Online Peer Assist Experiments

Hi Catherine ! I like your new idea of of card sort exercise to prioritise . Can you please elaborate on that before you leave for the keek end!!??

Nancy, Merci ("thank you" in french) for the http://www.kstoolkit.org . I'll also have a closer look on it.

A bit on card sorting here: http://www.kstoolkit.org/Card+Sorting -- you can also use pens to "vote" but being able to move the ideas around on the floor, see the relationship between the ideas (sometimes this helps develop the taxonomy of the toolkit) and most of all, it provokes interesting discussion in a way different than sitting in a circle. Everyone is up, looking at the cards, moving them. It is active! Good right before or after a tea break!

ok ! Sounds really interactive.

Think it's also time for me to think about  what can be on those cards for illiterate people...

Ah, perfect! I just had a good email exchange with a woman who was asking the same thing. Funny, too, that I referred her to this peer assist! Here is what I replied:

First of all, you might want to join in on the peer assist we are doing via KM4Dev regarding the work of Yennenga who is working in rural W Africa and -- guess what -- working with low literacy audiences and wants to do KM/KS. So this issue WILL come up and it would be great if you wanted to be part of the conversation http://www.km4dev.org/group/online-peer-assist-experiments

Second, and much more generally, there is an emerging body of work on using visual methods in participatory development. If only I did a better job tracking these resources! LOL

Here are some starting points:

1. Join the RosViz10 group on facebook and ask this question... look back through the group archives as there are a TON of links and I think some very relevant. None of us have harvested them, alas! https://www.facebook.com/groups/122858401095871/

2. Some links: (just from googling)
http://library.uniteddiversity.coop/Measuring_Progress_and_Eco_Foot...
http://netmap.wordpress.com/  (kinesthetic -- Eva has done this negotiating water rights in rural Ghana and elsewhere!)
http://www.c-changeprogram.org/sites/default/files/C-Bulletin-2.pdf

2. Some ideas -

• using sheets of paper, start by drawing the desired outcome. Then draw the steps to get there. YOu can add text, add audio or video interviews to complete. In the end, you could even do a play that acts out the plan through its implementation.
• Use a "river of life" method and bring stacks of magazines with pictures to help illustrate their ideas. The basic method is exploration of past, present and desired future. There is a how to on the http://www.kstoolkit.org and I also think on your internal toolkit, right Roxy?
• Story tell it.

• I also think the supporting processes to let the stories and plans come up are important. Lately Im' very inspired by the ideas and practices from http://www.liberatingstructures.com -- look at the "drawing together" exercise in particular. But any of them help elicit that knowledge that you note is already present, but just needs releasing and processing by the group 

Awsome ! Today's ideas harvest is really great !

So I think we are getting some toolkit ideas. Do we have anything more to discuss around capitalizing, map and profile the role of local facilitators? One thing that happened on a call I was on this morning reminded me that so often we focus on the content, but the processes, especially the processes for socializing content, are really important. Can you reflect on that a bit in terms of your group, Yennenga?

I totally agree with you. In fact, what our peer-assist discussion brings is "processes ideas".  I have discusses the content with the aliniha local facilitators. But the "how"  was the missing part. So let's say it's just perfect that we are dealing with that here.

The other point is that, by putting together all your ideas, I 'm visualizing more and more  how a facilitation session can look like, with content + tools/methods to deliver that content.

The question is still which are the items the local facilitators should find in their toolkit box?

Lets keep this discussion going a little longer!  I am again stepping out of facilitator mode to share a few ideas : )

In terms of  mapping and profiling the role of the local facilitators,  I thought this might happen by asking the facilitators for an example of when their work was going well  - this might help to document what is currently happening as a starting point for thinking about what might happen in future.  Asking when their work has gone well might bring up examples of the kinds of changes that they have seen as a result of their work or processes they have used in thier work.   A discussion of lots of examples of local facililators working at their best will help map the role!

Another way of doing this (similar to Nancy's suggestion) is by lending local facilitators a camera (if necessary) and asking them to take pictures during their work - a bit like a photostory which are then discussed together. 

As for what is in the toolkit box - I think this depends on how metaphorical the toolkit is!  For example the KS toolkit is a collection of ideas and approaches that could be used,  so is quite metaphorical - while also being highly practical.   My physical facilitators toolkit contains post it notes,   masking tape to stick things to walls,  different coloured marker pens,  pictures that can be used for ice breakers,  something to make funny noises to bring a session to an end.

