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Modified: 3 June 2012, 9:14 PM   User: Sylvia Currie  → photo of me taken by a short person :-)

TAG: OCE2012

What:

A one-day gathering of individuals who are involved in community of practice work. Now that we've got you here we'll let you in on a little something. OCE2012 is...

A Secret Crazy Laboratory!

Theme: 

  • Facilitation
  • We are focusing in the facilitation of "meetings", and use that term to include planning meetings, conference sessions, events... any situation where people are gathered together for a purpose.

When:

14 June, 2012, 9:00 - 4:00ish (then we'll head out for eats and drinks)

Where:

Why:

  • become acquainted
  • share information/challenges/questions/solutions related to our community events
  • experience various facilitation strategies 
  • learn together
  • continue to explore ways that we can form some sort of support network, pool resources, and advance our work together

Who:

People living in British Columbia or near by and interested in communities of practice work. Here's the up-to-date list of RSVPs

Facilitators and Organizers:

Michelle Laurie
Nancy White
John Smith
Sylvia Currie
Dave Pollard 
Alice MacGillivray

How to Prepare

  • Invite your friends
  • Talk about the event #oce2012
  • Think about meetings you have attended or facilitated, and what would have made the experience better
  • Think about meetings you have facilitated, and how you might repeat/improve that experience online

What to Bring

  • Open mind
  • Sense of adventure
  • Devices (cameras, phones, ipads...whatever you have)
  • More to come...

Pre-gathering activity

  • Drop into the OCE2012 forum to:
    • share some details about your work or aspirations related to Communities of Practice
    • post an update on what you posted to the commitment wall if you attended the 2011 OCE event. It's in our time capsule!
  • Some resources to review:
    • Michelle Laurie: Effictive Communication and Facilitation Skills

Outline of the Day

8:00 Room set-up

8:30 Food arrives! 

9:00 Coffee, nibbles, networking

9:15

Welcome: Paul Stacey and Sylvia Currie, BCcampus

History of OCE events: John Smith, CPsquare / Learning Alliances

Overview for the day: Nancy White, Full Circle Associates

9:30

Introductory activity - Group Works: Dave Pollard 

10:30 

Mid-morning refreshments arrive

Carossel activity

12:00 lunch arrives (eat and roam)

3:30  Closing activity: Michelle Laurie

4:00 Head to a pub (TBA)

Post-event activity! Go for snacks and more conversation - place TBA

Activity Descriptions

  • Group Works pattern cards
  • Revisit our time capsule 
  • Carossel activity
    • Challenges - cases
    • 1st rotation 
    • 2nd rotation
    • 3rd rotation: How would this be done online?
  • Graphic Recording station
  • Wrap Acitivity - How will you...

Things to Remember

  • Allow time to debrief on the activity topics AND the activity structure

Logistics

Equipment + Supplies: 

Sylvia bringing these things:

  • Desk top post-it flip charts (6?) + markers
  • big post-it notes 
  • 5x8 cards 
  • BIG PAPER 
  • xacto knife
  • Markers
  • painter's tape
  • name tags
  • ipod + Jam box for music

Dave bringing these things

  • Card decks

Venue

  • Arranged group wireless internet 
  • 5 "display" tables
  • 38 folding chairs, arranged in a circle
  • coat rack

Catering: The Lazy Gourmet