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The Institute for Participatory design, we draw on a large Methodenrepertoir, to get some ideas for the design of our design process. Because we believe that each project and each method requires its own context, we offer classic methods reference and inspiration. My methods are constantly being developed and fully adapted to new requirements. In the end it is always important that your individual requirements are higher than the pure doctrine. We present here a small selection of our repertoire: Citizen activation and Community Organizing Civic Forum Citizen-based design workshop Design-oriented mediation Open Space Palodium Planning Workshop Round Table World Café

“if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” The road to learning specific information is, itself, very specific. Chart your path in advance and you’re in for a very productive session.

note taking methods

mind mapping, Cornell notes, outline format, sentence format,

form a new kind of living systems organization, and lay down infrastructures that we intend will lead us towards a desired socioeconomic paradigm and human operation system

cultural design, systems intelligence, and coordinated creative action at scale

world builders

Managing remote employees can prove rewarding, liberating and fulfilling…or you can feel like an empty nest parent whose kids don’t stay in touch. Building teamwork, trust and trackability are three cornerstones of effective remote management of virtual employees. Learn how to build credibility and confidence with a virtual workforce. Micro-managing vs. micro-monitoring. Often, the difference between resentment and resilience occurs in the subtleties of remote employee management. If virtual employees feel “Big Brother” is watching, they will naturally tend to become defensive. On the other hand, if they feel supported and know they have a safety net, positive results are likely to follow. This class will help managers learn how to: Motivate remote employees Handle conflicts in virtual settings Communicate convincingly from afar Create a tightly-knit team that stays loose

Development of remote employees Training – methods for training remote employees, when to use each Skill vs. talent training On-going mentoring – development as a continuous process Reactionary vs. proactive Socratic coaching How to give good feedback Performance reviews and feedback – frequency, how to conduct and communicate, evaluating team Identifying skills vs talent performance Motivating remote employees Creating leaders and building ownership Empowering employees – enabling employees by giving them decision opportunities. Turning work into play Ways to reward a virtual team No vs. low vs. high cost options Public vs. private reward systems Disciplining remote employees Action plans Key items to include How to deliver How to monitor Handling conflicts between remote team members Hiring remote employees Ideal traits of the remote employee Using the remote employee skill assessment Implementing remote management skills Creating action plans, getting immediate results.

Managing Remote Employees Topics Covered Leading a remote team Setting the vision – how to communicate the team vision and keep employees focused on it in their work efforts. Creating expectations – how to clearly communicate and set performance and team expectations to ensure employees move toward common objectives correctly. Communicating WIIFMs – drive employees toward goals by communicating the benefits to them “what’s in it for me.” Communication Quantity and quality – increased communication needed with remote employees Communication vehicles – the different ways to communicate with a distributed workforce and when and how to use them Picking the appropriate option for different situations How and when to have team meetings Accessibility – establishing your credibility through commitments, guidance, and owning decisions Micro-Monitoring vs. Micro-Managing Creating and using tools to enable employees to manage themselves and track their own performance Increasing responsibility to decrease management time Setting goals – how to engage employees in their own development Managing to expectations Monitoring tools What can be monitored & how to monitor What can be managed & how to manage

Lately the product du jour appears to be a new method of gamification, turning the Web into a series of achievements and arbitrary goals. But the question I want to ask is: Do we really want the entire Web to be a game?

Case in point: WordPress. I had never noticed this before beginning at PandoDaily, but WordPress doesn’t seem to recognize the difference between someone that doesn’t know how to use a blogging system and someone using their VIP, this-is-serious-business to do some actual writing. The first time I posted to PandoDaily I was greeted with a little sidebar that screamed “Congratulations, you’ve made your first post! Next goal: Make five posts!” with a little star next to it, which made me feel like I had just learned the alphabet and impressed my kindergarten teacher. Why does something like Fitocracy work, when something like WordPress’ hand-holding doesn’t?

I chose to play a game.