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Hybrid note storm
A method to capture notes and reflections in hybrid events
Baustein Aufgabensysteme (3 Gruppierung)
Gruppierung der Aufgabenlisten
W³ - What, So What, Now What?
Instead of altering our beliefs to fit new information, we often force information to fit our existing beliefs.
W3 helps groups break this pattern by reflecting on a shared experience in a way that builds understanding and spurs coordinated action while avoiding unproductive conflict.
Progressing in stages makes this practical: collecting facts (What Happened), making sense of them (So What), and identifying what actions logically follow (Now What). Every voice is heard while simultaneously sifting for insights and shaping new direction.
The shared progression eliminates most of the misunderstandings that otherwise fuel disagreements about what to do — enlivening LS Principle #4, Learn by Failing Forward. Voila!
Panarchy
You can help a large group of people identify obstacles and opportunities for spreading ideas or innovations at many levels. Panarchy enables people to visualize how systems are embedded in systems and helps them understand how these interdependencies influence the spread of change. Participants become more alert to small changes that can help spread ideas up to other system levels; they learn how shifts at larger or lower system levels may release resources to assist them at another level. With better appreciation of the Ecocycle dynamics at play, the group creates “opportunity windows” for innovations to spread among levels and across boundaries.
Options Place (Open Space Technology)
In Options Place, participants propose and lead their own breakout sessions instead of following a preset agenda. This unleashes people’s creativity and invites them to attend sessions that match their interests. When given the freedom to shape the agenda, participants become more engaged and take greater ownership of solutions, which leads to greater commitment, action, innovation, and follow-through. In this way, Options Place brings to life LS Principle #6, Amplify Freedom and Responsibility. This structure works well for large groups.
One, Two and More
One, Two, And More is a flexible structured sharing activity for exploring different topics using different sets of questions. A unique feature of this activity is answering each question in three different modes: individual, pairs, and in teams.
Quick Scan
Social Virus
Cause and Effect Charting
A quick analysis to identify cause and effect of a problem
Quick Reviews in 2 minutes
Easy and fun ways to review content or atmosphere at the end or in between group activity, in 2 minutes.