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Hybrid meetings conversation #3 happening tomorrow
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Hi all, In case you missed it, we're capping our ongoing open discussion about hybrid facilitation tomorrow morning. Date & time: Friday, Sep 16 10 am - 11:30 am PDT Details (not many) https://www.meetinginnovation.community/c/schedule/hybrid-facilitation-what-do-we-know-now Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85670805323 On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 6:26 PM Michelle Laurie <michelle.k.laurie@...> wrote: Hi facilitators, For those hoping to join the second conversation on hybrid meetings, we are meeting tomorrow and the info is below. Date and time: Wed, Jul 27 2022 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT Zoom LInk: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83150961069 Resources to help conversation: Mural board from conversation #1 has new section toward the bottom half. We will use this! https://app.mural.co/t/permafrostdataworkshop3572/m/permafrostdataworkshop3572/1656042724193/e787ed4d432abd4a6f6f7e78a6fc6ef8332f8f10?sender=michelleklaurie3958 If you are able to join with a small group, that will help us to mimic the idea of a few satellite locations. Looking forward to seeing everyone online! Best, 1.250.231.0635 | michellelaurie.com connect@... -- michellelaurie.com connect@... Strategy-Assessment-Engagement-Faciltation -- Registration Now Open! Designing Meeting Systems for Teams ----- J. Elise Keith CEO Lucid Meetings: The Meeting Innovation Company Author of Where the Action Is: The Meetings that Make or Break Your Organization Second Rise LLC dba Lucid Meetings is a proudly remote-first, majority woman-owned company. WBE, Certification ID: WBE2003037 WOSB, Certification ID: WOSB202050
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ExcelWay lifetime deal on AppSumo
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Hello fellow facilitators! I'm excited to share with you that ExcelWay is now offering a lifetime deal on AppSumo for the next ten days! The tiers start at 59$, and all include unlimited workshops: https://appsumo.8odi.net/c/3550804/1348842/7443 For those who might not be familiar with ExcelWay: it is a visual workshop facilitation software for smooth brainstorming sessions, large virtual events, and most of the product, strategy, and agile workshops. The lifetime deal means that you only pay once and enjoy the software for life. Plus, it comes with a 60-day money-back guarantee. You can find more information and reviews on the AppSumo deal's page, but here are a few points on how it differs from whiteboarding tools (such as Miro, Mural, Jamboard...): It is extremely easy for participants and allows facilitators to quickly onboard those who don't feel comfortable with technology. It includes built-in controls and is excellent for stress-free large events as there can't be any deleting accidents. It is packed with one-of-a-kind features for brainstorming, such as hiding participants' sticky notes to avoid bias, moving sticky notes from one break-out to another in bulk, measuring consensus when voting, and more... It comes with a task and project management system for following up on the next steps decided during the workshops. I hope you will get value from this deal, and my team and I are available for any questions you might have :) All the best, Sophia
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Following up on the recent conversations on virtual activities, I wanted to share with you a virtual platform we created during COVID. This platform was to ensure we could still run experiential activities in the virtual or hybrid world. The platform is VirtualGlass? and can be used by facilitators to run experiential activities we have designed or have permission to use, or you facilitate your session and bring us in just to run the activity as a moderator, and/or facilitator. Here are a few videos about the platform and a few activities Why we created VirtualGlass? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iu6lkLGtWo What to do when you can’t be together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzm3pux_aRA Two sample activities Distortion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdUjgd_jns0 Aggregate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD3iKCbatTM Check our website for a list of activities https://glassoflearning.com/virtual-learning/ If you would like to try out VirtualGlass? join our virtual showcase on Wednesday, September 28th, registration information below Take part three experiential activities See how the discussion forum captures group discussion for follow up Register here https://glassoflearning.hubspotpagebuilder.com/virtualglass-showcase-sign-up-3-0 If you have any questions, please reach out. Best regards, Nancy Nancy Priest CTDP, CVF Owner & CEO Glass of Learning Inc. 519-591-3991 www.glassoflearning.com nancy@...
