Hey everyone,

Wanted to share something I learned yesterday which has opened up my use of Zoom breakouts.

?

I’m helping my church to function on-line through a variety of different group settings, but I was asked “is there any way we can recreate the informal times we have together after the service – when people just cluster and chat in different parts of the building/carpark/Starbucks nearby…”

?

Orchestrating that via breakouts for 100 people is a challenge – and who gets to decide where you put everyone??

If you do it randomly, you can end up with some socially awkward situations.?? All in all, a bit of an unnatural way to recreate an ad-hoc, spontaneous, self-determining process analogous to Open Space.

?

Or so I thought…. …but it looks like there is a solution!

?

As you all know – as a meeting host or co-host, you can move freely between breakout groups.? So the trick is – as people join the meeting, make them co-hosts? [assuming that you know and trust them!].?

?

• Create a set of breakout rooms with memorable names.? In my case:? Coffee Area, Tea Area, Quiet Zone, Car Park, Starbucks, Parents’ room etc.? Also create a ‘lobby’ breakout room.
• As people arrive in the main Zoom space, welcome them give them co-host power and assign them to the lobby.
• From there, they can look at all of the other meeting room spaces, see who is in them, and join and leave them at will.? The law of two feet in action…
• As people get more familiar with the room names, they will pre-arrange where to meet.? “See you in the car park after the meeting!”.

?

It’s still far from perfect, but so much better than a bit of Facebook banter and a YouTube service…

?

Chris

?

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share something I learned yesterday which has opened up my use of Zoom breakouts.

?

I’m helping my church to function on-line through a variety of different group settings, but I was asked “is there any way we can recreate the informal times we have together after the service – when people just cluster and chat in different parts of the building/carpark/Starbucks nearby…”

?

Orchestrating that via breakouts for 100 people is a challenge – and who gets to decide where you put everyone??

If you do it randomly, you can end up with some socially awkward situations.?? All in all, a bit of an unnatural way to recreate an ad-hoc, spontaneous, self-determining process analogous to Open Space.

?

Or so I thought…. …but it looks like there is a solution!

?

As you all know – as a meeting host or co-host, you can move freely between breakout groups.? So the trick is – as people join the meeting, make them co-hosts? [assuming that you know and trust them!].?

?

• Create a set of breakout rooms with memorable names.? In my case:? Coffee Area, Tea Area, Quiet Zone, Car Park, Starbucks, Parents’ room etc.? Also create a ‘lobby’ breakout room.
• As people arrive in the main Zoom space, welcome them give them co-host power and assign them to the lobby.
• From there, they can look at all of the other meeting room spaces, see who is in them, and join and leave them at will.? The law of two feet in action…
• As people get more familiar with the room names, they will pre-arrange where to meet.? “See you in the car park after the meeting!”.

?

It’s still far from perfect, but so much better than a bit of Facebook banter and a YouTube service…

?

Chris

?

I've recently been experimenting with Jitsi. I like it so far. However, one of the things I can't figure out is how to establish breakout rooms. Where is that setting?

Mira

On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 1:01:49 PM PDT, John Sechrest <sechrest@...> wrote:

I think you are limited to 75 co-hosts.?

And I think you have to manually make each one a co-host.?

We have been exploring using other tools like Jitsi to create secondary rooms.

Or using separate?zoom rooms with links.

I am trying to figure out how to have a clickable object in a zoom space that let's people get to other rooms. So far, I only have found the chat room with links.?

Has anyone tried using Miro as a way to do this navigation of rooms?

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 11:14 AM Chris Collison <chris.collison@...> wrote:

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share something I learned yesterday which has opened up my use of Zoom breakouts.

?

I’m helping my church to function on-line through a variety of different group settings, but I was asked “is there any way we can recreate the informal times we have together after the service – when people just cluster and chat in different parts of the building/carpark/Starbucks nearby…”

?

Orchestrating that via breakouts for 100 people is a challenge – and who gets to decide where you put everyone??

