On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 04:20:52PM -0700, Sheldon Chang wrote: (01)
> When trying to generate or prep for emergence of shared intensity
> within a collaboration or social context, one terrific facilitator is a
> defined problem that has to be solved and initial failure. People in
> general like to contribute and be noticed, but nobody wants to jump
> forward only to eat foot in the mouth in front of a lot of people
> unless someone else does it first. How many times have you sat in a
> group discussion, just sitting back because you didn't feel like there
> was anything you could add to it until someone who appeared to have a
> bit of authority stumbles and all of a sudden you snap out of it and
> realize, "Wait, I can do better than that!" Then before you know it,
> other people are jumping in as well. (02)
This is an important point. I've seen (and worked with) facilitators
who are amazing at facilitating SharedIntensity in face-to-face
settings. (03)
Question of the day: Have people observed quality facilitation in a
primarily online setting, such as a mailing list? (04)
-Eugene (05)
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