Global Gathering Day 2

March 2019

Playful LS Logo by Tracy Kelly

Morning Session Team from England!

• Sharon Dale
• David Heath
• Kathleen Bright
• Zoe Lord

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Spiral Journal [Kathleen]�Calmly prepare for the work ahead while sharpening observational precision.

Inspired by Lynda Barry

Instructions & Steps

1. Divide a page into quarters and start drawing the slowest, tightest spiral that you can (2 mins)
2. Respond to the prompt in the first quadrant. Try to generate multiple items for each question or statement. (2 mins)
3. Repeat with every subsequent quadrant (6 mins total)
4. Review writing & share with partners to debrief or select ideas (2-4 mins)

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Draw a continuous spiral as slowly & tightly as possible

As we get started today,

what I'm feeling in my body is...

What's happening for me emotionally is...

What I'm thinking about is...

What I need from today is…

Conversation Cafe [Zoe]�Engage everyone in making sense of profound challenges

6 Conversation Café Agreements

• Suspend judgment as best you can

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• Respect one another

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• Seek to understand rather than persuade

• Invite and honor diverse opinions

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• Speak what has personal heart & meaning

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• Go for honesty and depth without going on, on, and on

Talking Objects

• When holding the talking object you are invited to speak
• When someone else has the object you are invited to listen
• You may always “pass” the object if you do not feel like contributing in the moment

Instructions & Steps

5. First round, inviting each participant to use the talking object with each participant briefly sharing what they are thinking, feeling, or doing about the theme or topic (6 mins)
6. Second round with everyone contributing again after hearing initial responses to the question (6mins)
7. Third round of open discussion, freely passing the talking object (6 mins)
8. Fourth round with each participant sharing takeaways (6-10 mins)

Conversation Cafe Summary

Round 1: One-by-one each person shares their perspective on the question or topic. Pass the object around the circle so that everyone has a chance to contribute. [4 mins]

Round 2: Follow-up on anything or elaborate on what was said in Round 1. Continue passing the object around the circle. [4 mins]

Round 3: Open discussion. [8 mins]

Round 4: Go around the circle with each person describing what they are taking away from the conversation. [4 mins]

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What’s the indescribable, elusive thing that you’re struggling with in your work?

25/10 crowd sourcing

Rapidly generate and sift a group’s most powerful actionable ideas

20 min

If you were ten times bolder, what big idea would you recommend?

Write your bold idea and a first step on the card.

➣ Only one idea

➣ Write clearly

For Example:

The bold idea

“Get Liberating Structures on the curriculum in primary schools”

The suggested first step

“Speak with the headteacher of my child’s primary school about a pilot”

Sequence of steps

1. Write your big idea (as if you were ten times bolder)
2. Five times:
1. Swap cards randomly until the music stops to ‘shuffle’
2. Stop and score
1. quietly read the card in your hand
2. think of a score (from 1-5)
3. turn over the card and write the score
4. turn the card face up again
5. Wait for the music to start to shuffle the cards
3. Repeat 5 rounds of scoring
4. Total the score on the card
5. Who has 25? 24? etc..

Scoring

1 = Huh? Meh!

5 = so brilliant that I will personally help

Write your score on the back of the card.

Decide your score before looking!

If you were ten times bolder, what bold idea would you recommend to grow, sustain and strengthen the global practice of Liberating Structures?

Write on the front

Add up your scores