The content for both metaphorical and phsyical toolkits will vary by context and is probably best determined by the people who are going to use it! 

Thank you for your ideas Catherine. I find them really interesting and very practical.  I take a good note of all that.

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I'm wondering whether I haven't been too ambitious by asking 5 questions.  Maybe people are getting bored!! Maybe we should just start to raise the maximum contributions for this first question and plan a deadline to close the contribtions.  Although I'm still willing to go through all the 5 topics, I'm also already so grateful for what came up !

We are not getting bored!

And well, I think we are getting to the topic of the facilitators role, which to this point might be relevant to answer the question about what to bring in the toolkit...

So I want to add a question to keep profiling:  what are the expectations about  facilitators? what does each organization expect? do they differ? what does the network expect?

So let's go ahead!!

The aliniha network expects that in each country, facilitators have the same toolkit to facilitate sessions on : environment protection- women empowerment -social microfinance. 

Each organization expects that its expertise be capitalized and included in the toolkit. Each organisation has a given experience but its not written/conceptualized. So it's difficult to share that experience. There's a real demand on producing content based on their experience: how they have been working for years, learning and improving practices on the field.

This blog post from my friend Viv seems to resonate with this conversation 

http://vivmcwaters.com.au/2013/04/24/facilitating-for-engagement-in...

well that is great: so this is should be a toolkit to 'capture' local knowledge. Am I right?  

Capture, make meaning of, share and apply local knowledge --> that would be my addition!

I also do like the idea of "local knowledge capture"'s function.

When I think of knowledge capture, I'm reminded that time after time, people often don't value their own knowledge. So first there is the process of telling stories, other people validating and adding their own experiences. Then you can distill out the key bits. If that makes any sense!

What you're saying makes me think of tha way a local facilitation session might end : with the stories telling part. 

Here's is an example of the content I've created with the aliniha KM team last week. Alltogether,  there are 12 content sheets on 12 themes. 4 four women empowerment. 4 four Environment. 4 four social microfinance.

What we are bringing on our ning peer-assist will help design and tailor the the best methodology and tool to deliver those contents and capture knowledge.

...............................................

Women empowerment :
1.1. The basic principles for a women's organization
1.2. Moving at the pace of the group (steps up)
1.3. Developing leadership in the group
1.4. Enhance every woman and recognize her merit
........................................
Developing leadership in the group

Explanation of the sub-theme
When in a group there is a large number of leading the group is more likely to achieve its objectives. It is important to prepare the notes forming the maximum number of women leaders. Every woman can develop its leadership if it is engaged in the work they do, if they put it in confidence and give her the opportunity to express her potential in the group.

MESSAGES
• MESSAGE 1: everyone can become a leader
• MESSAGE 2: the more leaders there are in a group, the  more the group is dynamic if  there is a good internal organization; Otherwise, there is leadership conflicts
• MESSAGE 3: The leader is the engine of the group, that she is listening and speaking / acting on behalf of the group. She works for the group.

Bad practices
• First unfortunate experience: a leader who does not listen, who does not delegate, who does not consult, who decides alone will gradually be abandoned by his members.
• Second unfortunate experience: it happens after the death of some leaders, the association also dies.


Best practices
• First Practice: when an association managed to develop leadership within it and there are many leaders, the association can go further by empowering those that emerge. For example, allow them to create new  groups where they can communicate and develop a sense of leadership.

Additional sheet (pedagogy): how to create interest and attract the interest of women during an animation session????

This concrete example is great! It really helps ground me a bit more. And Women's Empowerment as a topic along with the need for visual practices reminds me of a great tool developed by another KM4Dev member, Eva Schiffer, called NetMap Toolbox. You could use the paper social networking exercise with women to help them map out their connections in their organization. If you have a hub/spoke model, you can tell the story of the failures when something happens to the one leader. If a map has multiple hubs, you are demonstrating how others can pick up leadership and work around the loss of one node. It is also a great way to show how sharing leadership taps into each leaders' own network, spreading the network from node to node. The link is here: http://netmap.wordpress.com/case-studies/  I'll also ping Eva and see if she has a moment to join us.  

In the end, the netmapping surfaces the stories which make the points of your theme, without being abstract or "telling someone else what to do." The messages emerge from the stories of women talking about their own networks. And the tool itself becomes part of their toolkit. Does that make sense?

On a slightly different level, I thought you would enjoy this blog post by a friend about the non linearity of learning facilitation! http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/003205.php?utm_source=feedly

what's a hub???

