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Canvas: a participation device

A canvas, or to put it better “canvases”, are resources to help groups (and individuals) to think and to build up shared sense. I’ll try to explain why from my perspective.

What is a canvas?

In its materiality, a canvas is a pre-prepared poster, large enough to be put on a wall and read by everyone who is in the room (roughly 100×70 cm). It shows the issues to be discussed and provides space…

If you are not aware you can’t appreciate it

Let’s say it differently: if you don’t reflect on your achievements you don’t learn (and you can’t take advantage of your proficiency), this is to say:  if you are not conscious you are in training you do not recognize it and you cannot take advantage of it. And I observed this (not so) strange phenomenon many times.

The easiest example is the most frequent: if I do not put some slides in a…

Five good reasons to write

How many good reasons, professional helpers can find to write in educational, social, and organizational fields? Let’s start with five, afterwards, we will see…

Think/elaborate ideas. First, writing is a productive way to thinks about the complexity we have to face in our work. Through the process of composing, we force ourselves to articulate and elaborateevents, thoughts, ideas, trying to…

Tact/ics to fluidify online meetings

By taking part in the MetaCAugs Tuesday meetings, I observed that some sensitive approaches (let’s say supports) help to create an open and relaxed collaborative atmosphere. In a videoconference a few (apparently) simple touches can promote professional communication:

offer an opening welcome time that facilitates to check-in in the virtual relationship;

start the session by asking to indicate a…