<div>Dear Tracey and greetings all:</div>
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<div>Sounds like a nice way to deliver something like 'executive summaries' and 'advanced organizers' in an accessible & people-centered, animated venue. </div>
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<div>Geared to encourage 'circulation' too in a number of ways.,</div>
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<div>Thanks for the easily visualized intro.</div>
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<div>Very best wishes, and *Respectfully Interfacing,* LDMF.</div>
<div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D.<br>For I.D. here:<br><br>Persons With Pain International. National Disability Party,</div>
<div>International Disability Caucus - .Coordination of Singular Organizations on Disability (IDC Steering Comm.); IDC-ICT Taskforce.<br>*Respectful Interfaces* Programme of the Communications Coordination Committee For The
U.N.<br><a href="mailto:linda@2007ismy50thyearincomputingandIamawomanwithdisabilities.com">linda@2007ismy50thyearincomputingandIamawomanwithdisabilities.com</a> <br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tracey Naughton</b> <<a href="mailto:tracey@traceynaughton.com">tracey@traceynaughton.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>The concept of 'speed' in group process / debate / discussion:<br><br>I am not sure what the intended meaning was in this context but the
<br>general concept of 'speed ...[process]' emerged in participatory<br>process parlance a few years ago. It's based on the concept of 'speed<br>dating' where the exchange is fast, compact and salient. It can be
<br>used to good effect in the right situations. It is important to have<br>a good facilitator to manage the process. I have used it in<br>situations where you want to have a discussion and make decisions but<br>you need all the participants to have an understanding of a number of
<br>inter-related ideas, projects, research results etc. so you don't<br>have to spend time bringing the whole group up to speed on current<br>updates and angles on your overall topic context.<br><br>It's a good mechanism for information sharing and for bringing a
<br>diverse group of people closer to having a shared understanding of<br>the basics or recent developments etc around the topic you are<br>dealing with. The effect is to give people a conference quantity of<br>key information without them sitting through three days of papers and
<br>forgetting most of the content anyway.<br><br>Here is the outline of how it works - you can adapt it of course:<br><br>You set up information stations around a room where one person is<br>located to speak / demonstrate / present on a topic, and idea, a
<br>relevant research project - things that are relevant to the overall<br>topic at hand. These speed station attendants (speed geeks) have<br>prepared themselves to present, in a way they choose, the key<br>features of their topic, recent research etc. They only have 5-10
<br>minutes. You need to determine the overall structure depending on how<br>many speed geeking stations you are having and the time available.<br><br>The speed geeks need to be the most knowledgeable people on the<br>subject for that station and be good communicators too. The
<br>facilitator will have worked with them beforehand on content and<br>process. A strong team of speed geeks is key to the success of speed<br>geeking.<br><br>The overall group is split into smaller groups and they travel from
<br>one speed geek station to the next. They stay at each one for the<br>5-10 minutes you have allocated for the exercise and then at the<br>facilitators signal, the groups move on to the next station. Within<br>an hour you can easily have a large group of people taking in 6 - 8
<br>key ingredients to lay the basis for a well informed discussion.<br><br>Happy speed geeking<br><br>Tracey Naughton<br><br><br><br><br>Tracey Naughton<br>Country Director, Pact Mongolia<br>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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