. Discuss – challenges of collaborating with people online, project approaches, engaging with outside communities, tools . Using – project experiences of working in virtual worlds and being a graduate of IOLE . Able to address with regard to your own career: + Team working tips + Team presentation tips + Community engagement tips + Virtual tool tips

1. Sitearm
● Planner and expediter for projects in community,
spirituality, arts.
● Le nom en ligne for James Neville
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2. Virtual Collaboration Tips and Tools
● Discuss – challenges of collaborating with people online,
project approaches, engaging with outside communities,
tools
● Using – project experiences of working in virtual worlds
and being a graduate of IOLE
● Able to address with regard to your own career:
● Team working tips
● Team presentation tips
● Community engagement tips
● Virtual tool tips
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3. Team working tips
● Form, storm, norm, perform
● Team roles
● Diverge, converge
● Facilitate, lead
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4. Form, storm, norm, perform*
● Form - get to know one another, exchange some personal
information
● Storm - different ideas compete for consideration including
what problems the team is really supposed to solve and
what leadership model they will accept
● Norm - team manages to come to have one goal and a
mutual plan; all members take responsibility and have
ambition to work for success
● Perform – team works smoothly and effectively,
competently and autonomously; produces results
* Reference: “Tuckman”
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5. Team roles*
Members of successful teams share these roles
● Coordinator ● Resource Investigator
● Shaper ● Team worker
● New Ideas Planter ● Implementer
● Monitor Evaluator ● Completer Finisher
● Specialist
* Reference: “Belbin”
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6. Diverge, converge
● New groups can't do this on their own, at first - they
need a skilled, neutral facilitator. Facilitation is a tool –
learn it.
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7. Team presentation tips
● Presentation agenda
● Tell 'em what you're gonna tell 'em
● Tell 'em
● Tell 'em what you've told 'em
● Presentation content
● If you're not absolutely clear of your key messages,
don't expect them to be.
● It is impossible to underestimate the ability of an
audience to fully understand you.
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8. Engaging with outside communities
1. Look for candidate communities based on your interest, by
listings or word of mouth. Arrange to attend one of the
upcoming community events, real world or online.
2. At the event, listen, watch, and observe. Is the event
addressing topics of interest? Are the interactions polite or curt,
businesslike or disorganized, friendly or rude?
3. Does the community notice you? Does it invite you to introduce
yourself? Does a member make a point of "friending" you, or
giving you a contact card?
4. After the event, you should be in a position to decide whether to
continue with this community. Remember, a negative
experience “is not personal." Do not hesitate to try again with a
new candidate community.
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9. Virtual Tool Tips
● Single tool – good for one thing
● Multi tool – good for two or more things
● Parallel tool – use more than one tool together
● Real time – use tool to interact “live”
● Time delay – use tool to interact “at intervals”
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10. Virtual Tool Overview
● Text ● Google, Bing - search
● Voice ● YouTube, Vimeo - video
● Image / Video ● Instructables - how to's
● 3D ● Pinterest, Flickr - images
● Scoop.it!, Paper.li - online
● Email content curation
● Twitter ● Wiki's, Google Docs -
collaborative documents
● Blogs (WordPress)
● Dropbox, YouSendIt - file
● Skype, Linked In sharing
● Open Sim, Second Life ● Facebook, Google+ -
real name required
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11. Multiple affiliations
● Each of us have multiple affiliations with which we
identify - e.g., nationality, profession, location, interests
Groups:
Individuals:
Group (Affiliation) Individual (Name)
DVL Sharon
DVL Sabrina
LPC Beverly
EST Beverly
NCL Mary Beth
EXN Mary Beth
EXN Paul
EXN Arthur
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12. Multiple identities
● Multiple affiliations lead to multiple identities*
Group Interlock NCL EXN EST LPC DVL
Networks:
Individual Affiliation Shar Sabr Mary Paul Bev Chris
Networks: Art
* Reference: nom de plume (pen name), nom de guerre (war name), nom en ligne
(online name), gō (art name), etc.
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13. Multiple reach
● Multiple identities lead to multiple reach
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14. Summary
● Learn how to facilitate - Your roles on teams will vary.
● Virtual tools expand your reach - Use a variety of virtual
tools to balance their strengths.
● Multiple affiliations expand your reach - Use multiple
identities to match your affiliations.
● Keep a tab on your identities and affiliations - Your
networks will change.
● Keep a tab on where you're going with your career -
Your goals will change.
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15. Thank You!
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