Hi all,
Wenda, your relating of this discussion to counselling "'when things are going well' what is happening, and how can we draw on those strenghts and resources to move back to that scenario once again.' shows you are always cross-referencing your experiences - so valuable, and what a pool of experience you appear to have to draw on!
Jenny that notion of providing enough framework to (virtually) liberate people has popped up with me intermittently in the past, in designing forums, conferences, etc. Have you ever noticed the way panel discussion time is LEAST productive when everyone gathers together at the day and the invitation is put "Would anyone like to ask or discuss anything with the panel?" My mind goes blank, everytime, along with, it would seem, everyone else's in the room. Compare this with some well-thought out discussion seeds carefully planted, asking for opinions, etc. (and you're right about this group as an invaluable contingency measure!!!).
Wenda, I'm sorry I haven't had the opportunity to be online long enough lately to try to help you with your access problems, but I fear that is what caused Kirsty to warn us not to change passwords, etc. (Correct, Kirsty?) Is all OK now?
Cheers
Kathi
Posted by emod at November 9, 2003 03:44 PMPlanting questions before a panel session worked really well at the Networking2003 Conference, and it also got other people asking questions and making comments too. This was in a room of about 650 people!
Kirsty
Posted by: Kirsty at November 10, 2003 08:20 AMKirsty what do you mean by planted? Did others in the room thought they were spontaneous as a consequence of what the asker had heard during the day, when in fact they weren't?
Kathi
I guess rather than planted, people were asked to think up questions that related to what they had heard, the panel was not aware of the questions beforehand, so not really planted. More a strategy to get people involved. From the questions that were asked they were in response to what had happened in the room during the day. Others probably viewed them as more spontaneous.
Kirsty
Dear Wenda,
Glad to hear that you have started to put new gained knowledge into practice. As for me still in the process searching articles for my course contents on Gerontology nursing. Trying to get local information on Gerontology nursing but seems very scarce. Anyway, if you do need help to test your trial orientation course, just tinkle me.
Good luck.
:-) Soh Cheng
Many thanks Soh Cheng, I will let you know
Posted by: Wenda at November 13, 2003 01:04 PMHello Wenda
Re-read all the recent postings. My apologies for overlooking your request. It would be my privilege to have an input into your program.
P/s: are you already into the process of searching for the presents for all your nephews and nieces? Happy hunting!
Cheerio
Jenny