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 <blockquote>The ocean sustains life on earth – the wellbeing and prosperity of us all – but faces immediate existential threats to its health and functioning. The public remains largely unaware of this and ocean protection is a pretty low priority on national and international agendas. The issues are multi-dimensional and no one sector can address them alone. Science, conservation, policy, art, business, all are playing a role, often in new, exciting and increasingly joined-up ways.
 The Ocean Connects Us was a daylong event at the Trinity Buoy Wharf on the bank of the River Thames. It was a day of participatory experiences, learning and exchange – including the launch of new research from the FrameWorks Institute into how the public thinks about marine conservation – to build on what works, strengthen existing connections, seed new ones and explore possible new approaches in communicating the value of the ocean in people’s lives. -CGF UK, [[https://twitter.com/hashtag/oceanvalue?src=hash|#Oceanvalue]] </blockquote>
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-The Ocean Connects Us was designed to share and learn from each other about communicating the value of the ocean. After short framing speeches by [[https://gulbenkian.pt/en/the-foundation/our-team/board-of-trustees/martin-essayan-trustee-2010-2015/|Martin Essayan]] and [[https://www.zsl.org/users/heather-koldewey|Heather Koldewey]], the morning began with exchanging past experiences of valuing the ocean, to then observe what is emerging from the participants’ current [[https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1920GDCo4WYSY9KOfUxwIlSpCzGM&ll=10.516256681185387%2C147.7559278499999&z=2|collaborations]]. During and after lunch the participants were invited to visit the [[http://www.trinitybuoywharf.com/whats-on/event/longplayer|Longplayer]] installation in the adjacent lighthouse and have spent time immersed in artworks by [[http://www.marieleneudecker.co.uk/|Mariele Neudecker]], [[http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/english/our-staff/clarke,-dr-john.aspx|John Wedgwood-Clarke]] and [[https://robmackay.net/|Rob Mackay]] (curated by [[http://invisibledust.com/|Invisible Dust]]). The afternoon was focused on investigating how to more effectively communicate the value of the ocean, today and in the future. First by hearing from [[http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/staff-and-fellows.html#oneil|Moira O’Neil]] from the [[http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/|Frameworks Institute]] about their report [[https://gulbenkian.pt/uk-branch/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2017/03/Getting-Below-The-Surface.pdf|Getting Below The Surface]], then by applying the institute's findings as recommendations to concrete projects. The conversation moved towards the future of the sea with a short speech by [[https://foresightprojects.blog.gov.uk/category/sea/|Henry Green]], as an introduction to the last participatory session. The participants distilled insights from the day as questions and principles towards a manifesto for an ocean friendly society. The event continued during an informal reception including speeches by the director of CGF UK [[https://gulbenkian.pt/uk-branch/about-us/team/andrew-barnett/
+The Ocean Connects Us was designed to share and learn from each other about communicating the value of the ocean. After short framing speeches by [[https://gulbenkian.pt/en/the-foundation/our-team/board-of-trustees/martin-essayan-trustee-2010-2015/|Martin Essayan]] and [[https://www.zsl.org/users/heather-koldewey|Heather Koldewey]], the morning began with exchanging past experiences of [[the_ocean_connects_us#sense|valuing the ocean]], to then [[the_ocean_connects_us#observe|observe]] what is emerging from the participants’ current [[https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1920GDCo4WYSY9KOfUxwIlSpCzGM&ll=10.516256681185387%2C147.7559278499999&z=2|collaborations]]. During and after lunch the participants were invited to visit the [[http://www.trinitybuoywharf.com/whats-on/event/longplayer|Longplayer]] installation in the adjacent lighthouse and have spent time immersed in artworks by [[http://www.marieleneudecker.co.uk/|Mariele Neudecker]], [[http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/english/our-staff/clarke,-dr-john.aspx|John Wedgwood-Clarke]] and [[https://robmackay.net/|Rob Mackay]] (curated by [[http://invisibledust.com/|Invisible Dust]]). The afternoon was focused on investigating how to more [[the_ocean_connects_us#investigate|effectively communicate]] the value of the ocean, today and in the future. First by hearing from [[http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/staff-and-fellows.html#oneil|Moira O’Neil]] from the [[http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/|Frameworks Institute]] about their report [[https://gulbenkian.pt/uk-branch/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2017/03/Getting-Below-The-Surface.pdf|Getting Below The Surface]], then by [[the_ocean_connects_us#prototype|applying]] the institute's findings as recommendations to concrete projects. The conversation moved towards the future of the sea with a short speech by [[https://foresightprojects.blog.gov.uk/category/sea/|Henry Green]], as an introduction to the last participatory session. The participants distilled [[the_ocean_connects_us#enact|insights]] from the day as questions and principles towards a manifesto for an ocean friendly society. The event continued during an informal reception including speeches by the director of CGF UK [[https://gulbenkian.pt/uk-branch/about-us/team/andrew-barnett/
-|Andrew Barnett]] and a retired commodore and member of the Trinity House. The evening concluded with an informal celebration where the participants had a chance to decompress together in an inspiring ambience.