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Hi Everyone, I'm wondering if there is (or could be invented) a game which is both fun to play AND collaborative. This would be a game that could help build a sense of community inside an online community (just like the F4C-Response community we all belong to here on this email list). Many people have probably heard about the online word game called Wordle (recently bought by the NY Times) where a player will try to figure out a 5-letter word with six or fewer guesses. Here's an article which explains some of the game dynamics that make it popular. I've copied some of the key quotes at the far bottom of this email. Here's one key quote from the article:"Wordle isn't just a word game, it's a conversation starter and a chance to show off on social media. That's why it's going viral." With Wordle, all players are figuring out a solution to a challenge individually and then they can share their results. It's definitely fun and lets people brag on social media "Look how fast I solved this one." I think that there is a significant amount of "look at me" / competitiveness when sharing the results, and although some of that is healthy, it's not (in my opinion) the best dynamic to promote within an online community that is intended to be collaborative. So I am wondering if there is or could be something more collaborative, for example everyone in an online community contributing only part of the solution of a shared challenge. I'll offer one example of a collaborative game that seems to meet these criteria. It is based on Wordle, but if you suggest a game, it definitely does not have to be based on Wordle. My suggestion would be to have a full, regular sentence with about 10 words, each of which is its own Wordle puzzle. Any one community member would be allowed to solve a maximum of one of these words each day. When all words are solved, then the sentence is solved. A new sentence would be released once per day if the previous sentence was already solved. I think this changes the dynamic from "look at me" to "look how I solved this word for the community". Does anyone have feedback on this idea or other game suggestions? Thank you! Lucas Cioffi -------------------- Quotes from the article It's just a word game. But it's super popular: Over 300,000 people play it daily, according to The New York Times. That popularity may sound perplexing, but there are a few tiny details that have resulted in everyone going absolutely bonkers for it. There's only one puzzle per day: This creates a certain level of stakes. You only get one shot at the Wordle. If you mess up, you have to wait until tomorrow to get a brand new puzzle. Everyone is playing the exact same puzzle: This is crucial, as it makes it easier to ping your buddy and chat about the day's puzzle. "Today's was tough!" "How did you get on?" "Did you get it?" Which takes us to the next point... It's easy to share your results: Once you've successfully or unsuccessfully done the puzzle for the day, you're invited to share your Wordle journey for the day. If you tweet the image, it looks like this... Note that the word and letters you chose are obscured. All that's shown is your journey toward the word in a series of yellow, green and gray boxes.It's very compelling. If you get it easily, maybe in the second or third try, there's a gloating element whereby you must show your followers how smart you are and share.If you get it by the skin of your teeth in the sixth go, that's also a cool story. But most importantly, the puzzle itself isn't spoiled.
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Easier than a whiteboard. Better than a doc. Feedback?
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Hey everyone – Long-time listener, first-time caller here haha :) You know how when you introduce new tools during a session, it can confuse and overwhelm participants? With some expert facilitators, we recently designed something that makes it effortless to guide participants through brainstorming and decision-making virtually. It's easier and more structured than a "digital whiteboard" and more robust than a doc. Lots of facilitators are using it to increase virtual engagement and participation. And there's no learning curve! Seriously. You can try it at pathspace.com. It's 100% free with no email or signup required. Would love to get feedback. We make changes super quick! What do you like? What could be better? Thanks so much :)
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Please help us build a global ecosystem of learning spaces that invite meaningful connection and conversation
Hello friends, just wanted to share a major project that I've been working on here to ask for your support. Seven years ago, my wife and I started working on a learning platform designed around meaningful connection and conversation. Today, Sutra ( https://www.sutra.co ) has supported over 30,000 participating in group experiences. The heart of our work is about creating spaces that invite presence and shared awareness. Our vision is a new kind of social platform supported by a global ecosystem of amazing space holders in service of transformation. We’re now running a crowdfunding campaign with a prayer that our community will help us take the next step on this journey. We're running a crowdfunding campaign at the moment and the best way to understand our work is to watch the 5 minute campaign video at the top of the page: http://www.supportsutra.co If this speaks to you, please consider supporting our effort. One of the biggest ways you can support us is by sharing this campaign with your own networks. Thank you so much!
