Let me confess right up front: I really don’t like webinars. Too often they feel “done unto me.” I am powerless, at the mercy of the organizers. I may have access to a chat room (Thank Goodness!) But more often than not, these are content delivery mechanisms with token participant interaction in the form of … Continue reading Beyond the Webinar
What do we mean by engagement online? was one of those old blog posts that keeps surfacing. Tomorrow I’m doing a web meeting with a group of people who are designing, stewarding and facilitating globally distributed online communities of work, practice and information sharing. I’ve been revisiting old posts and thought this one from 2009 was … Continue reading What do we mean by engagement online? Reprise from 2009
My last post about this topic was dated 2009. In preparing for a workshop this week, it seemed like a good time to update the resource. have any suggestions or additions? Please share them in the comments. Why use a call? The medium of voice conversations is pretty flexible. Many of us have mastered the … Continue reading Updated Conference Call & Meeting Tips
Having been involved in online facilitation since 1997, I’m often asked for examples of “successful online communities.” People want to see them, tour them, and understand what they can learn from them as they embark upon or support their own communities. Sometimes they are interested in technology. Sometimes they want to know about how things … Continue reading Virtual Tours of Online Communities as Learning Journeys
Note: this is an update of an older article I wrote on online facilitation. You might say, this has been steeping for a while. 😉 I have both updated it, and tweaked it to meet the needs of the Project Community Course at the Hague Technical University. Nancy White, Full Circle Associates For CommProj12 October, … Continue reading What is Online Facilitation in the Context of Open, Innovative Design Engineering?