In the context of social networks, a hub is a person who is connected to many other people and they are not so connected to each other. There is a great diagram in this blog post: http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2010/11/09/research-most-compani... The blog post is from a business context, but the message applies more broadly! I'll find another example that is more in our context....

Eva on the weaknesses of hub and spoke networks. http://netmap.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/when-do-you-need-centralized...  

Huge apologies from my side for missing most of the discussion. I realize that there are no email alerts from contributions to this thread, so it was only when I actively logged in again this weekend that I realized that the discussion was long under way. Lesson learned for the after action review... ;)

On the discussion itself, this is great to read! It seems there are indeed two toolkits we might be talking about: one on process, and one on content. Regarding process, I totally agree that it is advisable to have facilitators actively participating in the content production, so they really own the material they use and are able to adapt it over time. 

Which brings me to my second thought: What talent do you have within the facilitators group that you can potentially use for content creation? As was suggested, giving people cameras to take pictures of crops, tools and techniques is a great way to spread insights on how to do things, but it requires a certain level of skill. That is even more the case if you plan to interview some women who can share their experience in local language. Would you have the capacity for someone to make such video interviews, and the infrastructure in the villages to show them?

To transfer ideas among illiterate communities we are mostly talking about the power of storytelling and images. It would be great to include in a toolkit some help on how to tell a good story, how to frame a narrative and how to ask interesting questions that engage an audience.

Also, I think that graphic illustrations in the form of drawings/cartoons might be key (and Nancy might have to say something on that one!) to convey key messages, narratives and processes. This is true in particular when it comes to specific hands-on techniques that otherwise are just communicated orally. We all know how difficult it is to remember a physical instruction that we only heard once, as opposed to being able to go back to an illustration that can act as a refresher. Do you have any hidden talent in your communities regarding graphic illustration, or do you have access to people who can help?

I love it -- UNHIDE YOUR TALENT! (And Johannes, you can turn email alerts on to this thread!)

Hi Johannes. Happy to read you again !

In my scenario, I've planned to look for a drawer. I think it must be a professional drawer (talentuous) as the toolkit is pedagogical.

I've also planned to ask for the talents of actors and actress for initial audio content.

For talent unhidding, I think it will be more on the part n°2 of our peer-assist, about training. I know you'll love that part ! There's a crazy idea waiting for you there. I can just say that a local talent review is ready for use...

Here is a message from Mike Powell. I'm reposting it here because we have a number of communications options on NING, but we weren't very clear in suggesting HOW to use them for the PA and Mike's comments are so valuable, I don't want to lose them!  Here we go: 

Hi, I'm a long time KM4Dev member.  I have  joined this group aprtly because I am interested in learning about the methodology of peer-assist at a distance - in particular whether Yennenga finds it helpful - and partly because I may have something to contribute.

For me, my moment of revelation when it came to information management and development, came when I was doing a consultancy for the Arid Lands Information Network in Senegal in the early 90's.  ALIN at that time was an international NGO working across the Sahel.  (It is now a very successful Kenyan NGO working in East Africa).  ALIN had 1700 members.  Most were village level development workers.  Through talking to them I came to understand that networking- and IM -  was all about exchanging  information which could be actively used and that the technology employed was pretty secondary.

ALIN supported its members in a host of different activities.  Trying to evaluate them all was time consuming, expensive and, because they were all looked at separately, produced an overload of information, little of which made sense in relation to the whole.  Instead, we worked with staff and members to identify what ended up as the five main goals they were trying to achieve. For each one we then created a table listing all the activities being undertaken which could be said to support that objective.  Other columns noted what information might already exist - from management records, other sources - which could tell us but what had been done in numbers, and whether people thought it was any good.  The final column was for any new information that might need to be created/adapted to produce a satisfactory level of monitoring. 

The design aim was to be participative - i.e. to monitor what the participants thought most important - and to be  time efficient - reusing existing information wherever possible. 

I got positive feedback from many of the people involved who said it had helped them - as it had helped me - look at managing information in a new light.  It do not know though if it ever got much used as a system in practice.

I wrote it up in a book - information management for development organisations - of which I still have a copy or two I could send.  Alternatively it used to be available on the Oxfam website. I'll check if it still is and post the url if I find it.