If you do it randomly, you can end up with some socially awkward situations.?? All in all, a bit of an unnatural way to recreate an ad-hoc, spontaneous, self-determining process analogous to Open Space.

?

Or so I thought…. …but it looks like there is a solution!

?

As you all know – as a meeting host or co-host, you can move freely between breakout groups.? So the trick is – as people join the meeting, make them co-hosts? [assuming that you know and trust them!].?

?

• Create a set of breakout rooms with memorable names.? In my case:? Coffee Area, Tea Area, Quiet Zone, Car Park, Starbucks, Parents’ room etc.? Also create a ‘lobby’ breakout room.
• As people arrive in the main Zoom space, welcome them give them co-host power and assign them to the lobby.
• From there, they can look at all of the other meeting room spaces, see who is in them, and join and leave them at will.? The law of two feet in action…
• As people get more familiar with the room names, they will pre-arrange where to meet.? “See you in the car park after the meeting!”.

?

It’s still far from perfect, but so much better than a bit of Facebook banter and a YouTube service…

?

Chris

?

--

John Sechrest ? ? ?.? Need to schedule a meeting :
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I don't use breakout rooms, but multiple rooms.?

However, that does not provide the ability to push and pull people to and from rooms. You can to do it with social engineering.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 1:26 PM Mira Weinstein via <miraleslie=[email protected]> wrote:

I've recently been experimenting with Jitsi. I like it so far. However, one of the things I can't figure out is how to establish breakout rooms. Where is that setting?

Mira

On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 1:01:49 PM PDT, John Sechrest <sechrest@...> wrote:

I think you are limited to 75 co-hosts.?

And I think you have to manually make each one a co-host.?

We have been exploring using other tools like Jitsi to create secondary rooms.

Or using separate?zoom rooms with links.

I am trying to figure out how to have a clickable object in a zoom space that let's people get to other rooms. So far, I only have found the chat room with links.?

Has anyone tried using Miro as a way to do this navigation of rooms?

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 11:14 AM Chris Collison <chris.collison@...> wrote:

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share something I learned yesterday which has opened up my use of Zoom breakouts.

?

I’m helping my church to function on-line through a variety of different group settings, but I was asked “is there any way we can recreate the informal times we have together after the service – when people just cluster and chat in different parts of the building/carpark/Starbucks nearby…”

?

Orchestrating that via breakouts for 100 people is a challenge – and who gets to decide where you put everyone??

If you do it randomly, you can end up with some socially awkward situations.?? All in all, a bit of an unnatural way to recreate an ad-hoc, spontaneous, self-determining process analogous to Open Space.

?

Or so I thought…. …but it looks like there is a solution!

?

As you all know – as a meeting host or co-host, you can move freely between breakout groups.? So the trick is – as people join the meeting, make them co-hosts? [assuming that you know and trust them!].?

?

• Create a set of breakout rooms with memorable names.? In my case:? Coffee Area, Tea Area, Quiet Zone, Car Park, Starbucks, Parents’ room etc.? Also create a ‘lobby’ breakout room.
• As people arrive in the main Zoom space, welcome them give them co-host power and assign them to the lobby.
• From there, they can look at all of the other meeting room spaces, see who is in them, and join and leave them at will.? The law of two feet in action…
• As people get more familiar with the room names, they will pre-arrange where to meet.? “See you in the car park after the meeting!”.

?

It’s still far from perfect, but so much better than a bit of Facebook banter and a YouTube service…

?

Chris

?

--

John Sechrest ? ? ?.? Need to schedule a meeting :
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John Sechrest ? ? ?.? Need to schedule a meeting :
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?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?.

Hello John and Mira, we do have the ability to move people among Jitsi rooms.? What are all the options you would?want related to that???

For example, we're building a way for the?facilitator to initiate an automatic 1-2-4-All liberating structure where people can also see the conversational prompts right next to the video.

What other kinds capabilities would you like to see with Jitsi breakout rooms?

Lucas Cioffi

Lead Software Engineer,?

Scarsdale, NY

917-528-1831

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 4:28 PM John Sechrest <sechrest@...> wrote:

I don't use breakout rooms, but multiple rooms.?

