OCE2012 Planning Wiki
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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:
- Vancouver - SFU Woodward's, 104 E. Hastings Street, room #2555
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:
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- 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:
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- 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