Replying to LO24759 -- dear fellow learners,
I subscribed to LO at least 5 years ago. Until this very day I tell people
that it is the only list I know of that remains valuable to me. In many
ways this list shaped my thinking and often it provided new impulses to
put into practice at work and in daily life. In my opinion Rick Karash
deserves much credit for practicing such excellent moderating skills.
Moderation is the key for success I find. Last February I had the
previledge to attend a two day Moderator Training here in the Netherlands.
The training was given by Meeting More Minds and as an activity it is part
of the New Economy programme of the Network University in Amsterdam.
During that training we paid much attention to the specific roles of
moderators. We put the theory into practise in between the course dates.
The training was designed to make active use of a closed group community
platform. With a month in between the real live events the trainees were
to meet online in that community. Reflecting on this experience I think we
missed a great opportunity to take full advantage of that. Personally I
wonder why the two real live events were so much in contrast to the online
participation. Somehow we did not get that started. Only a few
initiatives lead to a good discussion. The combination of meeting in
person with an online continuation should have given better results.
Somehow as a group we did not succeed in making good use of the facilities
that were provided. Few days ago I mailed the organizer of that dutch
moderator training Ricks recent posting. I made the comment that Rick
Karash once again proves what moderation is all about. Intervening when
necessary and stimulating a fruitful discussion. The day after I received
a reply to learn that the forwarded posting had an unintended but perfect
timing. The next moderator training started the other day. Ricks posting
would be distributed among the new trainees as an good example of an
interesting role model for moderators.
I must admit that during those years that I subscribed to this list I only
posted 2 or 3 times. Once I posted the url of an article in Wired News
with the title Virtical Faith. The other time I asked why there was so
little attention in this list for Peter Senge's latest book The dance of
Change. Still I think it deserves more attention though. It's true, I have
been a lurker most of the time. May be I ought to change that and take
part in these interactions on the themes that do have my interest.
With this posting I intend to make a new start. May be it is good to share
some of my own resources. Recently I put together some new directories of
interesting links on areas of shared interest. One of them is Learning
Organizations and the other is Virtual Communities. The third one presents
some context in Human Resource Development. May be any of these
directories is useful to some of you. Consider it as a way of giving
something back and saying Thank you for the inspiration that I got from
this list.
regards, Gerrit Visser
email: gervis@home.nl
homepage: http://gervis.net
The directories on Human Resource Development, Learning Organizations and
Virtual Communities have the following url's:
http://lerende-organisaties.pagina.nl or http://lo.gervis.net (this page is partly in the dutch language though)
http://virtualcommunities.start4all.com or http://vc.gervis.net
http://humanresourcedevelopment.start4all.com or http://hrd.gervis.net
--"Gerrit Visser" <gervis@home.nl>
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