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I have no idea…

September 21, 2024 By Conversation, Facilitation 11 Comments

Sometimes a line runs right through people and communities, and sometimes that line is in the middle of road we are all travelling on. …how to address the polarization that is currently plaguing our world. Well, that’s not entirely true. I have some ideas, maybe only one idea. But I’m not sure that there is much work that can be done in facilitating conversations across political divides. Instead, I think we need to focus on shared work. This isn’t a new idea to me. I first saw Tuesday Rivera (Ryan-Hart) grapple with this reality back in 2011 when we were …

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Dark Skies and blurred edges.

September 19, 2024 By Being, Collaboration, Community, Culture, Featured, First Nations, Learning

HFN guide Qiic Qiica, wearing his Three Stars vest, leads us across the beach at Kiixin, the ancient capital of the Huu-ay-aht Nation, and a site that has been occupied for more than 5000 years. Two hours to kill in the Departure Bay ferry terminal because I forgot to reserve a ferry. Missed the 4pm sailing by three cars. But it was worth it to stop in and have lunch with my dear friend and colleague Kelly Foxcroft-Poirier in Port Alberni. I’m grateful for my friends. And for the time to reflect on my week. I drove through Port Alberni …

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On the road again and other notes

September 17, 2024 By Art of Hosting, Collaboration, Community, Culture, Facilitation, Featured, First Nations 2 Comments

Dry Falls, Washington, which is where the Missoula Flood waters poured over the rim of the Grand Coulee and created lakes from the plunge pools at the bottom of the cliffs. It’s feeling familiar. After four years of mostly working from home and staying fairly close to my home place, I’m travelling more. The difference is that I’m doing it more with Caitlin, as we are working together with groups and organizations on longer-term projects that we are holding together with others. Much of our work together is around building deeper capacity in hosting and participatory leadership with larger institutional …

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A replacement for Jamboard

September 5, 2024 By Facilitation, Featured 2 Comments

Ever since Google repurposed their slide app for Jamboard, I’ve been a heavy user. Jambaord is a stripped down whiteboard that allows you to post sticky notes and add images to slides. It’s very simple and always worked quite well for a basic, low-ish tech way to collaborate online. As Google is wont to do, however, the app is being discontinued, and as of October 1, it will no longer be available. Your existing Jambaords will be kept around as read-only. I do use Miro, which works well if I am working with a group over time, and we can …

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From the Parking Lot

September 4, 2024 By Links One Comment

A collection of links I found interesting last month. I have been collecting and sharing these on Mastodon, so if you have any interest in seeing these in real time, give me a follow over there. I’ve been using it as a microblogging platform, which is what Twitter used to be. These links cover a wide range of things that caught my eye during the month. Enjoy these reads and listens and let me know in the comments if you were struck by any of these.

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