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Qiqo Pro (was "What are the best ways to share links during a Zoom meeting?")
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Hi Everyone, thank you very much for the tremendously helpful feedback in the email thread below. Based on that feedback, and over the past 100 days I built a tool to help facilitators manage all the links that they share in a Zoom meeting. Here is a 4-minute video overview: https://youtu.be/IzhM-c5UEGg What is Qiqo Pro? It is a tool for facilitators to create custom pages for their Zoom meetings like this example: https://qiqo.pro/lucas/car-company Bring your own Zoom meeting. Easily display links to all the relevant Google docs, notes pages, websites, videos, etc. Early bird discount is good until 15 September: https://qiqo.pro/discount/earlybird (save 50% forever) What are the key features? When participants arrive: add a beautiful background photo to make your meeting feel like it's not just another Zoom meeting Before the meeting begins: let people do "prework" such as browsing the agenda, adding to the agenda, brainstorming on a Miro board, etc During the meeting: display links for all the docs for each breakout room so they don't get lost in Zoom chat, especially for people that come late After the meeting is over: post the permanent record of the meeting, such as the final notes and the Zoom recording, easily found at any time through the original calendar invitation How is it different from QiqoChat? QiqoChat is for large events where you need multiple Zoom meetings running in parallel, such as conferences Qiqo Pro is great for meetings/workshops that run entirely within a single Zoom meeting This is a new product release, and we would absolutely love to hear your feedback and suggestions for making it even better! Lucas Cioffi QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer lucas@... +1.917.528.1831 Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration Drop in for open office hours! On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 3:31 PM Gigi Johnson <gigi@...> wrote: Lucas, a great idea. Short answer - template in a tool folks are already using to find again for follow up after the meeting. And ask the teens to rotate who adds links and manages it. TL:DR -- a long response KISS. Keep it Simple Sir. (I know, adjusted.) The average Zoom user seems to still not know the 3 dots below the chat are how to save the chat and have no idea where it saves the file on their computer! Wisembly, out of France, used to have this function and I used it for years...but they could not figure how to many money. Ahead of its time! I would suggest a Google Doc with a template vs anything that is more of a "tool." "Meeting minutes/follow up docs as a tool" is getting to be a crowded space already. I'm probably being pitched a tool like this at least once a week right now -- creating meeting follow up tools and documents. Evernote has launched the ability to connect your calendar and take Event Notes with follow ups and links right in the app. They are shareable with the team. Lots of good templates already. You also can assign different students to take notes over time and share them online. Notion.so -- I know folks who have created templates in Notion.so for this. (I so enjoy the look, graphic images, and feel of Notion.) Again, a template here would rock. It can reshuffle the resulting document to be in a grid, template, calendar, board, etc. You can connect its API now as well. Otter Assistant - My favorite upgraded tool to match calendar, events, and followup -- Otter.ai, with automatic transcription tied to the Zoom call, calendar, and follow up in Otter Assistant. (Massively cool). Clickup, Monday.com, and others have systems where you take minutes, connect calendars with APIs/integrations, and assign follow up. Then the items can be "discovered" within search in the app plus assigned. However, those tools are hard to remind people to return to. On the collaborative whiteboard side, that space is growing too. Zoom is just launching its own Whiteboard tool that looks amazingly like Google Jamboard-- I just got it pushed to me yesterday in the tool. (URL: https://zoom.us/wb/dashboard#/) However, it doesn't seem to easily link into your actual Zoom call. L
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Hybrid meetings conversation #2 happening tomorrow
