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Facilitating Communities of Practice in the Network Era

Nancy White Full Circle Associates. Facilitating Communities of Practice in the Network Era. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/33556189/in/set-72157594373420115/.

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Facilitating Communities of Practice in the Network Era

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  1. Nancy White Full Circle Associates Facilitating Communities of Practicein the Network Era http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/33556189/in/set-72157594373420115/

  2. Note to Slide Viewers:This set of slides contains both the slides we used at our May 17th, 2010 workshop, along with some other slides you may find useful. But we sure didn't talk about them! Nancy

  3. Let’s build some “mud maps” (from Shawn Callahan – Anecdote.com))

  4. A Community of Practice Perspective

  5. #1People Forms(me, we, network)

  6. Go Solo? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/2918198742/in/set-72157603453505459/

  7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/swissrolli/2167756791/ Pairs, triads and very small groups –

  8. Fly with the flock? Research teams... http://www.flickr.com/photos/swissrolli/2167756791/

  9. South Africa's community nest spider http://www.south-african-game-reserves.com/arachnidpics/comnestspid.htm

  10. Roam the network?

  11. Networked Individualism Barry Wellman

  12. Personal identity, interest & trajectory Me: the Individual Bounded membership; group identity, shared interest, human centered We: Communities Boundaryless; fuzzy, intersecting interests, object centered sociality (Engeström) Many: Networks

  13. Consciousness, confidence level, risk tolerance, styles, emotionC Me: the Individual Distinct power/trust dynamics, shared forward movement or strong blocking, stasis, attention to maintenance, language We: Communities Flows around blocks, less cohesion, distributed power/trust, change Many: Networks

  14. Blogs, email, research portfolios, RSS readers, the Brain… Me: the Individual Forums, wikis, group blogs, content mgmt systems, LMS, platforms… We: Communities Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia,etc… Many: Networks

  15. purpose exercise • PURPOSE!What is the purpose of your community/group? • Community Checklist http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Online+Community+Planning+Checklist

  16. #2 Emerging roles and practices… http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsevilla/189528500/in/set-1368427/

  17. …being a leader means providing a space for other people to find the truth about themselves. The leader is the person who creates the space, or the opportunity, where some truth can shine forth and where the people who inhabit the space can find themselves at the deepest level. Fred Kofman

  18. Rule of Thumb: Make way for teenaged elephants!

  19. enable people to… • discover & appropriate useful technology • be in and use communities & networks (people) • express theiridentity • find and create content • usefully participate

  20. facilitators community leaders technology stewards network weavers Independent thinkers

  21. Thanks! http://bit.ly/csp5uZ Nancy Whitenancyw@fullcirc.comhttp://www.fullcirc.com

  22. Online Facilitation(STUFF we DID NOT USE but which you might find useful...)

  23. Facilitating Online Interaction:What’s It All About, Anyway? Nancy White, Full Circle Associates cc 2007

  24. 2. Online Communications Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  25. Bumblebee time... Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  26. tortise time... Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  27. 3. Learning Together "To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give”Taisen Deshimaru http://www.flickr.com/photos/b-tal/179390341/ Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  28. 4. Facilitation • Me: Identity/Reputation/Presence • Us: Relationship • Benefit: Process Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  29. From: http://oubs.open.ac.uk/e-moderating/fivestep.htm Gilly Salmon

  30. Identity/Presence Benefit Relationship Process Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  31. Convening Conversations • Invite • Focus • Questions • Control  emergence • Feed Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  32. 5. Intercultural Antennae…including professional culture Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  33. 6.Tolerance for AmBiguitY Move forward without certainty Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  34. 7. Bridge & Connect • Multi-membership • Connectors • Networkers • Multiple perspectives Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  35. ODI:6 Network Functions • Filters • Amplifyers • Convenors • Facilitators • Investors • Community builders http://www.odi.org.uk/Rapid/Projects/PPA0103/Functions.html

  36. 8. Technical Skills • Know enough • Be curious • Experiment • Have friends Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  37. Finally…1. Self-Awareness Nancy White, Full Circle Associates, cc 2007

  38. A Systems View of Community Facilitation(STUFF WE DID NOT USE)

  39. 1. Work with the wholesystem

  40. Source: Keith McCandlesshttp://socialinvention.net

  41. Who needs to be “in the room” to make this happen? Catalysts and connectors

  42. From David Wilcox

  43. 2.Identify and build on assets.

  44. http://www.plexusinstitute.org/complexity/index.cfm?id=3

  45. 3.Engage the system in the learning

  46. We learn from each other.We learn when we “do.”

  47. Participation Practices • Open Space (http://www.openspaceworld.org) • World Café (http://www.theworldcafe.org) • Positive Deviance • Storytelling • …and many, many more

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