The document discusses the use of liberating structures in education, facilitating engagement and collaboration among participants. It outlines various interactive activities and techniques, such as impromptu networking and the '1-2-4-all' method, aimed at fostering innovation and collective problem-solving. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of adapting educational approaches to new challenges and encourages bold thinking among educators.

1. Infecting Education
with
Liberating
Structures @
ETUG
Nancy White
@NancyWhite
http://www.fullcirc.com channeling
Keith McCandless from
http://www.liberatingstructures.com

2. Liberating Structures
…including and unleashing everyone
http://www.liberatingstructures.com
Keith and Henri… (and thanks for their
permission to share their agendas, images, etc.)

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4. A repertoire to help us…
1. BE together
2. Engage WITH each other
3. Unleash everyone
(sensemaking/application)

5. Human Spectrogram
• I’ll tell you the questions

6. So far…So far…
1-2-4-All
What, so what, what now (W3)
15% solution

7. Impromptu Networking
What question do we want to
explore in the next 60 minutes?

8. Variants
• Mad Tea Party – a.k.a. speed dating

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13. Trial Balloon
For LS Series
In Seattle
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14. Inspired by McCandless and Lipmanowicz

15. TRIZ

16. TRIZ Variant:
"If our approach to teaching andteaching and
learning onlinelearning online was totally
obliterated last night, what parts
would you re-establish?"
"What new functions or attributes
would you add?"

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Seattle Workshop 1 A G E N D AA G E N D A
1. Impromptu Networking
2. TBD
3. 1-2-4 All
4. 15% Solutions
5. Troika Consulting
6. Nine Whys
7. Generative Relationships
8. Users Fishbowl
Lunch
9. TRIZ
10. What³ Debrief
11. StoryBoards
12. Celebrity Interview
13. Panarchy
14. Webbing or Mad Tea
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19. Topic or
Phase
Goal LS Micro-
Structure
Why this
LS?
Steps/
Timing
Facilitator/
Participant
s
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21. 25/10 Crowd Sourcing
“If you were 10 times bolder,
what big idea would you
recommend? What first step
would you take to get
started?”

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23. 15% Solution
“Where is your 15%?” Where do you have
discretion and freedom to act?”

24. Troika Consulting + Kanban
• What next?

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Strategy Safari G A M E P L A N
GOAL 1
1. What is
happening
around us
that
demands
adaptation?
GOAL 2
3. Given our purpose,
what seems possible now?
4. What is
at stake if we
do not change? •
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5. How are we breaking away from
the current state toward the future?
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