Hi facilitators, For those hoping to join the second conversation on hybrid meetings, we are meeting tomorrow and the info is below. Date and time: Wed, Jul 27 2022 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT Zoom LInk: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83150961069 Resources to help conversation: Mural board from conversation #1 has new section toward the bottom half. We will use this! https://app.mural.co/t/permafrostdataworkshop3572/m/permafrostdataworkshop3572/1656042724193/e787ed4d432abd4a6f6f7e78a6fc6ef8332f8f10?sender=michelleklaurie3958 If you are able to join with a small group, that will help us to mimic the idea of a few satellite locations. Looking forward to seeing everyone online! Best, 1.250.231.0635 | michellelaurie.com connect@... -- michellelaurie.com connect@... Strategy-Assessment-Engagement-Faciltation
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New date: July 27 for Hybrid experiments
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Hi all, A quick update for those who aren't RSVPd in the MIC. I've been summoned for jury duty on our original date, so need to reschedule this to the following day. Links to RSVP, add details, and put this on your calendar are still available here: https://www.meetinginnovation.community/c/schedule/experiments-with-hybrid-facilitation On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 2:10 PM Elise Keith <elise@...> wrote: Thanks so much for bringing us together today, Michelle, and thank you to everyone who shared their experiences. At the end of the event, the feeling was that we have plenty more to learn. Towards that end, we've scheduled two more gatherings on this topic. (Michelle, Fernando, Jeanne, anyone - please let me know if you see errors in the setup!) July 26: Experiments with Hybrid Facilitation https://www.meetinginnovation.community/c/schedule/experiments-with-hybrid-facilitation Bring an experiment and we'll try it out! If you can assemble an in-person team to join, that would be extra-bonus awesome. September 16: What do we know now? https://www.meetinginnovation.community/c/schedule/hybrid-facilitation-what-do-we-know-now Today we talked, in July we'll play, and in September, we'll converge. What's emerged as a core best practice? What's a minimal viable setup? Is this getting any easier? Let's find out. Click the links above to see details, RSVP, and add these dates to your calendar. Best, Elise-- ----- J. Elise Keith CEO Lucid Meetings and Meeting School Host & Sponsor: Meeting Innovation Community Author of Where the Action Is: The Meetings that Make or Break Your Organization Second Rise LLC dba Lucid Meetings is a proudly remote-first, majority woman-owned company. WBE, Certification ID: WBE2003037 WOSB, Certification ID: WOSB202050 -- ----- J. Elise Keith CEO Lucid Meetings: The Meeting Innovation Company https://jelisekeith.com Author of Where the Action Is: The Meetings that Make or Break Your Organization Second Rise LLC dba Lucid Meetings is a proudly remote-first, majority woman-owned company. WBE, Certification ID: WBE2003037 WOSB, Certification ID: WOSB202050
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Follow-up Hybrid facilitation events
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Thanks so much for bringing us together today, Michelle, and thank you to everyone who shared their experiences. At the end of the event, the feeling was that we have plenty more to learn. Towards that end, we've scheduled two more gatherings on this topic. (Michelle, Fernando, Jeanne, anyone - please let me know if you see errors in the setup!) July 26: Experiments with Hybrid Facilitation https://www.meetinginnovation.community/c/schedule/experiments-with-hybrid-facilitation Bring an experiment and we'll try it out! If you can assemble an in-person team to join, that would be extra-bonus awesome. September 16: What do we know now? https://www.meetinginnovation.community/c/schedule/hybrid-facilitation-what-do-we-know-now Today we talked, in July we'll play, and in September, we'll converge. What's emerged as a core best practice? What's a minimal viable setup? Is this getting any easier? Let's find out. Click the links above to see details, RSVP, and add these dates to your calendar. Best, Elise-- ----- J. Elise Keith CEO Lucid Meetings and Meeting School Host & Sponsor: Meeting Innovation Community Author of Where the Action Is: The Meetings that Make or Break Your Organization Second Rise LLC dba Lucid Meetings is a proudly remote-first, majority woman-owned company. WBE, Certification ID: WBE2003037 WOSB, Certification ID: WOSB202050
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Hybrid Meetings Conversation #1 - June 24, 8:30-9:30am Pacific
