Planning the workshop
One of the topics that always comes up in the workshop is how communities use technology to stay in touch. We actually simulate and experience a lot of the potentials, possibilities, and rigors of using technology to convene a global community of practice during the workshop's seven weeks.
We also practice what we preach:
And the planning process for the workshop itself depends on the technologies and the improvisation skills that we discuss in the workshop
Yesterday we had a planning meeting which had had to be delayed several times. Finally, we had an organizational meeting that lasted a half hour. Etienne launched his Instant Messenger to see whether Bronwyn's plane had landed in Brisbane. Bronwyn saw him logged on and sent him a message. I called him on my cell phone and he conferenced Bronwyn into the call. We spoke on the phone as I rode my bike as we talked about what needed to be done, who might be recruited, what we might change or evolve. I thought to myself: this is it.
Posted by smithjd at September 4, 2003 04:49 AM
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