learning report - OS for 60 teachers in Northern BC Canada (longish)

[Wendy Farmer-O'Neil]

Thanks, Paul.

 

By 'form' I was thinking more of design, but your suggestions are really
appreciated and I think will come in handy immediately for another project I
am currently volunteering with that has a lot of work groups and who are
struggling  to cover all areas well in their meetings.

 

Thanks again!

Cheers,

Wendy

 

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In a message dated 9/5/05 11:44:31 PM, wendy at xe.net writes:





So while I know it is a stretch to get action planning into a one day, and
work hard to help sponsors stretch to that extra half day.for the times when
that just isn't possible, I am beginning to believe that I need to continue
to work at a form that will support the grounding effect of action planning
for one day events.  Something that is both graceful and respectful of where
participants are at after a day of meaningful conversation. 



Wendy,

Not sure what you meant by 'form', but there is a physical form (very
pedestrian) that I have used to great effect.  We doubled the productivity
of an entire mill in one year, 20 people meeting weekly and concluding with
the following form filled out.  I don't know how to send a form, so am just
describing it verbally, it's very simple.

sheet of paper, usually 8-1/2 x 11, sometimes easel sized if we wanted to
write more.

Left hand column, maybe 1 1/2 inches wide headed by the word "WHO"

Middle column, probably 6 inches in width, headed by "WILL DO WHAT"


Right hand column, remaining width, usually about 1 inch, headed by "BY
WHEN"

Very simple.

Then, in each meeting, the person(s) responsible under "WHO" would report
all their actions and accomplishments and the next steps they were taking,
and answered questions.  Their names could and did appear under different
areas of expertise and responsibility but they reported on all their named
actions as a block.  We finished in 3 hours and the results were out and
posted one hour later for all to see.  26 different spots in the mill
complexes.  Then the teams could see what had been done and what had been
committed to and get busy getting it done.

Sincerely,

Paul Everett

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