How to hold warmth and depth in virtual spaces
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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