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Hi everyone, There was a lot of interest in talking about hybrid meetings! Thank you to those who offered to figure out great ways to sign up for the discussion. I am doing the low tech way. If you answered the message, I sent you a calendar invite. I suggest this conversation will be a series. The first one is to hear what people are doing and using. The second to actually do some tests and trials with people in different locations that may be able to simulate the hybrid situation. Conversation 1 is scheduled for June 24th, 8:30-9:30am Pacific Time Zone. Zoom details are below. Come prepared to share (or to listen) experiences you have had doing HYBRID meetings (small group, large group, simple or complicated). Fishbowl type discussion with volunteer fish. We can capture it on Mural, a zoom recording or please email me if you have ideas. Let's see how far we get, the questions coming up and how we might continue the conversations. Looking forward to learning more Friday, Michelle Please feel free to join the zoom link: Topic: Hybrid Meetings - discussions and learning part 1 Time: Jun 24, 2022 08:30 AM Vancouver Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83414503025 Meeting ID: 834 1450 3025 One tap mobile +12042727920,,83414503025# Canada +14388097799,,83414503025# Canada Dial by your location +1 204 272 7920 Canada +1 438 809 7799 Canada +1 587 328 1099 Canada +1 647 374 4685 Canada +1 647 558 0588 Canada +1 778 907 2071 Canada +1 780 666 0144 Canada Meeting ID: 834 1450 3025 250.231.0635 | michellelaurie.com | connect@... -- Michelle Laurie michellelaurie.com Strategy-Assessment-Engagement-Faciltation
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Hybrid Setups
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Dear Friends, Been here since the pandemic began and I've been helped so much by the various conversations in this group -- thank you very much. This question has been asked before, but I think a lot of the discussion has been earlier during the pandemic, and last year. I've been meaning to facilitate a conversation where a group of people (some physically present, others through MS Teams (Zoom is also a possibility) need to put together a bigger-picture understanding of Work in the context of Catholic Social Teaching and the various frames re: Labor existing in the world right now. I don't want it to happen in the traditional way it's been happening (people around a table, formal conference style, with microphones, and some people on screens participating.). I'd like to try out a way with more interaction, and a more visual workspace and harvest, to support participation and documentation. I'd like to hear how some of you have done this, given some participants are online, and some can actually hold things (like post-its, etc). Did you keep outputs separate? Did you use cameras for the physical setup? An illustration (description) of how you did it, what tools did you use, and how it went (what worked, what didn't. Lessons!) will be helpful. Thank you for your help! Alwin
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Gré?t forum pour Guyyguyou yyyyyyynn From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Leah Taylor <ltaylor@...> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2022 1:57:22 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [f4c-response] Hybrid Setups This message originated from outside of NHSmail. Please do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. I’d also love to join in this discussion and learn! I haven’t yet facilitated anything hybrid and I’m so curious to explore this format. Thank you Michelle! Leah leahtaylorup@... On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 9:44 AM Fernando Murray Loureiro via groups.io <fernandomurray@...> wrote: Hi Michelle! I did some tests here in Nelson, on two facilities (Chamber of Commerce and Nelson Innovation Centre). They have different equipment and layouts, enabling some cool formats to work hybrid with a group. Let me know if you want to play around. Happy to share and learn together! Fernando Murray Mobile: +1 (250) 509 1167 Based in Nelson, BC. Supporting individuals and organizations globally. www.virtualfacilitation.com On Jun 15, 2022, at 6:11 AM, Fran?ois Lavallée <flavallee@...> wrote: ?I am in MIchelle! I am hosting a hybrid meeting again today with 2 projectors and 2 screens to make remote people visible to the whole group (20). Let me know the details and possible dates. -- Francois Lavallee , M.Sc. Organizational biologist -- Leah Taylor | Partnerships Director - Access + Equity | they/she ltaylor@... | 802-698-3138 (c) Vote Solar | Vote Solar Action Fund 360 22nd St, Suite 730 Oakland, CA 94612 votesolar.org * This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please: i) inform the sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it; and ii) do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in relation to its content (to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful). Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is the secure email, collaboration and directory service available for all NHS staff in England. NHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive information with NHSmail and other accredited email services. For more information and to find out how you can switch visit Joining NHSmail – NHSmail Support
