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End of project report for Transition Network web project

January 31st, 2012 · No Comments · Facilitation, Strategy, Technology

This is as brief as possible a report on the Transition Network web project, specifically funded by Tudor Trust with £50,000 in 2008. This report covers the period of January 2009 until December 2011. It is made up of some contextual background, brief outlines about the central project elements, two key stories, some figures, and [...]

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How we handle our emotional response to conflict

March 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments · Facilitation

I was thinking about the recent Nestle Facebook punch-up while putting my potatoes in this afternoon and, aside to the rational discussions about facilitation, rules, law and so forth, I wondered ‘how did that *feel* for the online facilitator/moderator/host?’. I bet it hurt a lot; I mean – that much conflict and anger and finger [...]

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Community Rules

March 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Facilitation

Some excellent examples of community rules from a range of online communities looked after by members of the e-mint mailing list

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Gurteen Knowledge Cafe: Ethics

January 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Events, Facilitation

The next Gurteen Bristol Knowledge Cafe is going to be held in the exceptionally ethical Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol, on Thursday February 11th, from 18:30. The cafe proper will begin at 19:00 prompt as usual. It will be introduced by Andy Wistreich from Essential Education, who has kindly offered to raise the topic of ‘Ethics’. [...]

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Transition Network food project database beta launch

November 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Facilitation, Technology

Food project case studies is the first web service to come out of the Transition Web Project. Transition Network Web Co-ordinator Ed Mitchell gives us an outline and invites you to participate.

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Knowledge Cafe Report: Reslience

September 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Events, Facilitation

This is a brief report on our Bristol Knowledge Cafe on ‘Reslience’, kindly introduced by Phillipa Bayley, keenly discussed by about 30 of us, space kindly lent by the ever effervescent Pervasive Media Studio. Ciaran, Tim, Michael and Philippa kindly wrote up some of their reflections which I include along with my own. Phillipa gave [...]

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Gurteen Knowledge Cafe: Resilience: dealing with an uncertain future

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Events, Facilitation

The next Gurteen Bristol Knowledge Cafe is going to be held in the uber-resilient Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol, on Thursday September  17th, from 18:30. The cafe proper will begin at 19:00 prompt as usual. Our introductory speaker is Philipa Bayley, acting head of the Centre for Public Engagement, Bristol University (and full on neuro-science doctor [...]

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Running local Transition events: some suggestions and questions

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Events, Facilitation

We’re getting our local Transition initiative, Transition Montpelier, off the ground (have a look at the Transition Towns website or Rob Hopkins blog for an idea about the movement). We have had two open meetings to date, several small projects under our belts, a range of new ideas and related groups emerging; it’s all good. [...]

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BBC Learning Unplugged: event report

July 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Events, Facilitation, Technology

This is a report on the BBC Learning Unplugged event in Bristol, 26 June 2009. James Richards (BBC Learning Development) and Myles Runham (BBC Learning) co-hosted the event with Clare Reddington (Ished); I designed and facilitated it with help from Jack Martin Leith. There were approximately 65 attendees, made up of 15 BBC folk and [...]

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Transition Montpelier presence at Bristol Art Fringe

April 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Events, Facilitation

Transition Montpelier is a new-ish Transition initiative in my neighbourhood. I am involved and excited. These things are challenging to get off the ground, but Dan Weisselberg and the other early members are putting a lot of effort and inspiration into it, having already organised a neighbourhood clean up (particularly fine thank you poster), found [...]

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