvest is the process of people putting symbols and illustration into a larger map to convey divergent feelings and meanings beyond words.?The challenge
I've found is that
most whiteboards online?can be hard to draw on(unless you have an iPad or a Surface), so I've?experienced
facilitators rely more on typing or posting pictures.? I'm a frequent Miro user.
-
Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did
it go?
-
Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you
recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity that relies more on creativity and art?
I appreciate any comments in advance.? Thank you!
?
|
One little contribution for users: Create detailed and easy Outlines to help participants move around the board. It works very well to get people easily oriented (e.g. Breakout Room 1 works on Outline 1, and name them accordingly) Once I used with a group with 20 Ecocycles, and people moved around easily ¡®visiting¡¯ each other¡¯s Ecocycles. Fernando Murray Loureiro Mobile: +1 (250) 509 1167 To schedule a Meeting:
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On Jul 17, 2020, at 9:31 PM, Jerry Michalski < sociate@...> wrote: Hi gang; lurker here.?
One more for the mix. Yesterday I ran to compare various tools, including Kumu, Plectica, Flying Logic and TheBrain. I'm the world's of the latter,?with a single mind map I've been curating for 22+ years. Many of?you are in there. ( the video I?just pointed to.) Hope it adds some spice to the mix :)
All this is part of , which I invite anyone interested to join (there's a link halfway down the landing page).?
Hi everyone,
These responses were nothing short of majestic. Lucas, Bev, and Chris, I appreciate the examples you've?provided on how you've used mural and iconography to do the sort of landscape analysis you were looking to do.
In my case, I only gave them just under an hour to start getting their thoughts into the board,?but it was what I needed for my objective for this activity.??
While I've used mural before and love it, I prefer miro (and I have the license) it proved to be quite a hit.?Miro has these "apps" that allow you to insert and pretty seamlessly. Check those hyperlinks to learn more about them. These examples of some of the results we got, which display a group that were more image and power systems oriented, and another one that was icon-oriented and descriptive:
Just wanted to thank folks for responding so quickly, attentively, and just being willing to pitch in ideas. I hope this debrief email can contribute back a bit. It feels good to be connected to such a smart, supportive, and creative community like this one.
Have a good weekend!
Agree with Bev.
Mural is so good for collaborative visuals and makes a tremendous difference to the ebb and flow, extroversion/extroversion of an online event.? Not having to decipher and transcribe post-it notes afterwards is a real bonus too!
?
I would add:
?
- Have some fun!? As the Mural facilitator, you can summon people to follow your screen ¨C which opens up a world of animation possibilities.? I represented our 2-day event as a roadmap
and created a VW camper van with everyone on board, which we moved along the ¡®route¡¯.? Here¡¯s a blog post about it:?
- Use Zoom breakouts as background ?audio channels whilst each break-out gathers around their part of the mural.? I usually create well-labelled flipcharts or cork boards (with the
name of the break-out group) so that they know where to go.
- Arrange a pre-test for people.? If your time is constrained, or people¡¯s time management is dubious, set up a simple mural flipchart and ask people to ¡®check in¡¯ by creating a post-it
with their name on a few days before.? That makes it easy to chase anyone whose post-it is missing.? I have had the odd issue with government employees whose browsers are restricted such that they can¡¯t create a post-it note.? With a bit of advanced notice,
they can find a personal device to use instead.? Hide an ¡®easter egg¡¯ somewhere in a corner of the test mural so that they have to master navigation and zooming in and out.
Depending on the nature of the group, you could have? a flipchart for ¡®check-in¡¯ post-its and a separate area for ¡®paste a photo of you as a baby/child¡¯ to set the scene for a great icebreaker!
?
Chris
?
?
Hi Luis
-
Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating?a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did?it
go?
Yes, we do them using (see attached example where six people did a mapping exercise). It has worked really well (surpassing our expectations) in the three times we have done it.
-
Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you?recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity
that relies more on creativity and art?
?
Some things I think have contributed to it:
-
Spend loads of time in setting it up. Every last detail counts
-
Where possible, we have done a version of the mapping first with someone (or some people) from the group of participants (e.g. their lead or their coordinator). This person is then a great interlocutor who both gives us feedback on what s/he thinks might give
challenges to the group in advance. And, most importantly, they are also great at communicating tips and tricks to the others based on their own experience. ??
-
In particular, attention to facilitating anything related to navigating the space, finding things¡ e.g. personalized links from the agenda to their space on the Mural
-
A sandbox where people can play and experiment in advance of the session - with a links to a videos on how to add content in Mural.
-
Each person¡¯s area has its own key - some icons, symbols and post-its that we have pre-chosen. They just have to drag and drop (or copy/paste) them into place. As people became more adventurous they start to look for their own. Related - people report that
having a limited selection of icons (rather than the thousands offered by Mural) helped them to focus on their map
-
Easy directions (see top left) on the mural for them to refer to while they are doing it. (Actually, I¡¯m not sure how often people actually refer to these - and forget to ask).
-
Spend the first 10-15 minutes of the session doing screen share to show people the basics
-
We give people the option to do their map using paper and pen, insisting that the technology should not get in the way of what we are trying to achieve through doing this. People report finding it easier to experiment when they feel like the pressure to perform
online isn¡¯t there. i.e. simply knowing they can do it using pen and paper makes it easier to do it online!
(Related reasons why we like Mural for doing this kind of thing -?)
?
?
Hi folks,
I'm trying to conduct a rich picture mapping activity from the soft systems methodology as part of a multi-day process I'm facilitating solely online. One of the assets of
the activity that I'm hoping to harvest is the process of people putting symbols and illustration into a larger map to convey divergent feelings and meanings beyond words.?The challenge
I've found is that
most whiteboards online?can be hard to draw on(unless you have an iPad or a Surface), so I've?experienced
facilitators rely more on typing or posting pictures.? I'm a frequent Miro user.
-
Has anyone managed to?pull off facilitating a rich picture mapping activity online?? If so, how did
it go?
-
Any?tools, tricks, or tips would you
recommend to overcome the technology obstacles to conduct an activity that relies more on creativity and art?
I appreciate any comments in advance.? Thank you!
?
|
Hi Luis I can recommend GroupMap, and yes I subscribe to Lucas, the use of a pre-existing image set helps. Besides, in SSM you can easily?identify the basic set of symbols?normally?used in Rich Pictures and have them already available on the Map so that participants can then start 'drawing' that is to say 'composing' their perceptions of the problem situation?in the GroupMap canvas using the available?symbols or creating a new one when needed.?
a) Individual versions of the rich picture first.
b) then by pairing up or in trios to find a common rich picture.?
c) then a large group sharing.
Alternatively, you can configure?GroupMap so that the collective rich picture is built from scratch by the whole group.?
You can actually use this last as a variant 1st step in case you are hosting a very large group, so instead of trios you will use several?groups of 7-12 participantes as a first step.?
Do you know that there is a LinkedIn group?on SSM? You might want to inquire there as well.?
Good luck!
Paul Nunesdea | Paulo Nunes de Abreu?
+34 667 643 688 Twitter: @nunesdea
 
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Lucas Cioffi
Bev Wenger-Trayner
Chris Collison
Fernando Murray Loureiro
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