A short presentation on the practice of Working Out Loud (inspired by John Stepper), and how it can help us to connect, communicate, collaborate and build communities... In this case, the community of practice for IAF (International Association of Facilitators) to spread the practice of facilitation.

1. Work Out Loud – A Practice for the Networked Age
To Facilitate learning, sharing, and building relationships:
Inspired by John Stepper’s concept

2. International Association of Facilitators
Working Out Loud to Build the Community
A participatory organization
In India since 2010
Members in more than 65 countries
Supports, advocates and educates on the POWER of FACILITATION
OUR VISION : To see professional facilitation used throughout
the world to address challenges faced by people in their
groups, organizations and communities.

3. Sharing & Web Presence
#facind
#facilitation
#wol
International
Association of
Facilitators – IAF
India
@IAFIndiaOrg Iaf.india.org@gmail.
com

4. 21st C Skills
Ref: Dion Hinchcliffe
IAF Community
Members

5. What is #WOL?
As defined by John Stepper…

6. What does #WOL mean for IAF?
Grow a Community of Practice for Facilitation
Build personal
learning networks
(PLNs)
Grow the domain of
facilitation by co-
creating new
knowledge, building
tools and expanding
the practice
Develop a Network of Facilitators
Enable conversations
and collaboration
Support peer learning,
and spread of
facilitation as a skill
Enable the spread and
growth of facilitation
Build Awareness about Facilitation
Share practices and experiences Discuss methods of facilitation

7. Sense Making Social Intelligence
New Knowledge
Creation
Cross-Cultural
Competency
Trans-Disciplinarity Design Mindset
Cognitive Load
Management
Virtual Collaboration
How Can #WOL Help Us?

8. The Connected / Networked Individual
Collaboration
Co-creation
CommunityCommunication
Cooperation
Goal-driven with the
intent of achieving an
outcome by connecting
with diverse minds.
Diverse minds coming
together to co-create an
artifact that could not
have been effectively
created by an individual.
Ongoing discussions and
exchanges that facilitate
immediate sharing of knowledge
– tacit and explicit – and also
creation of new knowledge.
Conveying information to
selected individuals or wider
community to create an
environment of ambient
awareness.
Sharing information,
knowledge and learning
without a defined
outcome in mind, in the
spirit of generosity and
transparency.

9. Transparent
conversational
flow of work
Content awareness
and accessibility
Network-based
connection
Knowledge
building &
performance
development
Transparently co-create content
Social and ongoing feedback
Connect content to work dialogues, streams
Ask and answer questions
Change/update awareness via streams,
alerts, filters
Expanding visibility of work
Inviting diverse inputs and ideas
Greater opportunity for knowledge
building and creation
Awareness of who’s who and connects
Sharing of updates and learning (microblogs,
comments, questions)
Leveraging open channels for contribution and
collaboration
Building a Community by #WOL
The
Facilitators’
Community
of Practice

10. #WOL Practices
Steady Narration of…
 Ideas
 Decisions
 Interim work products /
artifacts
 Links
 Status
 Needs
 Documents
Which Leads To…
 Improved quality of artifacts,
products
 Discoverable body of IAF /
facilitation knowledge
 Higher community engagement
 Rapid feedback, quick learning,
spread of practices
 Better management, open
collaboration, faster turnaround
In the process…
o Ambient
awareness
o Knowledge
capture
o Expertise
building
o Peer-to-peer
learning
o Value creation
Modified from Dion Hinchcliffe’s diagram

11. AGILITY
AUTONOMY
SELF-AWARENESS
PASSION & DRIVE
Key Themes of #WOL

12. Connect Show appreciation Share learning Connect the dots Ask a question
Answer a question Offer feedback
Share your
experience: Reflect on
your work
Offer original ideas
Working Out Loud 1-0-1

13. How to #WOL
Ref: Jane Hart

14. Tips on Some Tools
Most useful when engaged in
the activity -- it can be a
project, a subject / skill /
topic one is trying to master,
or a client challenge
Most useful when the
learning has been given
some time to crystallize so
that the sharing is more
cohesive and holistic.
Because it allows easy
uploading of videos, images
and text updates, Facebook
can be used for any kind of
#wol.
For team level sharing, there
can be private groups.
For broader community
building, one can have open
groups.
It is more suited for sharing
of well-thought out ideas in a
visual format.
Since SlideShare users
can Like, Share and
download the presentations,
it is best to make each
presentation complete in
itself.
When you have a collection
of images (either created or
curated) that can be grouped
into topics, Pinterest comes
in handy.

15. Relationships
Generosity
Visible work
Purposeful discovery
High performance
Characteristics of #WOL
from John StepperRef: John Stepper

16. “What am I trying to do?”
“Who can help me?”
“How can I contribute to
deepen our relationships?”
How to Go About it?

17. Building the Habit…
Make a daily
contribution
Start with
one tiny
habit at a
time
Be
authentic in
all
interactions
Be generous
with sharing
Keep an eye
on the goal
Spread the
learning

18. Reaching Out
To request for a workshop on Working Out
Loud and Facilitation Practices, drop a mail to:
Iaf.india.org@gmail.com

19. ID and Other Reflections @sahana2802
https://in.linkedin.com/in/sahan
a2802
http://www.slideshare.net/saha
na2802
https://www.facebook.com/saha
na.chattopadhyay
https://www.pinterest.com/saha
na2802/
My #WOL Spaces…

20. It’s a
JOURNEY…

21. Thank you!