Working Out Loud - Building Communities
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The document discusses 'Working Out Loud' (WOL), a practice aimed at enhancing learning, sharing, and relationship-building, inspired by John Stepper's concept. It emphasizes the importance of community engagement and collaboration among facilitators to co-create knowledge and tools while fostering transparency and peer learning. The document serves as a guide for the International Association of Facilitators in India, outlining the benefits and methods of implementing WOL to address challenges in various communities.
Working Out Loud - Building Communities
- 1. Work Out Loud – A Practice for the Networked Age To Facilitate learning, sharing, and building relationships: Inspired by John Stepper’s concept
- 2. International Association of Facilitators Working Out Loud to Build the Community A participatory organization In India since 2010 Members in more than 65 countries Supports, advocates and educates on the POWER of FACILITATION OUR VISION : To see professional facilitation used throughout the world to address challenges faced by people in their groups, organizations and communities.
- 3. Sharing & Web Presence #facind #facilitation #wol International Association of Facilitators – IAF India @IAFIndiaOrg Iaf.india.org@gmail. com
- 4. 21st C Skills Ref: Dion Hinchcliffe IAF Community Members
- 5. What is #WOL? As defined by John Stepper…
- 6. What does #WOL mean for IAF? Grow a Community of Practice for Facilitation Build personal learning networks (PLNs) Grow the domain of facilitation by co- creating new knowledge, building tools and expanding the practice Develop a Network of Facilitators Enable conversations and collaboration Support peer learning, and spread of facilitation as a skill Enable the spread and growth of facilitation Build Awareness about Facilitation Share practices and experiences Discuss methods of facilitation
- 7. Sense Making Social Intelligence New Knowledge Creation Cross-Cultural Competency Trans-Disciplinarity Design Mindset Cognitive Load Management Virtual Collaboration How Can #WOL Help Us?
- 8. The Connected / Networked Individual Collaboration Co-creation CommunityCommunication Cooperation Goal-driven with the intent of achieving an outcome by connecting with diverse minds. Diverse minds coming together to co-create an artifact that could not have been effectively created by an individual. Ongoing discussions and exchanges that facilitate immediate sharing of knowledge – tacit and explicit – and also creation of new knowledge. Conveying information to selected individuals or wider community to create an environment of ambient awareness. Sharing information, knowledge and learning without a defined outcome in mind, in the spirit of generosity and transparency.
- 9. Transparent conversational flow of work Content awareness and accessibility Network-based connection Knowledge building & performance development Transparently co-create content Social and ongoing feedback Connect content to work dialogues, streams Ask and answer questions Change/update awareness via streams, alerts, filters Expanding visibility of work Inviting diverse inputs and ideas Greater opportunity for knowledge building and creation Awareness of who’s who and connects Sharing of updates and learning (microblogs, comments, questions) Leveraging open channels for contribution and collaboration Building a Community by #WOL The Facilitators’ Community of Practice
- 10. #WOL Practices Steady Narration of… Ideas Decisions Interim work products / artifacts Links Status Needs Documents Which Leads To… Improved quality of artifacts, products Discoverable body of IAF / facilitation knowledge Higher community engagement Rapid feedback, quick learning, spread of practices Better management, open collaboration, faster turnaround In the process… o Ambient awareness o Knowledge capture o Expertise building o Peer-to-peer learning o Value creation Modified from Dion Hinchcliffe’s diagram
- 11. AGILITY AUTONOMY SELF-AWARENESS PASSION & DRIVE Key Themes of #WOL
- 12. Connect Show appreciation Share learning Connect the dots Ask a question Answer a question Offer feedback Share your experience: Reflect on your work Offer original ideas Working Out Loud 1-0-1
- 13. How to #WOL Ref: Jane Hart
- 14. Tips on Some Tools Most useful when engaged in the activity -- it can be a project, a subject / skill / topic one is trying to master, or a client challenge Most useful when the learning has been given some time to crystallize so that the sharing is more cohesive and holistic. Because it allows easy uploading of videos, images and text updates, Facebook can be used for any kind of #wol. For team level sharing, there can be private groups. For broader community building, one can have open groups. It is more suited for sharing of well-thought out ideas in a visual format. Since SlideShare users can Like, Share and download the presentations, it is best to make each presentation complete in itself. When you have a collection of images (either created or curated) that can be grouped into topics, Pinterest comes in handy.
- 15. Relationships Generosity Visible work Purposeful discovery High performance Characteristics of #WOL from John StepperRef: John Stepper
- 16. “What am I trying to do?” “Who can help me?” “How can I contribute to deepen our relationships?” How to Go About it?
- 17. Building the Habit… Make a daily contribution Start with one tiny habit at a time Be authentic in all interactions Be generous with sharing Keep an eye on the goal Spread the learning
- 18. Reaching Out To request for a workshop on Working Out Loud and Facilitation Practices, drop a mail to: Iaf.india.org@gmail.com
- 19. ID and Other Reflections @sahana2802 https://in.linkedin.com/in/sahan a2802 http://www.slideshare.net/saha na2802 https://www.facebook.com/saha na.chattopadhyay https://www.pinterest.com/saha na2802/ My #WOL Spaces…
- 20. It’s a JOURNEY…
- 21. Thank you!