Did you listen to JWM's Talk at the Global Archives?
Not everyone has found the Global Archives Fall Sojourn web page: see fallsojourn.posterous.com There are several new posts there about the work of the Fall Sojourn. You can also find an audio clip of a Joe Mathews talk from 1964 and listen to it or down load it. if you -want tArchive email updates or -want to offer a question or comment please send an email to: fallsojourn@gmail.com and include your own name and email address. Steve
Just a wee update. We are teaching our very first Group Facilitation course in a totally online environment. We're teaching the straight-up GFM course, but not trying to teach them to facilitate online at all. There are a total of 6 two hour sessions. 3 for the Focused Conversation method and 3 for the Consensus Workshop method. Monday - Wednesday and Friday. They have homework assignments between sessions including practicing the method in a real setting. We have people from across Canada as well as one in Barbados and one who is, for this week, located in Hawaii. We're using Blackboard Collaborate - a shared whiteboard - small group rooms - very good audio and a bunch of group work tools. We can share our own computer screen, go to a website, play videos. It uses PowerPoint for contextual material, instructions and pages for group work. For example, we upload the Focused Conversation worksheet and they can type directly on it. A small group works together to help someone design a conversation. The person can download it, refine it and use it. At least one of the participants will be using the conversation in his church group this evening. They seemed to grasp the basics of the method and they can see themselves using it in their life and workplaces. It's our first time and there are a few clumsy spots, but we are very excited about the possibilities. \\/ - - - - - - - - - - Wayne Nelson wnelson@ica-associates.ca O - 416-691-2316 M - 647-229-6910
pretty awesome, Wayne--keep us updated re how it goes. Ellie -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Nelson <wnelson@ica-associates.ca> To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Wed, Oct 3, 2012 2:51 pm Subject: [Dialogue] Group Facilitation - Online Just a wee update. We are teaching our very first Group Facilitation course in a totally online environment. We're teaching the straight-up GFM course, but not trying to teach them to facilitate online at all. There are a total of 6 two hour sessions. 3 for the Focused Conversation method and 3 for the Consensus Workshop method. Monday - Wednesday and Friday. They have homework assignments between sessions including practicing the method in a real setting. We have people from across Canada as well as one in Barbados and one who is, for this week, located in Hawaii. We're using Blackboard Collaborate - a shared whiteboard - small group rooms - very good audio and a bunch of group work tools. We can share our own computer screen, go to a website, play videos. It uses PowerPoint for contextual material, instructions and pages for group work. For example, we upload the Focused Conversation worksheet and they can type directly on it. A small group works together to help someone design a conversation. The person can download it, refine it and use it. At least one of the participants will be using the conversation in his church group this evening. They seemed to grasp the basics of the method and they can see themselves using it in their life and workplaces. It's our first time and there are a few clumsy spots, but we are very excited about the possibilities. \\/ - - - - - - - - - - Wayne Nelson wnelson@ica-associates.ca O - 416-691-2316 M - 647-229-6910 _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net
I would love to be part of it. A.M. Noel 206-321-6274 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Nelson" <wnelson@ica-associates.ca> To: "Colleague Dialogue" <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 3:50:22 PM Subject: [Dialogue] Group Facilitation - Online Just a wee update. We are teaching our very first Group Facilitation course in a totally online environment. We're teaching the straight-up GFM course, but not trying to teach them to facilitate online at all. There are a total of 6 two hour sessions. 3 for the Focused Conversation method and 3 for the Consensus Workshop method. Monday - Wednesday and Friday. They have homework assignments between sessions including practicing the method in a real setting. We have people from across Canada as well as one in Barbados and one who is, for this week, located in Hawaii. We're using Blackboard Collaborate - a shared whiteboard - small group rooms - very good audio and a bunch of group work tools. We can share our own computer screen, go to a website, play videos. It uses PowerPoint for contextual material, instructions and pages for group work. For example, we upload the Focused Conversation worksheet and they can type directly on it. A small group works together to help someone design a conversation. The person can download it, refine it and use it. At least one of the participants will be using the conversation in his church group this evening. They seemed to grasp the basics of the method and they can see themselves using it in their life and workplaces. It's our first time and there are a few clumsy spots, but we are very excited about the possibilities. \\/ - - - - - - - - - - Wayne Nelson wnelson@ica-associates.ca O - 416-691-2316 M - 647-229-6910 _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net
participants (4)
-
A.M. Noel -
Ellie Stock -
steve har -
Wayne Nelson