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Facts About The Conference
54 Participants from 16
countries in plenary, 28
participants in 9 break out
sessions
Collaboration tool for
plenary: Skype chat
Preparation of conference: 8 people from 6
countries (USA, Canada, GB, Brazil, Germany, South
Africa), who have not met before as a group, in 3
weeks time
Key Learnings: Tools
Collaboration tools that are
difficult to set up need more
time for preparation.
Conduct pre session
preparation in advance of
virtual meetings
it is difficult to move from
one session to another
think about the relationship between the set
of tools to be used and the goals for the
session (Chat only, voice, visualisation)
Key Learnings:
Collaboration
Convening virtual meetings requires a
different kind of preparation than real world
facilitation.
It works
You can organize large global
confereneces with minimal lead time and
cost.
Ability to collect information in virtual
conferences is greater because all of the
communication can be recorded.
Because participants are already
connected in the conference you
naturally stay connected after the
conference.
Documentation
Skype Chat Plenary
Session on
collectiv action
Session on
communication tools for
managers
Introducing social
media to large
organizations
New Change Management
Appraoch for 21st Century
Break-out Sessions
Collaborative intelligence in
the workplace (Stephan Joyce)
Tool used:Yuuguu, Skype,
mindmeister
Major findings, To be continued: contact
stephen.joyce1
Communication tools for
the manager 2.0 (Marc Dangeard)
Tool used: Skype VoIP, Chat
Major findings, To be continued after contact
with Marc
Interdependence between
collaboration and
technology (Hans Gaertner)
Tool used: Teamspeak, Mindmapping
Major findings, its like chicken and egg: What
drives what?, Voice not really essential, When do we become productive in virtual
collaboration, are there team
development phases (forming, storming,
norming...)?
Open money (Georg
Pleger)
Tool used: Twitter, Skype
Major findings, 1) In crisis period, classic currencies are missing. Alternative
currencies can be created in real life (ex. WIR in Ch) or Twollars on
Twitter., 2) Eiso Kant co-founder of Twitter present us Twollars.com.
Everyone who is on Twitter can give Twollars to another one
(GIVE ORDER) One can also donate to a charity. Then a
sponsor give real dollars for the cause. New version of
Twollars will include an API, to let people use Twollars
without Twitter (e-mail, website)., 3) We have create the ExploraCoeur project to experiment the
open currencies new usages. Free, open and collaborative project
we can join by followinf @exploracoeurexp on Twitter.
Global Skills (Lucy Garrick)
Tool used: Etherpad
Major findings, Where do we start to change our
institutions and schools to develop
cross-cultural/global skills, Cross-cultural competency and it's
impact on mutual respect, leadership
and forgiveness, Ideas of reflexive culture - being
aware of how the one culture impacts
another
Introducing social media
to large organisation (Carl Plant)
Tool used: Twitter via TinyChat
Major findings, The use of social media needs
to be aimed at a specific topic, Make a measureable impact, Be led by a trusted person in a trusting
environment and have some cost benefit too
for good measure
Community owned communications
(William Rogers)
Tool used: Skype Chat
Major findings, Define ownership, Communication or Content, Political Participation, ACCESS - Digital divide and
Tech barriers to uptake, STAKEHOLDERS - Corporate and community
New Change Management Approach
(Holger Nauheimer)
Tool used: DimDim
Major findings, We need a different approach
to change in organizations, We need different people on the board, We need a new model for rewarding
collaboration in organizations
Collective action (Maria D)
Tool used: Twitter and TinyChat
Major findings, Our favorite resources on collective action, Cultural changes and their mechanisms, How would our visions look in practice, Meta-reflections: Challenging topic
is challenging; we want to stay in
touch
Staying in Touch
Skype Chat - RTVC Chat Room
Sample Participant Feedback
Thanks to the helping hands
- good athmosphere.
"Some technological confusion was part of my
learning experience... very excited about the
possibilities of vc...I'd love to participate in this kind
of thing more." Leila
"Everything was ok for me... Skype, Twitter,
DimDim (?) All was very well prepared Good
jobs." Emmanuel
"The chats were inspiring and
intrigueing the technology sometimes
frustrating." patiotextiles
"I got lots of ideas and links to new tools etc.
- will definitely use some of them and try
them out in our setting. Thank for great
preparations." Olivia
"No session conversations for me this
time - but 2 nice butterfly talks on the
side- thanks to Sofia, Stephen and
Aiden." Frauke
"Simplicity seemed to be
the key, more time to think
creatively." Carl
"I would appreciate the open rooms on
different media to test drive so that I would
not miss sessions" patiotextiles
"I found it more meaningful to engage solely in one-to-one
and to check in post-event on all the chatter. Follow-up with
individuals on specific ideas if required. ..." Aiden
"I lurked in a few sessions in the first part
but the hosting was quite all engaging -
even though I typed little." onetruestory
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