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Rolling Thunder in Ottawa - Opening to listening beyond division
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Hey facilitators for Change! We are looking for more facilitators who want to help people deal with polarities to practice together in a fun and supportive space! Each month we host a dialogue on a complex issue that has become polarized and practice how to listen beyond the division. We use a lot of spiritual principles for this which can be off-putting for some, however they are the tools that make the difference in this capacity. Can you help bridge the divide from spiritual to practical!!? Is there a topic you would like to co-host with us, one month this year? We meet one a week for four weeks to prepare for each month's call. ALso, We have a great event happening today. We generally do not record our events due to the taboo/complex sensitive nature of them. So please join if you are intrigued! Invite: Today, as the Rolling Thunder event stirs us up again in Ottawa. It can be hard to hear each other over all the noise. The Spirit of Canada Dialogues project offers an opportunity to listen to two differing narratives of the pandemic and freedom convoy that is alive in Canada today. We will host two circles of everyday citizens sharing their experiences. A small circle of people who subscribe to one side of the narrative will speak and share their experiences, the people who resonate with the opposing narrative will practice sitting and listening only. We will practice noticing what happens inside us. We will learn what it takes to listen beyond division and what habits so easily allow us to slip into polarizing. We'll practice a few tools for remaining balanced inside as tensions rise in this type of conversation. This is a first step in a process of learning to deal with the many polarities of our world without getting polarized in anger and violence. What great possibilities can we see emerging from the divide, what are the longings being expressed for Canada? Join your co-hosts Voices for Inclusion and the Spirit of Canada Dialogues Project core team, as we invite our community with a diversity of experiences of the pandemic and the convoy to explore together. Saturday, April 30 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT (Ottawa time) Register on Eventbright: Click here Kara Stonehouse +33 (0)774 25 58 39 karastonehouse@...
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"Future of Work 24 Hours" 12-13 May 2022
Hi F4C List, Drop in today (May 12-13) to meet people from diverse thought communities who are exploring, discussing, and inventing the "future of work". These are five back-to-back online "open space" events, created by five brilliant organizing teams around the world and around the clock in a single 24-hour period. The lead organizer is the always-inspiring April Jefferson who is on the board of the Open Space Institute - US. To ensure it's accessible to all, the cost is "Pay What You Can". Tickets are available here. The first time I saw one of April's 24-hour events where the organizing team in the US Pacific time zone held the closing session for their open space and then handed it off to the organizing team in Japan for the opening session of their open space in Japanese & English, I was truly amazed at these new forms of emergent, self-organizing community events that are taking shape online now (DemocracyLab is another organization doing 24-hour hackathons). April's team is also using Microsoft Translator (a mobile phone app) alongside their Zoom meetings to enable translation across many languages. I look forward to seeing how they do it, and I hope to see you there! Lucas Cioffi QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer lucas@... +1.917.528.1831 Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration Drop in for open office hours!
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Mural consultant?
