Free workshop: Facilitating online communities

The inimitable Leigh Blackall of the Educational Development Centre of Otago Polytechnic is at it again, this time with an open, wiki/blog based online facilitation workshop starting next week. Catch the news at… Facilitating online communities – WikiEducator If you are interested in online facilitation, particularly in a teaching/learning context, don’t miss this one! Facilitating … Continue reading Free workshop: Facilitating online communities

A spot of reflection – shifting from me to we

Window Dog The dog days of summer are here, and I want to be outside on these glorious, sunny Seattle days. With a long wet winter, we tend to be hyper aware of the magnificence of our Pacific Northwest Summers. Right now there are raspberries and strawberries ripening in my garden. Flowers. Compost to be … Continue reading A spot of reflection – shifting from me to we

Thinking about “Slow Community” (particularly online)

Tonight I’m sharing a few thoughts at ZAAZ about “Slow Community” and I thought I’d share the slides. They can be found here as well as embedded below. This all came out of a blog post a few months back that generated some very interesting comments. In preparation, I pinged my Twitter network – who … Continue reading Thinking about “Slow Community” (particularly online)

Musings on “community management” Part 2

My last post was on the ground, in-the-flow practical stuff of online community management in response to Chris Brogan’s great post, On Managing A Community . This one climbs up to meta-ville a bit and asks a couple of questions. Are we talking about communities, or are we embarking on the era of network facilitation? … Continue reading Musings on “community management” Part 2