+|Andrew Barnett]] and a retired commodore and member of the Trinity House. The evening concluded with an informal [[the_ocean_connects_us#celebrate|celebration]] where the participants had a chance to decompress together in an inspiring ambience.
 **Photos of the event, including a selection of notes from participatory sessions: [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/albums/72157677506966934|The Ocean Connects Us Album]]**
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 === Frame ===
-Introductory remarks by:
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-  * [[https://gulbenkian.pt/uk-branch/about-us/team/louisa-hooper/|Louisa Hooper]]
-  * [[https://gulbenkian.pt/en/the-foundation/our-team/board-of-trustees/martin-essayan-trustee-2010-2015/|Martin Essayan]]
-  * [[https://www.zsl.org/users/heather-koldewey|Heather Koldewey]]
-  * [[http://fo.am/people/maja|Maja Kuzmanovic]]
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+Introductory remarks by:
+  * [[https://gulbenkian.pt/uk-branch/about-us/team/louisa-hooper/|Louisa Hooper]], welcoming the delegates to the event...
+  * [[https://gulbenkian.pt/en/the-foundation/our-team/board-of-trustees/martin-essayan-trustee-2010-2015/|Martin Essayan]] about the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and their engagement with the ocean, the motivation for the event and results of the pre-event delegate survey
+  * [[https://www.zsl.org/users/heather-koldewey|Heather Koldewey]] about [[https://twitter.com/hashtag/oceanoptimism|#OceanOptimism and [[start|Marine CoLABoration]]
+  * [[http://fo.am/people/maja|Maja Kuzmanovic]] about the [[lab_approach_essay|lab approach]], participatory process and guidelines for engagement
 === Sense ===
-Think of a situation in your life when you experienced a strong connection to the ocean. Where were you? What did you do? How did you feel? What made this situation possible? What did you value about the ocean in this situation?
+Participatory session: Think of a situation in your life when you experienced a strong connection to the ocean. Where were you? What did you do? How did you feel? What made this situation possible? What did you value about the ocean in this situation?
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-The multiplicity of ocean values from personal experiences:
+The multiplicity of ocean values distilled from personal experiences of the participants:
   * Awe-inspiring, humbling: vastness, remoteness, scale, infinity
   * (Intrinsic) Beauty, peace, tranquility
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 === Observe ===
-What are some interesting examples of working together to communicate the value of the ocean, or more generally to improve the health of the ocean? The examples were discussed and mapped. The aim was to get a broad picture of the current situation. How do the collaborations relate to each other? What challenges, questions and hypotheses are emerging?
+Participatory session: Collaborative ecosystems: a broad picture of the current situation
+What are some interesting examples of working together to communicate the value of the ocean, or more generally to improve the health of the ocean? Each participant described one example of current or realised work. The examples were discussed and visually mapped.
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+How do the collaborations relate to each other? What challenges, questions and hypotheses are emerging?
+  * Communicating, listening, finding the right language (hope, parley…), translating language between partners
+  * Finding shared values ('win-win'), finding common ground (while acknowledging complexity), talking about values, planning, collaboration, compromise and trade-offs
+  * Finding connections, uniting stakeholders, celebrating success
+  * Inclusive engagement, fostering relationships, working together, forging new/unusual alliances, diversity of skills and perspectives as added value, including mavericks
+  * Innovation + scale, optimising resources, multiplier effects
+  * Noise vs actual impact (understanding what true impact would be)
+  * Building trust and commitment, openness of communication (diverse ownership_
+  * Funder agenda
+  * Collaboration is a journey; all partners need to see benefits of collaboration
+  * Leadership, governance, creating a political space, getting citizen mandate to force political and corporate worlds to act urgently
+  * Overcoming organisational pressures (recognition, fundraising, size of groups, vested interests, losing egos…)
+  * Specificity of objectives and vision is important to align strategies, target the right audiences and improve measurability
+  * What outcomes do we want? Save the ocean! Halt and reverse threats. Ocean is used and valued, there is a balance cf. interests. More people care, feel empowered and take action. There needs to be a legislative change.
