CommunityLearning CWE/MeetingAndConferenceCall 2007 03 01

Distributed Collaboration: A Workshop for Leaders of Communities and Distributed Teams    (3GF0)

Location: GSA, 1800 F ST, NW, Room 1324    (3GGC)

March 1, 2007    (3GEZ)

Purpose    (3GGT)

This is an all day session for leaders of communities of practice and distributed teams. The purpose is to share experiences among those practicing distributed collaboration. This session goes beyond the weekly orientation teleconferences and will include common issues faced by leaders of virtual communities and project teams. The objective is to transfer practical knowledge among conveners of distributed collaboration communities. We'll focus on the How to's of community work and events, emphasizing people and process considerations, including unique characteristics of individual communities. Examples will include distributed communities (past and current) within the collaborative work environment. Participants are invited to share their resources and experiences supporting distributed communities and project teams.    (3GGD)

8:30 AM - Welcome and Introductions - SusanTurnbull and PeterYim    (3GF1)

8:45 AM - Creating the Conducive Conditions: People and Purpose-centered Organizing    (3GGE)

• Open dialogue around distributed communities at work today    (3GJG)
  • evolving light, deft governance    (3GFL)
    • potentials and realities of governance mechanisms that support virtual organizing and distributed, high performance work by Communities of Practice and project teams    (3GGU)
    • Theory of Remote Collaboration    (3GGV)
    • Expedition Overview 2001    (3GQ5)
    • AIC Expedition Report Decemer 2001    (3GQ6)

9:30 AM - Scaffolds for Group Productivity: Building Shared Processes Together    (3GGG)

• Examples from distributed communities at work today: accommodate difference and augment collaborative capacity    (3GGH)
  • Set up and deliver a virtual working group meeting, event or workshop    (3GF3)
    • purpose and agenda development    (3GGI)
    • using discussion forum with planning group    (3GGJ)
      • effective conversation on the discussion forum    (3GF5)
    • using Webdav for shared files    (3GFD)
    • announcements, registration,    (3GFB)
    • conducting break-out groups at a meeting    (3GGK)
  • Conventions to facilitate usefulness of contributions and archival value    (3GGL)
    • File-naming conventions    (3GF8)
    • Wiki naming convention    (3GF9)
    • Using subject line for threaded discussions    (3GGM)

10:15 AM - Break    (3GFF)

10:30 AM - Scaffolds for Community Productivity: Building Shared Processes Together    (3GGW)

11:00 AM - Fine-tuning Shared Processes to Augment the Rhythm and Pace of the Community Over Time    (3GFG)

• Examples from distributed communities at work today: similarities and differences    (3GGN)

11:45 AM - Lunch    (3GGX)

1:00 PM - Orientation to the Ontolog meeting as example of delivering a virtual event    (3GFH)

1:30 PM - Observation of the Ontolog Community's virtual event    (3GGO)

3:30 PM- Break    (3GFI)

3:45 PM - Postmortem of the virtual event    (3GFJ)

4:00 PM - Summary and Reflections    (3GGP)

4:30 PM - Adjourn    (3GFK)