However, that does not provide the ability to push and pull people to and from rooms. You can to do it with social engineering.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 1:26 PM Mira Weinstein via <miraleslie=[email protected]> wrote:

I've recently been experimenting with Jitsi. I like it so far. However, one of the things I can't figure out is how to establish breakout rooms. Where is that setting?

Mira

On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 1:01:49 PM PDT, John Sechrest <sechrest@...> wrote:

I think you are limited to 75 co-hosts.?

And I think you have to manually make each one a co-host.?

We have been exploring using other tools like Jitsi to create secondary rooms.

Or using separate?zoom rooms with links.

I am trying to figure out how to have a clickable object in a zoom space that let's people get to other rooms. So far, I only have found the chat room with links.?

Has anyone tried using Miro as a way to do this navigation of rooms?

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 11:14 AM Chris Collison <chris.collison@...> wrote:

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share something I learned yesterday which has opened up my use of Zoom breakouts.

?

I’m helping my church to function on-line through a variety of different group settings, but I was asked “is there any way we can recreate the informal times we have together after the service – when people just cluster and chat in different parts of the building/carpark/Starbucks nearby…”

?

Orchestrating that via breakouts for 100 people is a challenge – and who gets to decide where you put everyone??

If you do it randomly, you can end up with some socially awkward situations.?? All in all, a bit of an unnatural way to recreate an ad-hoc, spontaneous, self-determining process analogous to Open Space.

?

Or so I thought…. …but it looks like there is a solution!

?

As you all know – as a meeting host or co-host, you can move freely between breakout groups.? So the trick is – as people join the meeting, make them co-hosts? [assuming that you know and trust them!].?

?

• Create a set of breakout rooms with memorable names.? In my case:? Coffee Area, Tea Area, Quiet Zone, Car Park, Starbucks, Parents’ room etc.? Also create a ‘lobby’ breakout room.
• As people arrive in the main Zoom space, welcome them give them co-host power and assign them to the lobby.
• From there, they can look at all of the other meeting room spaces, see who is in them, and join and leave them at will.? The law of two feet in action…
• As people get more familiar with the room names, they will pre-arrange where to meet.? “See you in the car park after the meeting!”.

?

It’s still far from perfect, but so much better than a bit of Facebook banter and a YouTube service…

?

Chris

?

--

John Sechrest ? ? ?.? Need to schedule a meeting :
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?sechrest@...
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John Sechrest ? ? ?.? Need to schedule a meeting :
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?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?.

Hello John and Mira, we do have the ability to move people among Jitsi rooms.? What are all the options you would?want related to that???

For example, we're building a way for the?facilitator to initiate an automatic 1-2-4-All liberating structure where people can also see the conversational prompts right next to the video.

What other kinds capabilities would you like to see with Jitsi breakout rooms?

Lucas Cioffi

Lead Software Engineer,?

Scarsdale, NY

917-528-1831

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 4:28 PM John Sechrest <sechrest@...> wrote:

I don't use breakout rooms, but multiple rooms.?

However, that does not provide the ability to push and pull people to and from rooms. You can to do it with social engineering.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 1:26 PM Mira Weinstein via <miraleslie=[email protected]> wrote:

I've recently been experimenting with Jitsi. I like it so far. However, one of the things I can't figure out is how to establish breakout rooms. Where is that setting?

Mira

On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 1:01:49 PM PDT, John Sechrest <sechrest@...> wrote:

I think you are limited to 75 co-hosts.?

And I think you have to manually make each one a co-host.?

We have been exploring using other tools like Jitsi to create secondary rooms.

Or using separate?zoom rooms with links.

I am trying to figure out how to have a clickable object in a zoom space that let's people get to other rooms. So far, I only have found the chat room with links.?

Has anyone tried using Miro as a way to do this navigation of rooms?

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 11:14 AM Chris Collison <chris.collison@...> wrote:

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share something I learned yesterday which has opened up my use of Zoom breakouts.

?

