Talk:Facilitating online communities/Conference
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| Thread title | Replies | Last modified |
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| Connecting Online in Developing Countries - Sat. 08/11 @8PM (NZ time) | 1 | 19:38, 17 June 2009 |
| Heart2Heart Online | 1 | 19:38, 17 June 2009 |
| The Role of a Facilitator | 0 | 19:38, 17 June 2009 |
| Managing Multimembership in Social Networks: Oct 27-Nov 9, 2008 | 0 | 19:38, 17 June 2009 |
| Conference project collaborators wanted | 1 | 19:38, 17 June 2009 |
| Wikis and Collaboration | 0 | 19:38, 17 June 2009 |
| Welcome | 0 | 19:38, 17 June 2009 |
| TLC - Think, Learn & Create | 3 | 19:38, 17 June 2009 |
| Story Telling | 0 | 19:38, 17 June 2009 |
Connecting Online in Developing Countries
Session will be held here: WiZiq on 8th Nov.@8pm (NZ time), check your time here
If you are interested in any of the following questions, please join us and share your thoughts with us on this Saturday, 8th Nov.
- How’s the situation in developing countries to be connected online?
- What are the main issues connecting online in developing counties?
- Are the barriers for us to go online the same for people in developing countries?
- What are the challenges and opportunities for people living in developing countries to be connected online?
- Is there any difference between the communities in developed and developing counties?
We have several experienced marvelous guest speakers coming to this session discussing the topic with us. I would like to invite you come and share your thoughts and experience with us :-) Please leave your comments and questions here.
Cheers,
Joy
Being able to connect to the world through Web 2 tools and spend long hours in the computer exchanging intellectual material with anyone available is cool. On the other hand, at the end of the day we need to face ourselves again and reconcile with who we really are. The power we exercise in being able to interact digitally in an anonymous/faceless manner can win us many battles and give us a great sense of power. In some cases, however, it can only be a convenient escape – from our basic need to feel safe, valued and loved. As human beings, our innermost desire is to love and be loved unconditionally.
And whereas modern society applauds the independent person, the one who can attain self-actualisation alone, the self-assured individualist, what we really need is to connect once again to how we are truly one with each other at the deepest level. Our beliefs in separation, scarcity and struggle brought about by the materialistic mindset have led us to fear and compete with each other. The result has been increasing discomfort and a growing sense of powerlessness, not only individually but as a society.
We want to explore whether we can provide a community online where one can be simply oneself — able to share one’s deepest feelings without the fear of being rejected, judged, stopped, or criticized.
But there are issues unique to the virtual world that is not true of the physical world. One such issue is that of authenticity. The absence of verifiable information about a person leaves it open to people joining in under fantasized and contrived personality and wreck havoc on what otherwise could be a very meaningful session.
I wonder how this can be managed and how many people will be up to the challenge of exploring this forum.
JOIN US!
REGISTRATIONS for the Nov 8 online mini-conference – Heart2Heart Online: the place where we can simply be ourselves are now OPEN!
Event Details: November 8, 2008 00:00 UTC Time (or check your time here)
Duration: 60-90 minutes
Venue: WiZiQ (log-in details to be supplied)
Group Size: Maximum of 8 people
Facilitator: Greg Barcelon assisted by partner Ivy (guest)
Registration Required: In view the nature of the event, the number of participants will be limited. It shall also be private and access will be by invitation only, i.e., no drop-ins, unexpected participants or observers will be present. Kindly express your interest in participating by completing a short registration form here or by sending an e-mail to gbarcelon@shaw.ca stating your purpose for participating in this mini-conference.
For detailed Joining Instructions, go to: The Sanctuary
After participating in some on-line communities’ asynchronous discussions and synchronous sessions I have seen a whole bunch of people who are highly transactional and impersonal in approach. On the other hand, I have also observed that there are those who are reaching out to connect on a deeper level other than that of simply being utilitarian. My focus is the latter.
In the physical world there are communities that facilitate gatherings that are targeted on being able to connect deeply. One is the popular Heart Talk developed by Cliff Durfee or Mutual Support Groups popularized by Arnold Patent. I wish to learn how to make the same phenomenon (of simply being ourselves and open with our feelings in support of one another) happen online.
Please join my wife, Ivy (guest), and I explore the extent to which we can continue being our true selves even in the virtual world.
What issues should we consider?
What challenges should we be anticipating?
What can we do in order to overcome potential risks in such sessions, if any?
I'm intrigued by this session and interested in the "pattern language" or elements that would go into creating environments in which people are able to relax and "be themselves", to create deep connections with each other and explore conversations that are truly meaningful.
What kinds of things are important in the creation of this kind of space? Are the aesthetics of the environment in which you gather of key import or value? The presence of imagery and color? The options available or ease with which you can navigate the communication tools? The warmth of your welcome as you enter the space as a newcomer? The frequency and/or tenor of the conversation itself? Does having a clear purpose for being there make a difference? Do agreed-upon "rules" for interaction help or hinder? What are the intangibles and the things you can't plan for that either support depth connections or inhibit them?