Best wishes

Mike

Just a note to folks joining us. Please post your ideas here, rather than clicking on "Send a message to group." While that would have been a great tool, we did not think of it when we kicked off. But the good news is that using the comment wall, the discussion is easily viewed by others! :-)

From Eva, who is having problems logging on:

"Thanks for drawing me in, Nancy. I would see a number of useful applications for Net-Map here. With the network members you could either map out their network structure or look at a specific goal they want to achieve (e.g. sell their Shea Butter in Ouagadugu) and sit with the women involved in this specific goal to map out: Who will influence that we achieve that? What are their formal and informal links? Goals? Influence on our success?
 
Also, you could use the tool in your work with the facilitators. I imagine a facilitator training where they get together for peer learning and map out the networks they are working with (both women members and other actors who influence what they can do). By mapping this out and comparing between maps, asking each other, they can embarque on a very deep discussion about structures that help them succeed, bottlenecks and detractors in the networks, strategies that their colleagues have used to overcome challenges or strategies that led them to fail. As developing networks is at the core of what the facilitators do, it is important for them to understand networks better and get a way of being able to identify and discuss problems in the network structure. This all might sound pretty abstract, but the process is low tech and simple. It involves a flip chart paper, post-its (or paper and tape), markers and checkers pieces (or bicycle ball bearings...). And I am happy to tell you more if you have more questions that the website netmap.wordpress.com does not answer.
Good luck!"

I have worked with an approach similar to Mike's, about 'identifying some key goals'. I think of it as discovering those aspects that are at the core, and that can work as anchors to frame/underline/note on conversations. I tend to fear stories, because they are always beautiful, but if not framed might easily end up as testimonies, anecdotes or lost in a bulk of... what was all that about?.

I think that bringing those key drivers to the front might be an objective of the local knowledge capture. Identifying the relevant issues coming again and again about each of the network themes. They will be a good tool to build more contents upon, to share them, to reflect with others.

What I've seen is that usually those issues are the different faces or dimensions of a subject. Say, for example, this is about entering sophisticated organic markets with your products. When speaking to farmers in that business we discovered it  has a lot of faces: a commercial side, a productive side, an administrative side, an organizational side.. and we put it like that in a peer to peer exchange, in such a manner that they could discuss about it. And then it was a matter of 'if you want to jump into this, is good you know beforehand what it gives. And what it takes'.

This chance to see the whole picture about something brings life to the contents, in the sense that they appear complete, related to concrete experiences, making part of everyday little movements. 

Hi Mike. Thank you for sharing your experience with ALIN.  I'd be happy to read your book.  I can also say that , yes, this peer-assist is very helpful in many ways. I'll make a feedback at the end to share that.

Eva, I've visited the netmap website and it's even better whenI read your comment on this wall.  What really interest me is the simplicity of the process. I also think you're right when you suggest that the facilitators should learn about what a network is and can function.

Alejandro, your comment gives me additional ideas of the role of the local facilitators in knowledge capturing.

Hi everyone - looks like we might be drawing to a close on this one - although there is a teaser in the talent drawer - Yennenga I'm sure I'm not the only one to want to hear about that.  

 Can I suggest that you share a few reflections on what you have taken from the discussion so far.  What do you think you will do next in relation to the question we are discussing

1. To capitalise, map and profile the job of "local facilitator" and then Produce a toolkit for the facilitators (what and how?)

Or any other big light bulb/aha moments you have had for that matter.  I will then handover to Alejandro for a discussion on whats in the talent drawer.....

And I'm sure I speak for everyone in saying CONGRATULATIONS to Nancy on her new grandbaby - hope mother, baby and Granny all doing well!   

Yup, granddaughter #2 arrived yesterday, 8lbs 12 oz, 20 inches and mom and baby in good health!

Yennenga was called away and has had limited internet access.  She is going to share her reflections on what she learned with us next week.

In the mean time would be interested to hear any reflections on this experimental asynchronous online peer assist!   A few prompt questions below. Please be clear that you are talking about the process and not providing more ideas for Yennenga : ) soooo....
What worked and felt good?
What didn't feel so great?
What do you feel you learned about this kind of online peer assist process?
What would you do more of less of/differently?
Would you do it again? 

I learned a lot from everyone, but I confess, I was a bit disappointed that more KM4Dev members did not chime in as there is a ton of knowledge in this area. I think we all are starved for time, so paying full attention is still a challenge!!!

I must say too that time was a major concern. What also tricked me was my assumption that I would receive email notifications automatically, while in fact I had to subscribe explicitly  That's why I missed out on the first week of discussion.

Apart from that, I still think it's a worthwhile exercise, and thanks to all who contributed! A main challenge (in my case) I guess is to avoid spitting out pre-packaged answers prematurely. But I think the moderator handled that well.

