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 === Process Design & Hosting ===
-Notes from the Co-creation of CSAW, the Climate and Sustainability Action Week at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland and online.
+Notes from the Co-creation of [[https://fo.am/events/climate-and-sustainability-action-week/|CSAW, the Climate and Sustainability Action Week]] at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland and online.
+During the co-creation of the CSAW Pilot, FoAM is conducting a series of training and mentoring sessions for the EPFL co-creation team. The purpose of these sessions is to learn some some basics of participatory design and hosting/facilitation as well as respond to specific questions by the team, and provide advice for the diverse challenges the team is facing. Each session focuses on a different aspect of process design, collaboration, participatory approaches to complex problems, etc.
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-During the co-creation of the CSAW Pilot, FoAM is conducting a series of short training and mentoring sessions for the EPFL co-creation team. The purpose of these sessions is to learn some some basics of participatory design and hosting/facilitation as well as respond to specific questions by the team and provide advice for the diverse challenges the team is facing. Each session focuses on a different aspect of process design, collaboration, participatory approaches to complex problems, etc.
+=== Working notes ===
-This page collates working notes from September 2020 until February 2021.
+SEP 2020 - FEB 2021
   * [[Framing]] what matters and articulating core questions for a participatory event
-  * A few relevant futuring techniques: Identifying [[Critical Uncertainties]], Identifying what is [[https://libarynth.org/csaw/kpu|Known, Presumed and Unknown]], [[https://libarynth.org/futurist_fieldguide/causal_layered_analysis|Causal Layered Analysis]] and [[https://libarynth.org/futurist_fieldguide/futures_wheel|Futures Wheel]].
+  * A few relevant futuring techniques:
+    * Mapping [[Critical Uncertainties]] before deciding on a theme
+    * Identifying what is [[https://libarynth.org/csaw/kpu|Known, Presumed and Unknown]] about a topic of interest
+    * Applying [[https://libarynth.org/futurist_fieldguide/causal_layered_analysis|Causal Layered Analysis]] to mapping a problem space
+    * Exploring possible consequences, impacts and implications in a [[https://libarynth.org/futurist_fieldguide/futures_wheel|Futures Wheel]]
   * Articulating a {{https://neon.f0.am/s/aoC43GS9MpiDZ5R|Collective Purpose}} (template)
-  * The Conundrums of [[Decision Making]] and [[Open Space Principles]] that can be useful for co-creation meetings
+  * The Conundrums of [[Decision Making]] and [[Open Space Principles]] for co-creation meetings
   * [[https://libarynth.org/futurist_fieldguide/stakeholder_mapping|Stakeholder Mapping]]
   * Event [[flow]] and experience design for participatory events
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     * Examples of [[Running Sheets]] for facilitators
     * Mockup of a {{https://neon.f0.am/s/MjRrzBKzB8KBDaf|Session Handout}} for participants
+  * A possible [[Handout structure]]
+  * A few basic principles for [[http://www.meadowlark.co/images/pdfs/hosting_in_a_hurry_version_1.0.pdf|Hosting in a hurry]]
   * Visualising the process and outcomes
     * [[https://libarynth.org/hosting_craft#session_6graphic_harvesting|DIY Graphic Harvesting training]]
     * Different Approaches to [[https://libarynth.org/project_mapping|Project Mapping]]
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+**Other topics discussed during mentoring sessions**
+  * Engaging co-creators with CSAW and each other
+  * Designing, facilitating and coordinating co-creation sessions
+  * Clarifying the purpose, core questions and theme for the event
+  * Connecting the purpose, the theme and the formats of the event
+  * How to avoid Solutionism and move towards systemic interventions (including methods from complexity, systems thinking, permaculture, cooperative games, etc.)
+  * COVID planning and working with contingencies
+  * Feedback on the detailed event flow, programme, session and atmosphere design
+  * Selecting participants and forming teams
+  * Balancing learning and doing, theory and practice
+  * Possible outcomes and deliverables
+  * Care packages and gifts for participants and speakers that reflect the theme and purpose of the event
+  * Challenges of co-ordination of heterogeneous groups and moderation of (online) plenary discussions
+  * Check-in and Check-out practices, including pre-performance rituals from music and performing arts
+  * Team facilitation over multiple days, juggling diversity of feedback and consistency of support
+  * Engaging public presentation formats e.g. Pecha Kucha, Open Lab, Fuckup Nights, Role Playing / Prehearsals, etc.
+  * Keeping the facilitation team focused and energised over multiple days, including quick [[https://libarynth.org/breathing_exercises|breathing exercises]]
+  * Ongoing debriefing and feedback after co-creation and review meetings
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-Related
+**Related**
-  * https://libarynth.org/futurist_fieldguide/
-  * https://libarynth.org/hosting_craft
-  * A few basic principles for [[http://www.meadowlark.co/images/pdfs/hosting_in_a_hurry_version_1.0.pdf|Hosting in a hurry]]
+Our approach to mentoring in CSAW is based on FoAM's experience with:
+  * [[https://libarynth.org/process_facilitation|Process facilitation]], in which we combine different participatory techniques to guide discussions and co-creation towards effective collaboration and long term thinking.
+  * [[https://libarynth.org/lab_approach|The Lab approach]], which creates space for groups to investigate complex real world challenges and to collaboratively develop a range of experiments through iterative action research.
+  * [[https://libarynth.org/futuring|Futuring]] techniques that explore problems and solutions from the vantage point of multiple futures, encouraging the participants to imagine and prototype how things could develop otherwise.