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Virtual community building (systems meetings)

* Empathy in digital space
* Human connection first

Micro interations
* 1-to-1/regional

Macro community
* Global movements

Access issues
* Youth
* Minorities
* Elders
* Income

This is not a new problem.
* Tech makes these community building issues more visible

Indicators of health community
* Love
* Warmth
* Vulnerability
* Humor

Virtual culture building
* Onboarding: expectations for new
* Set up at the start
* Old timers set up and teach new people (shadowing program)

Name the shared values that empathy building exercises build

Feedback systems are critical

Break down culture of "rude/efficient"

Best practices
* Pre-review of documents
* communication time is precious
* Daily check-ins - different culture @ text messaging

History of online community

Importance of real time: 
* asynchronous: Expectations, accountability, @chat

vs
* synchronous: full attention, presence

All the practices of in-person meetings
* Practice social emotional learning techniques
* It is all about embodiment

At iEcology for video meetings:
* Breathe together
* Meditate
* Guided with voice

It does feel weird, offer to turn off camera

Bravery and vulnerability
* Play with finger puppets
* Play with format of video chat (costumes)

i.e. blog post at Forward Together

Forward Stance: staff Tai Chi

Hand mirroring in digital space