{"id":301,"date":"2009-05-21T10:03:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T15:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openspaceworld.org\/news\/2009\/05\/21\/real-time-global-virtual-collaboration\/"},"modified":"2009-05-21T10:03:19","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T15:03:19","slug":"real-time-global-virtual-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openspaceworld.org\/wp\/2009\/05\/21\/real-time-global-virtual-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-Time (Global) Virtual Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lucy Garrick reports from The North Shore Group<\/a>, Seattle WA on a synthesis of Open Space and a number of other change facilitation and virtual collaboration tools…<\/em><\/p>\n

The Time For Global Collaboration Has Come. In the last month I helped design and facilitated the world’s first real-time global collaboration on the subject of positive change. This work excites me because as technology is providing new ways to connect and work together, RTVC provides an opportunity to reconfigure the way people collaborate in organizations as well as across organizations, communities, institutions and governments. <\/p>\n

What is real-time global virtual collaboration (RTVC)?<\/p>\n

RTVC is a group of change consultants and facilitators who adapt and integrate traditional collaborative change tools and facilitated techniques, such as inquiry, dialog and other group processes, for positive change.
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\nThe concept of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first Real-time Virtual Collaboration Conference was to hatched about four weeks ago. It demonstrates what is possible when integrating facilitative change tools such as Open Space, World Cafe, Three Lens Conversation, etc. with real-time social media, such as VOIP, wikis, online collaborative tools and social media such as Twitter, LinkedIn, or facebook.<\/p>\n

Conference participants prepared for the conference through a Mind Map<\/a> portal created especially for this event.<\/p>\n

The 1\/2 day conference was designed and organized by the RTVC Team, itself a self-organizing group of consultants and facilitators living in seven countries: Germany, S.Africa, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ontario, USA, and Canada \u00e2\u20ac\u201c most of us have not yet met face-to-face.<\/p>\n

Conference participants from 30 countries convened on Skype Chat for the opening plenary session, posting topics for break-out sessions on positive change. Break-out sessions were held on the a variety of social media chosen by conveners of the break-out sessions. Think of a sort of virtual, conference hotel. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8Over 50 participants from around the globe signed on to the opening session using Skype Chat. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8Opening and closing sessions were facilitated by members of the RTVC organization.<\/p>\n

Reactions To The Conference Taken from the Closing Session Transcript
\nthrilling \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nexcitement \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nmultilevel \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nsmooth \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nencouraging \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nengaging \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nconversations \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nlearning
\nlike riding a roller coaster
\ntechnically challenging\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\npossibility \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nengaging
\nfalling off the cliff \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nbacterial \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\ncrossing boundaries
\nengaging \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nexhilarating \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nsurfing \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\ndisruptive \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\njust starting \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\ndifficult connections
\ninteresting \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\ncomplex \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nWhat’s next? \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\ncalls for more \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\ngerminal<\/p>\n

Click on the RTVC Mind Map<\/a> to see facts, key learnings, session topics and more. Note instructions on how to navigate the mind map in the lower right corner of the page.<\/p>\n

To learn more about RTVC join us at the RTVC Forum<\/a> on the Change Management Toolbook.
\nClick to see how countries were represented<\/a> at the Conference. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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