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This page explains how to organize a discussion about Movement strategy held via teleconference or video meeting.
Cycle 1 of the discussion is now closed for analysis and sense-making, and the toolkit information may change for Cycle 2. Please join us soon for the next cycle of discussions. Updates in progress
“Virtual” or video/teleconferencing discussion (cycle 1)
Recommended size
Max 6-7 participants per call, 1 designated facilitator, at least 1 designated notetaker (non-participant)
Vue d'ensemble de l'ordre du jour
During a 1.5 hr discussion, participants will do the following:
- Review the Strategy Brief and discuss the key points that resonate with the group
- Explore what accomplishing the vision looks like
- Generate ideas about what is our best way of reaching our vision
- Identify themes and write theme statements (1 sentence for each theme)
Ordre du jour détaillé
Here is a recommended agenda for the discussion. While you may choose to run the conversation differently, this has been designed for your use.
Helpful hints:
- Designate a facilitator (discussion leader, time tracker) and notetaker beforehand.
- Create a notes page and post for group’s use during the conversation.
- Strongly encourage everyone to review the strategy brief beforehand and capture key inspirations.
- Use google hangout or other video-conferencing tool to allow people to see each other during the discussion.
Temps | Activité |
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Beforehand | Email invitation:
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10 min | Opening
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20 min | The world in 2030 - what does our movement look like?
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10 min | Exploring our shared vision: Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
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30 min | Achieving our vision - part 1 (ideas)
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15 min | Achieving our vision - part 2 (theme statements)
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5 min | Close
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Roles for teleconference workshops
Recommended roles
To help conduct a meaningful, productive discussion, we are recommending that you ask people to volunteer for each of the following roles. These roles are intended to help all participants to stay focused on the purpose of the discussion and adhere to the Friendly space expectations. If you are the discussion coordinator, you can also be the facilitator or the scribe, or you could designate someone else to be in that role.
Coordinateur
- Before the meeting: Share the suggested reading, purpose, and agenda with discussion participants
- At the meeting:
- Welcome everyone
- Encourage volunteers to fill the roles
- Thank everyone
- After the meeting:
- Ensure the summary and raw notes get posted
Facilitateur
- Create the discussion space:
- Identify volunteers for each of the roles
- Share your organization’s Friendly space policy or share this one: Friendly space policy
- Share the concept of “parking lot” - when ideas that are not part of the main topic are brought up, they can be written and set aside for future review and discussion
- Prepare for the discussion:
- Share the agenda
- Share the goal of the discussion
- Share any prepared materials
- Guide the discussion in a timely manner, encouraging all to speak and participate
- Keep neutral and help others reflect on points being made
- Avoid bias
- Trust the process, yourself and others
- Set expectations/ground rules and enforce them
- Listen with ears AND eyes, if applicable
- Engage appropriate reflection—when to rephrase, when to talk, when to listen
- Do not be overly directive or providing answers
- Allowing “think-time” for different styles of processing and participation
- Being comfortable with interpersonal “messiness” and silence
- Being authentic/self-disclosure AND accepting feedback
- Stay neutral/non-judgmental - try to avoid judgement statements such as "very good," that's right," or "I agree" as much as statements to the opposite.
- Attend to tracking/detail and linking to the big picture
- Show appreciation for all participation that meets the agreed upon guidelines, not just those things that you might find especially interesting.
- Normally the Facilitator does not participate in the discussion. If you wish to share an idea, be sure to say when you are stepping out of Facilitator role and into participant role.
- Avoid bias
- Help everyone observe the Friendly space expectations
- Some core agreements for group discussions:
- No put downs.
- This is a brainstorm session—All ideas are accepted and noted
- No ideas are bad ideas
- Individuals each have a voice (turn) and can volunteer more than one idea.
- One idea at a time.
- Everyone not sharing their idea should be listening and be respectful of the participant.
- Participation is voluntary, if an individual does not want to share an idea, they have the right to pass.
- Some core agreements for group discussions:
- Identify action items and assign responsibilities for completing them
- Help group summarize the key themes
Scribe(s)
- Take notes of key ideas, capturing the participants’ exact phrasing to maintain integrity of the idea
- Use online shared docs or a wiki page to write notes
- Include action items and who is responsible for each item
- Keep in mind the notes are available to everyone
- [TBD: advice about note privacy for virtual workshops]
Participants
- Partagez vos idées et soyez créatifs!