Re: Facilitating community meetings online (was Dear Coho Professionals) | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Lynne MARKELL (lmarkell![]() |
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:43:02 -0700 (PDT) |
Congratulations to you. Thanks for sharing and giving us these tips. I find long Zoom meetings challenging. Our last one was 2.5 hours, because we added on an interview with a real estate lawyer at the beginning. We had a social event on Friday and it was only an hour. Much better! Lynne, Convivium Cohousing Co-operative, in Ottawa. Lynne Markell, Lmarkell [at] rogers.com (613) 842-5222 > On Apr 26, 2020, at 7:49 PM, Scott Drennan <scottd [at] pobox.com> wrote: > > Hi Martie, > > At Treehouse Village we've been using Zoom (and before that Google > Hangouts) extensively as we move through the development process. We have > community members from England, northern Canada and West Coast USA, as well > as Nova Scotia and environs, and this has made a huge difference to our > level of comfort in this new "physical distancing" world. > > We're using Sociocracy as a governance structure, and the facilitators of > our various circles have become quite adept at facilitating online. Key > things that we do: > > - encourage members to have video on wherever possible > - use gallery view so we can see everyone at the same time > - all members stay muted except the person speaking where possible > - for rounds, the facilitator calls out both the person next to speak and > the person after, so people aren't surprised when their turn comes (since > it's harder to see the circle order online - the order of windows is > different for each person) > - use breakout rooms frequently, and send small groups (5-8 people) to > discuss for 10-15 minutes, then come back and report to the Full Circle > - use hand signals for non-contentious consent decisions: > - thumb up: consent > - thumb down: object > - thumb sideways: clarification > - we also use hand signals for quick communication: > - jazz hands: appreciation, agreement > - cupped ears: unmute please > > This applies to both working circle meetings (4-10 people) and larger > meetings, including Full Circle consent decisions (~20 households, 35 adult > members at this point). > > It reminds me I've been talking about writing a blog post on facilitating > with Zoom - I should get back to that. > > Scott Drennan > Treehouse Village Ecohousing > Bridgewater, NS, Canada > https://treehousevillage.ca/ > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 4:42 AM Martie Weatherly <mhweatherly [at] > earthlink.net> > wrote: > >> Was there ever a facilitators group formed? I have been away from cohoL >> for quite awhile. I am particularly interested in the challenges of >> facilitating a community meeting over zoom or some other such platform. >> >> Martie Weatherly >> Liberty Village >> > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://L.cohousing.org/info > > >
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Dear Coho Professionals Karen Gimnig, June 26 2019
- Re: Dear Coho Professionals Ann Lehman, June 27 2019
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Re: Dear Coho Professionals Martie Weatherly, April 21 2020
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Re: Facilitating community meetings online (was Dear Coho Professionals) Scott Drennan, April 26 2020
- Re: Facilitating community meetings online (was Dear Coho Professionals) Lynne MARKELL, April 27 2020
- Re: Facilitating community meetings online (was Dear Coho Professionals) Scott Drennan, April 27 2020
- Re: Facilitating community meetings online (was Dear Coho Professionals) Chris Hansen, May 1 2020
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Re: Facilitating community meetings online (was Dear Coho Professionals) Scott Drennan, April 26 2020
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