StoryEngine: Listen Deeply, Learn, and Connect

mozfest-bot commented 7 years ago

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[ Session Name ] StoryEngine: Listen Deeply, Learn, and Connect [ Primary Space ] Digital Inclusion [ Secondary Space ] Open Innovation

[ Submitter's Name ] Christine Prefontaine [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Mozilla Foundation + Loup.Design [ Submitter's Github ] @prefontaine

[ Additional facilitators ] Alecia Kuhl & Simon Emmanuel Roux, with Jesse Von Doom & Paul Zenke

What will happen in your session?

There are two parts to this proposal:

A weekend-long drop-in storytelling installation — a simple booth where participants can interview others — including folks not physically at MozFest, tell their story, code a story using Hypothes.is, and read/listen to others’ voices (NOTE: We're writing a brief for Ravensbourne students to see if they have ideas on ways to amplify this session and the human connections beyond the physical space.)
A series of introductory 60-minute "how-to sessions" to introduce folks to the StoryEngine methodology and provide a sense of how it works and the confidence to set up one of their own (these can happen in English, French, and passable Spanish)

StoryEngine is the Mozilla Foundation’s deep listening, learning, and impact narrative methodology. While celebrating and amplifying the work of individuals and organizations, StoryEngine powers a feedback and engagement loop. The result: new examples, illuminated change pathways, and a better sense of others' successes, challenges, and needs. Most importantly, the act of listening is super satisfying! It's a great opportunity to make connections, spark ideas, and build skills.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

MozFest amplified and extended beyond the walls of Ravensbourne — and beyond one weekend
More and deeper long-term — and cross-silo! — connections
Participants experience themselves as part of a broader network or movement
Inclusion advanced and open innovation networks strengthened because of a better understanding of each others’ context, successes, challenges, solutions, and desired collaborators
Opportunities for participants to generate ideas together, amplify each others’ voices, and connect in practical ways
Open leadership, participatory listening, interviewing, and qualitative data analysis skills introduced or advanced
A set of rich narratives and evidence about the people and organizations touched by Mozilla, including examples of pathways and experiences
Perceptions of internet health and working open surfaced and discussed
Ideas on how to shape and improve StoryEngine, for Mozilla as well as for others

If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.

We'd want to create a small StoryEngine studio where folks can record each other with audio. We can hack together something cool with thin plywood (or cardboard) and eggshell foam. The outside could feature images and callout texts from prior interviews, and places to sit and engage with the stories — and with each other. We're using Hypothes.is to code stories so we can invite others to join in the "sensemaking" — wither using their own laptop or ones we have available — and we could have bigger chunks of texts with sticky notes where people could do lo-fi "tagging".

Time needed

All weekend, as an installation, exhibit or drop-in session

kenyatta1 commented 7 years ago

Unfortunately we didn't think this session was quite right for the Digital Inclusion space this year. I'm removing the milestone to allow other spaces to consider your proposal.

Saallen commented 7 years ago

Adding MozFest Session Milestone confirming this session will take place at MozFest as an emerging session

Saallen commented 7 years ago

Hey @prefontaine! @kaodo has some pretty cool ideas.......has she been in touch?