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Put away your flip charts and markers. When results really matter engage your technology. In this workshop you will explore and experience the benefits of connected facilitation as it applies to facilitating a product strategy session. Bring your laptop or tablet to this session to experience the benefits firsthand. You’ll also learn about other applications for Connected Facilitation, and about your options to set up one of these amazingly productive work sessions.
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1. Introduction @2min2. Connected SWOT exercise @15min3. Direct Strategy demo @5min4. Connected SWOT Matrix exercise @15min5. Traditional vs. Connected Facilitation @5min6. Tools and Setup Options @10min7. Other Use Cases @5min8. Questions
Traditional Facilitation Approaches
• Simple set-up• Less planning: Can be
ad hoc• No tech skills required• High-touch• More kinesthetic• Focus stays on facilitator• Great for team building
Traditional Methods: Benefits and LimitationsPro Con
• Pen is slowserial input
• Paraphrasing inaccurate• Difficult to capture deep
argument• Need to physically be at
meeting to contribute• Creating and publishing
meaningful artifacts difficult• Awkward processing• Sometimes best ideas lost to
power balance• Difficult to objectively gain
consensus
Connected Facilitation
Connected Method: Benefits and LimitationsCon• Requires more planning• Need to design for end result• Requires some tech skills• Technology can be a
distraction
Pro• Really efficient• Parallel input lighting fast• Can capture deep and
complicated arguments• Preloaded input• Power processing and
publishing—different data views
• Levels power balance, can be anonymous
• Online group voting/survey• Synchronous/asynchronous/
remote participation
pCamp 2014 Excercises
Results: 11 people; 5 teams; 48 strategic issues; in 12 minutes!
Connected Facilitation: Ways to Set Up
Method Pros Cons
Google Survey Easy, free, • process as spreadsheet• anonymous, users can be
anyone
Really Limited• Data collection only• No authentication &
permissions• Users can’t edit• No user processing• No related tables• Doesn’t deal with rich text
well
Excel Survey Same as above Same as above
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL Database
You can make it do whateveryou want for the price of webhosting
Do I really need to list them?
Other CMS’s or web services ? They don’t do lists like SharePoint
Non-SharePoint
Connected Facilitation: Ways to Set Up
Method Pros Cons
Hosted SharePoint 2013 • Cheap: $8.95/mo. unlimited users (Apps4Rent.com)
• Full functionality• Related Tables• Authenticated• Users can be anyone
anywhere
• Need to manage usernames and passwords
• SharePoint Foundation• Some plug-ins not
available
Corporate SharePoint on premise
Full functionality Need to work with IT• Tricky for external user’s to
participate
Office 365 SharePoint 2013 • I think it’s cheap• Full functionality + plug-ins• Unlimited external users• Enterprise Features
At least one of the participants needs Office 365
SharePoint (all versions)
Connected Facilitation: Use Cases
• RFP Analysis & Response
• Instructional Design/Course Development
• Requirements Gathering
• Process Standards Development
• Strategic Planning• Project WBS Dev• Business/Venture
Planning• Marketing Message
Development• Problem Solving/
Process Improvement• Agile Estimating Poker
Contact Information:
Bob [email protected] Technology
linked-in: www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-bruce/5/753/133/
