Work Out Loud – A Practice for the Networked Age To Facilitate learning, sharing, and building relationships:

Inspired by John Stepper’s concept

International Association of FacilitatorsWorking Out Loud to Build the Community

A participatory organization

In India since 2010

Members in more than 65 countries

Supports, advocates and educates on the POWER of FACILITATION

OUR VISION : To see professional facilitation used throughout

the world to address challenges faced by people in their

groups, organizations and communities.

Sharing & Web Presence

#facind

#facilitation

#wol

International Association of Facilitators – IAF India

@IAFIndiaOrg Iaf.india.org@gmail.com

21st C Skills

Ref: Dion Hinchcliffe

IAF Community Members

What is #WOL?

As defined by John Stepper…

What does #WOL mean for IAF?

Grow a Community of Practice for Facilitation

Build personal learning networks

(PLNs)

Grow the domain of facilitation by co-

creating new knowledge, building tools and expanding

the practice

Develop a Network of Facilitators

Enable conversations and collaboration

Support peer learning, and spread of

facilitation as a skill

Enable the spread and growth of facilitation

Build Awareness about Facilitation

Share practices and experiences Discuss methods of facilitation

Sense Making Social IntelligenceNew Knowledge

CreationCross-Cultural Competency

Trans-Disciplinarity Design MindsetCognitive Load Management

Virtual Collaboration

How Can #WOL Help Us?

The Connected / Networked Individual

Collaboration

Co-creation

CommunityCommunication

Cooperation

Goal-driven with the intent of achieving an outcome by connecting with diverse minds.

Diverse minds coming together to co-create an artifact that could not have been effectively created by an individual.

Ongoing discussions and exchanges that facilitate immediate sharing of knowledge – tacit and explicit – and also creation of new knowledge.

Conveying information to selected individuals or wider

community to create an environment of ambient

awareness.

Sharing information, knowledge and learning

without a defined outcome in mind, in the spirit of generosity and

transparency.

Transparent conversational flow of work

Content awareness and accessibility

Network-based connection

Knowledge building &

performance development

Transparently co-create contentSocial and ongoing feedbackConnect content to work dialogues, streamsAsk and answer questions

Change/update awareness via streams, alerts, filters

Expanding visibility of workInviting diverse inputs and ideas

Greater opportunity for knowledge building and creation

Awareness of who’s who and connectsSharing of updates and learning (microblogs,

comments, questions)Leveraging open channels for contribution and

collaboration

Building a Community by #WOL

The Facilitators’ Community of Practice

#WOL Practices

Steady Narration of… Ideas Decisions Interim work products /

artifacts Links Status Needs Documents

Which Leads To… Improved quality of artifacts,

products Discoverable body of IAF /

facilitation knowledge Higher community engagement Rapid feedback, quick learning,

spread of practices Better management, open

collaboration, faster turnaround

In the process…o Ambient

awarenesso Knowledge

captureo Expertise

buildingo Peer-to-peer

learningo Value creation

Modified from Dion Hinchcliffe’s diagram

AGILITY

AUTONOMY

SELF-AWARENESS

PASSION & DRIVE

Key Themes of #WOL

Connect Show appreciation Share learning Connect the dots Ask a question

Answer a question Offer feedbackShare your

experience: Reflect on your work

Offer original ideas

Working Out Loud 1-0-1

How to #WOL

Ref: Jane Hart

Tips on Some Tools

Most useful when engaged in the activity -- it can be a project, a subject / skill / topic one is trying to master, or a client challenge

Most useful when the learning has been given some time to crystallize so that the sharing is more cohesive and holistic.

Because it allows easy uploading of videos, images and text updates, Facebook can be used for any kind of #wol.

For team level sharing, there can be private groups.

For broader community building, one can have open groups.

It is more suited for sharing of well-thought out ideas in a visual format.

Since SlideShare users can Like, Share and download the presentations, it is best to make each presentation complete in itself.

When you have a collection of images (either created or curated) that can be grouped into topics, Pinterest comes in handy.

RelationshipsGenerosity

Visible workPurposeful discovery

High performance

Characteristics of #WOL

from John StepperRef: John Stepper

“What am I trying to do?”

“Who can help me?”

“How can I contribute todeepen our relationships?”

How to Go About it?

Building the Habit…

Make a daily contribution

Start with one tiny habit at a time

Be authentic in all interactions

Be generous with sharing

Keep an eye on the goal

Spread the learning

Reaching Out

To request for a workshop on Working Out Loud and Facilitation Practices, drop a mail to:

Iaf.india.org@gmail.com

ID and Other Reflections @sahana2802https://in.linkedin.com/in/sahan

a2802

http://www.slideshare.net/sahana2802

https://www.facebook.com/sahana.chattopadhyay

https://www.pinterest.com/sahana2802/

My #WOL Spaces…

It’s a

JOURNEY…

Thank you!