I’m helping my church to function on-line through a variety of different group settings, but I was asked “is there any way we can recreate the informal times we have together after the service – when people just cluster and chat in different parts of the building/carpark/Starbucks nearby…”

?

Orchestrating that via breakouts for 100 people is a challenge – and who gets to decide where you put everyone??

If you do it randomly, you can end up with some socially awkward situations.?? All in all, a bit of an unnatural way to recreate an ad-hoc, spontaneous, self-determining process analogous to Open Space.

?

Or so I thought…. …but it looks like there is a solution!

?

As you all know – as a meeting host or co-host, you can move freely between breakout groups.? So the trick is – as people join the meeting, make them co-hosts? [assuming that you know and trust them!].?

?

• Create a set of breakout rooms with memorable names.? In my case:? Coffee Area, Tea Area, Quiet Zone, Car Park, Starbucks, Parents’ room etc.? Also create a ‘lobby’ breakout room.
• As people arrive in the main Zoom space, welcome them give them co-host power and assign them to the lobby.
• From there, they can look at all of the other meeting room spaces, see who is in them, and join and leave them at will.? The law of two feet in action…
• As people get more familiar with the room names, they will pre-arrange where to meet.? “See you in the car park after the meeting!”.

?

It’s still far from perfect, but so much better than a bit of Facebook banter and a YouTube service…

?

Chris

?

--

John Sechrest ? ? ?.? Need to schedule a meeting :
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?sechrest@...
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John Sechrest ? ? ?.? Need to schedule a meeting :
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Hi

I'd have a few questions here, too:

1. Can you do all these things (mentioned in your email below) with a basic license or do you need a higher upgrade for this? Where could I find the settings if this is all possible with a basic license?

2. I can only create Breakout Room 1, Breakout Room 2 etc. and cannot rename them. Same question here, would I need a higher upgrade?

3. What if I only create rooms in advance and then want to automatically assign people, does that work?

4. Can I also assign just 1 person to a breakout room and automatically assign the other participants? (would that have to be a co-host?)

5. Does anyone work with (it's a more playful tool, I am wondering if anybody used it in their sessions)

Thanks,

Christina

Am 30.04.2020 um 15:42 schrieb Fran?ois Lavallée:

HEllo John?
@sechrest

You can select the option to let people move out of a breakout room at any time
you can also assign specific people to specific room (easier to do if rooms are named)

Hope this helps.
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Francois Lavallee , M.Sc.
Organizational biologist

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HEllo John?
@sechrest

You can select the option to let people move out of a breakout room at any time
you can also assign specific people to specific room (easier to do if rooms are named)

Hope this helps.
--
Francois Lavallee , M.Sc.
Organizational biologist

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 2:51 PM John Sechrest <sechrest@...> wrote:

In the ebb and flow of a meeting, As a facilitator, I want to push people out to breakout rooms and then pull them back.

1) It is useful to be able to control (at least initially) who goes to which room.?

a) As pre-assigned

b) As self selected

c) As random

d) As classes of people (Person from X pile mapped to meet with Person of Y pile)

e) Be able to shift through people in rotation (Everyone in Group A meets everyone in Group B in 1;1 meeting.?

2) It is useful for the "law of two feet" that people can move as they want, and yet still allow for the rooms to be opened and then closed at some point.?

3) It is useful from a facilitator point of view to have an overview of the different rooms, how many people are in them, and to easily see who is talking and what is being said.?

4) It is important to be able to record all of the breakout rooms (something I can not do in zoom), so that we can move some of that discussion back into other conversations later.

5) The rooms are rooms that we are coming back to week after week after week, so it is not about being "event based" but "program" based.?

This is a good description of needs that I? have for meetings I facilitate. I also think there is value in a "dance card" model where two or three (or perhaps up to four to six) agree they want to have a private conversation and the application gathers them together as they are available or schedules them on a "next conversation" basis. you see this happen in the networking after a formal f2f event breaks up, there are small follow up conversation that are self-selected.?

Welcome any suggestions for how people are solving these problems today. Does not have to be Zoom but that is what I am currently using.

Sean Murphy 408-252-9676