Instructions

Instructions and detailed agenda.

Registration

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.: Receive badges, journals, picture cards, and instructions for poster session. Participants find their assigned tables and sit with their affinity groups.

I - Introduction to CoLABoration 2010: Welcome, meet, and overview

9:00 Brief welcome and intro session: - Eileen Clegg
9:00-9:15 : Poster session: Those who wish will put up their posters/mailboxes on the walls. Networking. Looking at one another's posters
9:15-9:35 : Synchronicity Exercise: Use the synchroncity cards you've received to find the other part of your "pair" - Nancy Margulies
9:35-9:40 : Welcome - Dr. Peter Friess, President of The Tech Museum
9:40-9:45 : Walk through the Day: Action learning approach to collaboration - Eileen Clegg
9:45-9:50 : Graphics - Introduce "Views of Information"- Nancy Margulies
9:50-9:55 : Engelbart Principles (ABC, NIC) - Sam Hahn and Darla Hewett
9:55-10:00 : Global Problem Solving - Claudia Welss

II - Problem Exploring/Problem Solving – Gov 2.0 and Your Industry/Focus

10:00-10:05 : Gov 2.0 - Overview
10:05-10:15 : Behind the Headlines - On the "real cause" of government inefficiency – Bill Fenwick
10:15-10:25 : Potential of Gov. 2.0 – Using technology to create more transparency and flow of information – Laurel Ruma
10:25-10:30 : Frame the Gov. 2.0 - story as a case study/template to hep us
10:30-10:45 : Break.

10:45-10:50 : Reconvene in Affinity groups to reflect on our own industry/collaboration challenges
10:50-11:20 : Question One: Identify the Challenge: Facilitators will lead a discussion: Find the "hidden" collaboration issue in your industry. e.g., While so much energy goes into partisan politics, the real problem behind government inefficiency is information overload and multiple disconnected systems. In your industry, what is the “real problem” with collaboration? What is the underlying condition that needs to change? How is your industry/profession challenged in ways similar to what our government is experiencing? How would you define your biggest challenge/opportunity?

11:20-11:30 : Brief Report Out - Headline from each table, "Say it in a sentence" (Two people leave from each table)

11:30-12:00 : Question Two: Brainstorming: How can we address the challenge we just identified, using collaboration, technology and other resources available to us? What is the most "out of the box" solution we can imagine?
12:00-12:10 PM : Brief Report Out - One brief example of an idea that came from your brainstorming."Say it in a sentence." (Two different people leave from each table to go to another table).

12:10-12:40 Question Three: Solution-making. Jumping out of the current paradigm: How could conditions could be changed to create more effectiveness in your industry through collaboration? What collaborative technology or communication system could we develop (application, protocols) to improve our network so we can work together in a way that is transparent and innovative). What apps, for examples could you come up with?
12:40-2:50 : Brief Report Out - Say it in a sentence. (Ask also for sentence about process the group used aided in their solution-finding.

12:50-1:15 : Lunch, Networking

Visit one another's posters and leave messages, reflect on how morning worked..in terms of larger ideas..

1:15-1:45 : Lunch speeches: "Five Minute Inspirations" : Six 5-minute speeches, demos or reflections from distinguished speakers, and announcement of the PFTF Challenge semi-finalists (See separate schedule).

III - CoLABoration

1:45-2:10 : Reflection on collaboration--Rod Falcon will lead a group discussion. Based on the morning experience, what should we be paying attention to with collaboration? Let's use this mini-experience to reflect on the larger issues that impact our ability as humans to work together. (Emphasize general takeaways -- not "I like this facilitator or not" but rather " It's a challenge to move from brainstorming to deliverable." "Different people excel at problem-definition and execution." Without clear roles, it's hard to narrow down on an approach. (We can take examples from our own experience)

2:10-2:40 : Individual Challenges: Silent Reflections. (Nancy + Eileen) Everyone has an 11 by 17 piece of paper - one side is blank, the other side says "world's greatest consultant." On the other side: "My biggest challenge with collaboration?" Silent Exercise: Everyone (at the table) then goes around reads one another’s questions and adds comments and ideas. When everyone has returned to their question sheet they highlight the suggestions they find most interesting and share both the questions and suggestion with others at the table. Transfer to mural.

2:40-2:45 Explain "World's Greatest Consultant" exercise - Nancy + Eileen
2:45-3:00 First ABC session
3:00-3:05 Switch
3:05-3:20 Second ABC session
3:20-3:25 Switch
3:25-3:30 Third ABC Session
Note: For World's Greatest Consultant exercise (above) people will take their sheet, move around the room to get more input on their personal challenge. They will rotate between being the (A) person asking of input (B) someone improving their process by asking questions and (C) someone observing giving)

3:30-4:00 Open Space/Reflections - take a break to record your thoughts, get more information. Open Space - Move around the room and visit technologies

IV - TAKEAWAYS, REFLECTIONS, COMMUNITY BUILDING, CONCLUSION

4-4:10 Nancy does a review of the day from her virtual capture.
4:10-4:20 Eileen's "Future of Collaboration" mural that has been filled in during the event. Given what we've learned today -- How do we move forward? (clustering exercise)g
4:20-4:40 At your tables, think about what role/contribution you might want to make to the community in the future. Write your contribution on green post-it. On yellow post-it write one outcome you envision for the future community.
4:40-4:50 Debrief and bring up to the Mural
4:50-5 Conclusion, Invitation to continue