<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi All,</div><div><br></div><div>So the reason for this email is that I'm inspired by the pioneering spirit of our community's, Tricia Chirumbole who has tenaciously hosted the weekly Open Space Hotline video conference calls over many months using Skype and Google Hangout. I've joined about 15 of them and they are always fun and insightful. I encourage more folks to do the same-- just look for her announcements on this discussion list every Monday or Tuesday. The calls are at 12pm Eastern Time on Tuesdays.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm looking to build on the work of the OS Hotline. The hotline is for group discussion and meets for one hour per week, and <b>I'm looking to create space for informal 1-on-1 phone discussions that can happen anytime, any day of the week </b><b>to connect members of our community</b><b>.</b> It will be pretty simple-- people who are open to receiving calls, can flip their status to "available" and then they can receive calls from those that call the hotline.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There will be one hotline for dialogue/deliberation practitioners in general and a separate one for open space; people can join one or both and it will be free. Full details are in the email below that I sent to the NCDD listserv yesterday. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm excited to build infrastructure that the community can truly depend upon! I may have to change the name from Open Space Hotline to Open Space Cafe since the Tuesday calls are already called "hotline".</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>I'm looking for a few brave souls who would like to help me test it out and give me feedback on which features to add while it's still in development. </b>If you're interested, here's the Google form to add your name & email: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1q8z4GvUrLxE1QFpqFmvNbDnPypBq76HT-YjBkadoytg/viewform" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1q8z4GvUrLxE1QFpqFmvNbDnPypBq76HT-YjBkadoytg/viewform</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>We are a delightfully chatty bunch and given the opportunity to speak with each other by phone for informal, 10-15 minute chats, we will have lots of fun and help each other ride this wave of learning that is life.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Please feel free to reply to me or reply to all with your feedback-- what do you think about this hotline idea?<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Lucas Cioffi</div><div>Co-Founder, <font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://qiqochat.com/" target="_blank">QiqoChat.com</a></font></div>
<div>Charlottesville, VA</div><div>917-528-1831</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Lucas Cioffi</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lucas@qiqochat.com">lucas@qiqochat.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:48 AM<br>Subject: The National Dialogue and Deliberation Hotline<br>To: ncdd-discussion <<a href="mailto:NCDD-DISCUSSION@lists.thataway.org">NCDD-DISCUSSION@lists.thataway.org</a>><br><br>
<br><div dir="ltr">Hi Folks,<div><br></div><div>So imagine you've got some time on your schedule one afternoon or evening and you're interested in just talking with another practitioner in the field. You simply want to meet someone new or you want to chat about some research findings or an upcoming client project.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm creating a dialogue and deliberation hotline which would allow dialogue practitioners to easily connect with one another via phone for chats that last 10-15 minutes.</div><div><b>If you're interested in testing it out in about 10 days, please add your name through this Google Form:</b> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1q8z4GvUrLxE1QFpqFmvNbDnPypBq76HT-YjBkadoytg/viewform" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1q8z4GvUrLxE1QFpqFmvNbDnPypBq76HT-YjBkadoytg/viewform</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><div>The tool is flexible, still in development, and any and all advice is welcome! Here are some questions to get the conversation started:</div><div><ul><li>Would you ever use a community tool like this?</li>
<li>What features/capabilities should this tool definitely provide?</li></ul></div></div><div>Here's the workflow so far, and it would be great to hear your advice for how it could better serve our community:</div><div>
<ul><li><b>To receive a call</b>, you go online and indicate that you are available.</li><li><b>To start a call,</b> just call the hotline and get connected to someone who is available. The chat lasts about 10-15 minutes. If that was enjoyable, you can choose to call another person from the pool of available practitioners that are online at that time.</li>
</ul></div><div><div>I'll figure out a plan for this project's financial sustainability later-- perhaps there are sponsors or perhaps it is grant-supported; I believe it should be free for participants. The goal now is just to test the need and make sure everything works great. Thanks in advance for your advice!</div>
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<div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Lucas Cioffi</div><div>Co-Founder, <font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://QiqoChat.com" target="_blank">QiqoChat.com</a></font></div><div>Charlottesville, VA</div><div>
917-528-1831</div>
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