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Hi all, Are you, or have you worked with, a Mural consultant? I'm looking for a bit of freelance help creating Mural boards. Occasionally I have content that I know would make a good facilitated virtual session but don't have the time/skill to create the Mural board. I'm trying to build a couple templates that I or my colleagues could have on the shelf to run good internal kickoffs and other internal team effectiveness sessions. Similar to Mural's pre-set templates, but with my organization's branding and feel. I have an informed opinion on facilitation, and an uninformed opinion about design. So I know what I want in the session but not what would look good on the Mural! Thanks all, Nicole Martin PS I would be grateful for responses to my work email - nmartin@...
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Anyone based in Geneva or near? Interested in summer graphic facilitation workshop?
Hello Fellow Facilitators! Prior to COVID I used to offer an annual graphic facilitation workshop in BC, Canada as well as privately for organizations upon request. This was developed and delivered with a fellow facilitation that helped start this list serve (Nancy White). I am going to be in Geneva, Switzerland this August and was wondering if anyone would be interested to attend (and/or help me host) a graphic facilitation workshop August 30-31st, 2022. Another date may be possible but this date is my preference. Costs would be determined based on space and supplies (I don't know the costs in Geneva and perhaps an organization wants to host in exchange for participants). My hope is to make it affordable for people to attend and share some of my love for drawing on walls with you and others! Graphic facilitation is about using visuals to help make meaning and increase our engagement as facilitators. I have put a few descriptions and resources below to help explain what it is and what I have been focusing on in previous workshops. Please be in touch if you are interested in being on my invitation list or have ideas of an organization that may be able to help me host the workshop. Thank you! Michelle Check out this video from rosviz18 to get a taste of what’s in store in a quick minute via YouTube. Below is a visual summary done on an iPad from rosviz2019 by our guest graphic recorder Lisa Gates! And for those who want the details in words….this is an overview of what we typically cover. DAY 1: I CAN DRAW – Hands-On Writing on Walls The first day, we will start out by touching the paper, playing with the pens and loosening up our drawing muscles. We’ll silence those pesky inner censors and address the basics of “drawing on walls” including basic shapes, lettering and some initial iconography. You will learn a variety of ways to draw faces and people, an often intimidating but key element for visual engagement. We’ll cover basic techniques and tricks that enable any of us to draw as a way of capturing and communicating ideas with each other. At the end of the day, you will apply your skills by visually planning a real project or meeting you have. Facilitation techniques including icebreakers, giving and receiving feedback and flip chart enhancements will be interspersed throughout the day. DAY 2: Using Visuals For Group Processes & Facilitation Methods The second day we will apply our graphic skills in practice. We will explore how visuals can enhance group processes such as planning, meetings and evaluation. We will create mind maps, mandalas and a range of practical templates. We’ll look at the use of visuals and participatory graphics (where the pen goes into everyone’s hands) with group facilitation methods such as World Cafe, Open Space, and more. We will pay attention to preparation, the actual visual work, and follow up including digital capture of paper-based images. There will be time for lots of practice, feedback and facilitation support. Throughout the two days you will have a safe, supportive (and fun!) space to practice and build confidence for real work settings. And for those tactile types, some supplies we play with over the 2 days! Thank you for considering and sharing with anyone that may want to learn more! If you or your organization may be able to help with hosting the workshop, please contact me as soon as possible! Have a great day, 1.250.231.0635 | michellelaurie.com connect@... -- Michelle Laurie michellelaurie.com Strategy-Assessment-Engagement-Faciltation
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ZOOM lanuguage interpretation fail