What are the elements that contribute to a space where "authenticity" is no more of an issue online than it is if you are not online? Does sharing your "real name" make it easier or harder to be "yourself"? What kind of possibilities does the online medium allow that are not available in face to face interactions? Are there things that are impossible online?
What kinds of dialogic models, either online or off, support depth of connection and heart-felt sharing? Where do we go for models? What are the specific challenges of the online medium, and how do we translate what we know in one medium into another?
My own most interesting work is in creating the online environments that can hold and support these kinds of deeper connections between people. I'd love to share what I know and learn from what others are doing.
Please let me know where this session will be held and I will be there.
Amy Lenzo: amy@beautydialogues.com
I recorded an interview with a Community Facilitator. For the mini conference I would like participants to listen to the inteview and then discuss if it has changed their perceived role of a facilitator or is the role of a community facilitator different from that of a facilitator in an educational organisation. This discussion will be held on skype on Wednesday 5th November at 7pm UTC. All intersted people are welcome to attend. It would be good if participants cuold listen to the interview before the session. This is the link.
Sue Wolff, Jeffrey Keefer, Bronwyn Stuckey, and I have been exchanging email about working together on this project and this week had our first planning meeting in the FOC08 24/7 meeting room (handy to have that room!). We're organizing a 2-week asynchronous event (October 26 - November 9, 2008). It will be hosted at SCoPE, which is an educator community that is free and open to the public. The working title is "Managing Multimembership in Social Networks" and we're working on the description here: [1]
We've agreed on a tag for our event: multimembership.
I posted a bit of background info on my blog and more posts tagged multimembership to come!: [2]
So far we've agreed on a format for the event, and we're sketching out a job jar and timeline on our wiki page: Facilitating online communities/course mini conference/multimembership.
More detail about this soon!
Sylvia
For the mini conference, I'd like to do a run-through of our Global Leadership Development course. It is still very much a work in progress, but it is an important OER contribution.
I'm looking for 2 or 3 others who have an interest in making leadership training available to anyone who seeks to learn more about taking charge, taking action and taking responsibility for making the world a better place one project at a time.
Assistance is needed for drafting participant activities, locating appropriate reading, audio and video about leading and leadership, locating projects where participants can contribute, and facilitating the mini conference. Interested in this challenge? Please let me know how you would like to be involved. vtaylor at gmail dot com
Hi Valerie, I would be interested in joining you in creating a global leadership development course. I have taken a few courses in leadership for the past 3 years in my doctoral studies (educational leadership). I am very involved in leadership and the change process.
Thank you.
Nellie Deutsch
I'd like to facilitate a session on collaboraiton and wikis. I'm hoping to host a 'special guest' -- a world renowned 'expert' in mass collaboration for a 60-90 minute session, which will include a short presentation and time for Q&A.
I'll need to confirm times/dates, but it's likely to be in the second week of the mini-conf (week ending Nov 9, 2008).
Welcome to the discussion area for the mini conference. To start us off, if you are proposing or planning an event, please start a new thread and invite discussion around your idea. When we have confirmed all events, we will set up new threads for confirmed events for attendees to discuss the event itself. Have fun :) and if you have any problems, contact me at any time: leighblackallATgmailDOTcom
Mind maps are a dynamic way to capture significant points of information. They use a global format, allowing information to be displayed in the same way that our brain functions, in many directions simultaneously.
In this 1-hour session we would like to introduce participants to this method of notetaking, followed by a Q&A session with our guest speaker/s.
During this discussion we invite you to post your ideas and questions about what you would wish to gain from this session, planned to be held on Friday 31 October 2008 11 am NZ DST (10 pm Thursday 30 October UTC).
Thanks
Elaine Dittert and Kay Lewis
Hi Guys,
I am really keen to attend your session, but when I tried to connect to 24/7 virtual clsrm this morning (07/11 11am)but failed. Maybe your session been helpd last Friday? I saw somewhere about ur session said will held on 07/11? Shame missed your session :-(
Cheers, Joy
Hi Joy
Sorry we missed you - yes it was run, as planned, last Friday 7 November at 11.30 am (NZT). You might want to look at the recording of our session.
Kind regards, Elaine and Kay
Hints of a new 3D mind mapping tool (and in Second Life)[edit]
You may be interested in this link - http://www.mind-mapping.org/blog/2008/11/hints-of-a-new-3d-mind-mapping-tool/
Being in Second Life, it looks as if this could shape up to be the first collaborative 3D mind mapper!
Kay Lewis
I would like to facilitate a mini conference on Storytelling
I would like to invite others to join. Please add your name to the list of story tellers on the following page:
