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Todd Suomela

IAF North America - 0 views

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    International Association of Facilitators, North America
Todd Suomela

Relevant History: Reflections on SciBarCamp - 0 views

  • There's a cultural element to the camps that I think is important. People here are veterans of academic meetings, scientific society conferences, and industry trade shows, and know that world well enough to be intelligently dissatisfied by it.
  • Very practical things Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. You can't have too many signs for wifi, Twitter tags, arrows pointing to the bathrooms and exits, put the agenda in a very public place, etc.. You can't have enough mobile whiteboards, flipcharts, and other public writing surfaces. 5-minute breaks between sessions. People need time to get from one room to another (or find out what room they're headed to next). Work in time for longer breaks. We tend to want to pack a day as full as possible. Don't. People will take breaks whether you schedule them or not. Clocks in the rooms. Also having someone go around and announce how much time is left in each session is good. Cloakroom. People tend to put bags and coats on chairs, which inhibits their use by other peopl
  • I also suspect a good bar camp also requires some minimum number of people who are veterans of the camp scene, and can catalyze others and acculturate novices. I'm not sure what that number is. Tantek said that return attendees are like culture in yogurt, which I think is a good comparison.
Todd Suomela

Ignite - 0 views

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    If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers. Ignite was started in Seattle in 2006 by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. Since then 100s of 5 minute talks have been given across the world. There are thriving Ignite communities in Seattle, Portland, Paris, and NYC.
Todd Suomela

Work-In-Progress - 0 views

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    by Harrison Owen, creator of Open Space.
Todd Suomela

AACE - Spaces of Interaction: Rethinking Traditional Conferences - 1 views

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    Upcoming online event, Feb 18-20 2009, to discuss improving conferences.
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    AACE is pleased to announce and sponsor "Spaces of Interaction: An Online Conversation on Improving Traditional Conferences,"
Todd Suomela

Group Photo - 2 views

Group photo is taken from jdlasica photostream at Flickr. Direct link

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Todd Suomela

Future Search Network - 0 views

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    An interactive planning process used world-wide in diverse cultures to achieve shared goals and fast action. Future search leads to cooperative planning that lasts for years.
Todd Suomela

Chris Corrigan » Patterns for building community - 0 views

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    In the opening chapters, Block takes inspiration from the likes of John McKnight, Robert Putnam, Christopher Alexander and others to crate some basic patterns for collective transformation. These are beautiful and quite in line with the work I do and the things we teach through the Art of Hosting.
Todd Suomela

Do Rewards Shape Online Discussions? - Katrina A. Meyer The University of Memphis - 0 views

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    This research attempted to test whether the granting of points for receiving the most votes as the "best post" would affect the quality of subsequent postings to online discussions. Five online discussions were held in a small graduate-level course in leadership theory, and postings were coded into Bloom's taxonomy. Quality was defined as the percent of postings in the upper three levels (Analyze, Evaluate, and Create), but did not change. By asking students their reasons for choosing a posting as best, content analysis resulted in five reasons: "personal," "new," "stimulating," "informative," and "like me," which are compared to the instructor's views. When asked if the availability of points affected their performance, nine students felt the points did not affect their postings and two students tried harder because of them. While these results do not capture a link between receiving rewards and improved quality in online discussions, this exercise may capture the process whereby compliments for good postings may set the standard for how graduate students think and contribute online.
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    more about online moderation but still related.
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