+  * Common themes: sustainable seafood, developing our knowledge and understanding, ocean protection, physical connection to oceans, cultural connections to oceans (including pleasure and recreation), ocean pollution (including plastic and acidification)
+  * How do we work? 'Fun' communication; blameless project; fundraising, social conflict resolution, finding allies, consensus building, convening, research, social intervention, building public support, providing support to enable change, appealing to people’s self-interest, fundraising
+  * Where are the gaps? Scalability, disconnect between social and ecological needs, accountability
+  * What are the needs? Awareness of wider landscape; trust in finding mutual goals away from logo-ego
+  * Differences in approaches: critical/friend/partner/advisor/facilitator; systemic change or focus on single audience/issue/locale
+  * Ethics, positive focus, fun, de/resensitising, reactive/responsive, happiness
+  * There are different roles in collaborations connected to partnerships and a sense of identity (including funders, volunteers and different 'personalities')
+  * Ocean literacy learning and communication is key to mainstreaming environmental messaging
+  * Challenges: money, language (common/right), mobilisation (buy-in form key players), distrust of science, overcoming self-interest, prioritising, balancing the economic and intrinsic values, framing positively, how to make the long term tangible, public disconnect, winners+losers paradigm, lack of understanding about cultural motivations and value; how to make collaboration sustainable (when funding finishes); how to get communities to take ownership to act themselves (empowerment); the scale of the ocean is a challenge - it is vast and there are so many actors needing to collaborate
+  * Commonalities: what values work? There are different values for different audiences. How do you speak to those values? Can we afford doing this tailored value-based communication? We all want significant scale and ambition; we use raising public awareness as a tool to reach the goal
+  * Collaborative ecosystems: NGOs with industry (partnerships, metrics)/government (accountability, access)/communities (citizen science, education, ethical consumerism…).
+  * Issues with data sets: "The perfect would be the enemy of the good" (consistency, collection, analysis, education…
+  * Benefits of collaboration: exchanging, curiosity, interaction, engagement, communication, community
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 === Experience ===
-How do artists communicate the value of the ocean? Immersive installations by Mariele Neudecker, John Wedgwood-Clarke and Rob Mackay curated by Invisible Dust.
+How do artists communicate the value of the ocean?
+Showcase of three artists' works from the upcoming exhibition [[http://invisibledust.com/project/offshore-artists-explore-the-sea/|Offshore:artists explore the sea. Video installation by [[http://www.marieleneudecker.co.uk/|Mariele Neudecker]], and a site-specific sound piece by poet [[http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/english/our-staff/clarke,-dr-john.aspx|John Wedgwood-Clarke]] and sound artist [[https://robmackay.net/|Rob Mackay]], curated by [[http://invisibledust.com/|Invisible Dust]].
+In addition to the pieces that were curated as part of the programme, the participants had an opportunity to visit the [[http://www.trinitybuoywharf.com/whats-on/event/longplayer|Longplayer]] installation in the adjacent lighthouse.
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 === Prototype ===
+Participatory session
 How to apply insights from the Frameworks research to some of the participants’ initiatives? In a collective consulting session, the participants offered a set of suggestions for the people involved, as well as recommendations that could be more widely applicable.
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 === Enact ===
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 Introductory remarks by Henry Green, UK Government Office for Science, [[https://foresightprojects.blog.gov.uk/category/sea/|Foresight Projects]].
-In the last participatory session the participants looked towards the future.  They reflected on all that they experienced at the event and discussed how their findings could inform future collaborations and lead towards an ocean friendly society.
+In the last participatory session the participants looked towards the future. They reflected on all that they experienced at the event and discussed how their findings could inform future collaborations and lead towards an ocean friendly society.
 Room recording of the participants' [[https://app.box.com/s/kqzb8bryrwnii8h4zgc5w4z6a3stl6ks|reports from breakout group discussions]] (mp3).