by Bev Wenger-Trayner | Jun 20, 2021 | All entries, BEtreat, Reflections
Recovering from online Opportunities for meeting face to face – for people in Europe and North America – are slowly opening up. Although we’ve been forced into more online encounters, it has been an opportunity for many people to discover new...
by Bev Wenger-Trayner | Jun 7, 2020 | All entries, Systems convening
Systems conveners: essential workers long term In 2014, we wrote a chapter on what we called “systems conveners,” people who work to increase learning capability across a whole social landscape that includes many practices, institutions, and stakeholders. It’s not...
by Bev Wenger-Trayner | May 27, 2020 | All entries, BEtreat, Online, Tools
The other day we did a BEtreat workshop, originally scheduled to be face-to-face, online and over three days. It was with clients who were preparing to launch an online community of practice. The workshop generated some of the same feelings of camaraderie and joint...
by Bev Wenger-Trayner | Mar 11, 2020 | All entries, Online, Reflections, Social media
It’s easy to think of participation in virtual meetings or events as second cousins. And often it is. Sound quality is poor and made worse by people not muting their mics. There are no informal spaces for serendipitous conversations. And worst of all – people...
by Bev Wenger-Trayner | Mar 8, 2020 | All entries
Mixed in-person and remote participation Covid-19 has got organizations reaching for online meeting solutions or blended meetings with some people face-to-face and others online. I thought this would be a time to share (again) some of our learning about it. While our...