Finally, I think it would help to have a better overview in the beginning what is going to happen when. At one point I was not sure if the discussion had already started, or whether we were still waiting for the kick-off.  Some kind of agenda with a clear timetable could maybe help?

as a moderator it was interesting balancing act between saying too much and not saying enough!  I've been thinking about the experience in comparison with

a) "normal" online discussions I have facilitated in the past (ie those that generally discuss a topic rather than a particular challenge someone is facing) and

b) with sametime/sychronous peer assists whether face to face or via teleconf...

 I share Nancy's comment about being starved for time, so the process didnt get as much attention as I should have given it...

- becuase it was a small group - which I think is necessary for a peer assist - I didn't feel I should do the kind of off list encouragement to post that I might in a larger email discussion.... 

- the stages of peer assist about rounds of clarification followed by sharing ideas work really well in a synchronous converstation,  I think they were powerful here as we learned more about Yennenga's work - and I suspect this was useful for Yennenga too - but I wonder if the energy dropped - if everyone had been able to pile in with ideas as they do on the main KM4Dev list perhaps more would have happened..

So personally I think the focus on one case really works even in an asychonous context... I think this would work better if people were clearer on process and timeline and technology. 

Please be honest about the moderation too - what would YOU have done that I didn't!  

I would have stuck to an email list! :-) But it was good to experiment here and that in itself is of value!

ha ha!   Are you suggesting that a) you would stick within the larger KM4Dev community - or b) gone off with a little break out group but just use an email list not this platform ? 

advantage of sticking with bigger list is the huge depth and breadth of knowledge there to tap into, disadvantage is the fast pace of discussion, it would be unlikely to focus in the way we did on Yennenga's questions. 

if you are suggesting going off in a little group  the advantage of this platform is its relative transparency which allowed people to join 'late' - was also useful for me to have all of the discussion in one place not buried in my inbox.  

C 

Catherine, this just goes to show us that personal context is incredibly relevant!

Yennenga’s feedback  : very productive!!

Dear friends

Thank you so much for all your contributions.

On the content

Below are all the ideas you kindly offered to me during the peer assist. Each one of them is very important for me. Most of them are refection fertilizers. The clarification part at the very beginning has been for me the richest part. But reading the ideas/suggestions list, you will see that it has also been productive.

What is really interesting is that contributions were not general and abstract. They were relevant and appropriate to my Aliniha context.

There’s also the list of websites I’ve extracted from your contributions and that will allow me to make further research and benchmark. I’ve been on all of them, but need to take more time for that.

Finally, I think that together we have succeeded drawing the basis of a kind of vision of what a toolkit for local facilitators can be.

On the process

It has been really challenging for me. When I first posted my request on the main list, I didn’t expect that much interest and solidarity. To be reactive to the questions was like a high level sport party with a team made of one person and a team made with all the entire world. SO I needed top level concentration because I didn’t want to miss any idea ball !

What comes next?

I’m now using this huge brainstorm results to create/inspire the “processes and tools” part of the  toolkit. During the peer- assist-, we have created the content with the local facilitator during a writeshop. It consists on 12 best practices sheets.

Next week I’ll attend a meeting with aliniha’s board members. I’ll report to them the questions you asked in the clarification part and we will try to answer them together.

Two core activities will put an end to “toolkit activity”:

• The creation of an interactive poster for knowledge sharing . Please don’t ask me what it is, I just don’t know yet! It will be a place to unhide contents and exchange local knowledge.
• The first knowledge sharing tour in coming October. Here also, I have to imagine with Aliniha’s members  what it should be. The toolkit might be launch there. By the way, you’re all invited to take part and learn from that.

Merci beaucoup !!

Yennenga

Ideas/contribution harvest:

1. The process of being a facilitator; how can that be understood and facilitated?
2. What do each organization expect as far as facilitators role is concerned
3. One toolkit on content and one toolkit on process (support and inspiration on how to be an effective facilitator)
4. Include interesting case studies
5. Who are the facilitators:  background? Literacy level? Training?  Financial level?
6. Who are the network’s members: level literacy? Are some of them willing to volunteer?
7. Is there a musical or storytelling culture?
8. Literacy forms as such as drawing, handicrafts can be knowledge building  and sharing vehicles
9. What is the main goal of the facilitators during a session?
10. Are they using standardized tools or approaches? Or creating their own approach?
11. The role of participants: are they only receiving the message or are they shaping them and giving them local context.
12. Idea of organizing write shops to build local content. That would unable to build home grown identity
13. Inspiring  sense, confidence, autonomy and trust among facilitators
14. Understanding the physical assets they have to work with
15. Supporting facilitators work to be about knowledge flow and sense making, not information sharing.
16. Considering gender and other power issues and identity in their work
17. Learning from the existing methodologies (theater forum) the facilitators are already using
18. What are the facilitation assets? Infrastructures such as: backyards? Demonstration lands? Chairs and tables? Supplies : boards, office supplies, notebooks
19. Give simple ideas to facilitators about organizing groups and activities in ways that help to counter balance inequities
20. Facilitators being able to help people to reflect on how they learn, assess info, who they trust and why

