Re: Groupware and Org Learning LO2530
mbayers@mmm.com
Wed, 23 Aug 1995 12:43:20 -0500
In LO2513, Dave suggests that a skilled facilitator in a large room with
an assortment of markers and flipcharts can 'out-record' someone with a
PC and appropriate software, and the participants can all see all of the
notes.
I think that we may have multiple issues at play here. Not only do we
want the notes available to those directly involved, but frequently we
want the 'essence' of the notes available to other people at other times
in other places. A portable PC with Questmap (no commercial intended)
seems a whole lot easier to move to a new time and place than 150 flip
chart pages.
The distillation we go through to achieve that 'essence' may also add
much value or appeal to the next generation of people who must try to
understand what the group decided and on what factors that arrived at
that decision. That is, a 'tool' which best fits the -recording- of the
decision rationale during the decision process may differ from the 'tool'
best -communicates- to progeny. While both the recording and the
communicating have value, they may require different tools.
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Michael Ayers
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