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Hi there, My team hosted an event yesterday (30th of April 2022) for nearly 400 people with the Business Account. We were a team of 24 people, 20 of them were language interpreters. Here are the things we had done before the event: made sure that the translators joined from their laptop/pc/Mac translators updated to the latest version of the Zoom Desktop client translators joined the meeting with the e-mail address they created their Zoom account with. the language interpretation option of the Zoom account with the business license was turned on with the 10 needed languages all interpreters were preassigned and received an e-mail At the start of the event, I made sure that every translator have arrived before I clicked the blue 'start' button of the interpretation. However! When a translator dropped due to the internet issue I can not seem to reassign the interpretor again. Yes I can click on 'add interpreter' and try to do it manually but then the button with 'update' turns grey and I can not click on it. One hack during the morning event seemed to be to pass the host right to 2 to 3 people and then the 'update' turns back blue again for me to click on. It was an event of 2x three hours with a break in-between. This meant that some of the interpreters left the main room for the break. When they came back to the main room in the afternoon the host no longer can assign them anymore. The 'update' button is grey. This is what I have tried while the 400 people were waiting: End (red button) the interpretaion and start again with the same list. Update remains grey Deleted all interpreters in the list and start all over again by assigning 20 interpreters manually. Update remains grey Pass the host right to 2 other co-hosts and back to me. Same Ask all the participants to leave the meeting by ending the meeting. Restart the meeting again as host (signed in on the Zoom account). Then manually add 1 interpreter one by one, then click on update. Worked for 3 rounds (so 3 interpreters), then the update button became grey again Passed the host right again, end the interpretation, deleted all preassigned interpreters, then added the interpreters one by one manually I am pretty sure there must be a better way of dealing with this. To learn from this experience, what am I overlooking? What have I missed which will help us to have a better smoother event next time? Have anybody experience this before? What did you do?Many thanks in advance and hope to learn from you all! With gratitude, Sara(sher/her) Guiding teams into connection, understanding, and growth Crafting transformative spaces online, on-site and in-between www.bureautwist.nl/english
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Padlet tips?
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Hello brilliant folks I'm contemplating using Padlet with a group next week for some simple harvesting and would love to hear of any limitations that I should be aware of e.g. are there a max number of participants before it bogs down? any security access issues such has how many companies have Google products blocked? horror stories like how any participant can clear all the data such as Jamboard's 'clear frame'? does it use a lot of bandwidth for anyone with low bandwidth internet access? is the accessibility too horrible to even consider (I've read through their accessibility page and know they are working on improvements)? I'm very familiar with other online harvesting tools such as Miro, Menti, Google Slides, Jamboard etc but this will be my first time dancing with Padlet. Thanks in advance! ~ Amanda
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Hi All, I was mentoring some high school students who put together a collaborative 1.25-hour sustainability forum yesterday evening for local governments and non-profits. Our minimalist design was a Zoom meeting plus three Google drawings boards (one for opportunities, one for challenges, and one for initiatives). A friend mentioned that if we used Jamboard we could combine all three into one link, so that's a better way to do it next time. But it got me thinking about whether there's a general need among facilitators for a better way to share links during Zoom meetings. Some problems that I think are happening in many Zoom meetings: If there's more than one link, a lot of participants have trouble keeping track of multiple tabs plus the Zoom app. After a meeting is over, participants can't find the links that were shared in the Zoom chat People who missed the meeting don't know where to find the recording. So I am wondering if others on this list feel a similar need. I'm thinking of making a simple webpage/tool that does this: A facilitator can... add a name for an event/meeting and add the date and time add their own Zoom link add a button for each of the links that they expect to share during the meeting (agenda, Miro board, a notes template for each breakout room, etc) customize the background, colors, and logo to match their client create a custom link to the page such as https://example.com/name-of-my-meeting-2022 display a link to the recording after the event is over upload the chat after the meeting if they want Participants can... launch zoom without having to sign in view the dial-in information if they have to join by phone convert the date/time to multiple time zones display the instructions in multiple languages jump between the tools easily during the Zoom meeting (agenda, Miro board, etc) start adding to the notes or meeting agenda before the event begins (if the facilitator wants that to happen) return to the event page to see the notes after the event is over What would be some other functionality that you would want on a tool like this? Thanks for any advice! Lucas Cioffi
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