Ideas/contribution harvest (2/3) :

1. Idea of workshop :

• Ask facilitators to share with each other a time when their work wnet really well (for example, using appreciative enquiry approaches) then trying to draw out the factors that contributed to that success. Take time to celebrate those successes!
• Use this discussion to begin to generate ideas for topics for a toolkit(perhaps through some kind of card sort exercice to prioritize.
• Ask people to self organize into groups to begin to share ideas and examples that could form the content of each section of the toolkit.
• Use a digital camera and voice recorder to get as much A/V material of the examples and case studies you can.

1. Using visual methods
2. Socializing contents
3. Others ideas

• Using sheet of papers, start by drawing the desired outcome. Then, draw the steps to get there. You can add text, audio and video interviews to complete. In the end, you can even do a play that acts out the plan through its implementation.
• Use a river of life method and brings  stacks of magazines with pictures to help illustrate their ideas. The basic method is exploration of past, present and desired future
• Story tell it
•  

1. Lending local facilitators a camera and asking them to take pictures during their work. A photostory that can be discussed together.
2. Inside the toolkit : a collection of ideas and approaches that can be used. Include post it notes, masking tapes to stick things to wall, different colours markers, pens, pictures that can be used for ice breakers, items to make funny noises to bring a session to an end.
3. Capture, make meaning of, share and apply local knowledge,
4. The process of story telling – of story validating –
5. The power of storytelling and images
6. Include in the toolkit some tools and ideas on: what is a good story? How to tell a good story? How to frame a good narrative? – How to ask interesting questions and engage audience?
7. Use drawing to describe technical practices
8. Contact Eva for further discussion on mapping
9. Bringing key drivers to the front as an objective of the local  knowledge capture
   1. Liberating Structures spark inventiveness by minimally structuring the way we interact

Ideas/contribution harvest (3/3) :

1. http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/003205.php?utm_source=feedly

1. http://library.uniteddiversity.coop/Measuring_Progress_and_Eco_Foot...
2. http://netmap.wordpress.com/
3. http://www.c-changeprogram.org/sites/default/files/C-Bulletin-2.pdf
4. http://www.liberatingstructures.com/
5. http://vivmcwaters.com.au/2013/04/24/facilitating-for-engagement-in...
6. http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2010/11/09/research-most-compani...
7. http://netmap.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/when-do-you-need-centralized...
8. http://www.fao.org/docrep/w9290e/w9290e02.htm
9. http://www.kstoolkit.org/Card+Sorting
10. http://www.kstoolkit.org/

Wow, Yennenga, you have done a remarkable job of using the input you have received and providing feedback to the process!  Bravo!  You are an inspiration.

I have not been as active in the process as some of my colleagues since the beginning stages, partly as I have been busy but also because I felt that so much good advice was being given to Yannega that there would be a limit to how much could be absorbed.   Yannega alluded to this a bit in her feedback that sometimes it felt like her as a 'one person team' vs 'the world'.  As this was a test, I wonder if next time around we should have fewer facilitators/respondents/assisters? But as a first try, kudos to everyone who participated.

Bonnie, I'm sure you've been active in "silent listening and suport". Knowing,that you and others silent particpants were reading , surely encourage others to participate. It's not funny to talk alone : one need to be listened ! So thank you bonnie for registering to the peer -assist ! It was challenging to be one vs the world, but extremely productive. And I recommand this peer assist to anyone who need quick and deep inputs. I also recommand it to persons that feels overwhelmed by a work and don't know where to start.

Fantastic reflections and harvest, Yennenga. I'm busily imagining this now in your context. Now I want PICTURES! Can you share a picture from your upcoming meeting (after the meeting, that is?) And thank you for playing along with us! We need to now cross link this back to the main KM4Dev list. Would you like to do that or would you like me to ?