I especially liked the schedule tip. It’s simple, but really clear for operationalizing what we all know we should do.
but for pure socializing, Icebreaker works even better, putting people together for short conversations (like “speed dating”).
I like Icebreaker, but I noticed that sometimes questions try to be too smart and funny, which gets in the way of actually talking about stuff. I’m a big fan of questions that are not that original, but the kind of stuff EAs would want to talk on a first meeting (for example “what’s the cause you’re most invested in?”, or “How much has EA influenced your life?”)
For the last phase, following Q&A, we share links to 3-4 Jitsi videorooms for socializing. Participants can switch between rooms. This is meant to simulate post-talk chats in a face-to-face conference.
Have you thought about doing something like a gather town? This simulates what you want pretty well, and deals with the issues stemming from 100 people in the same call trying to talk together.
I only participated in one Icebreaker. It would be good if someone who organized one of these wants to write up tips.
gather town? This simulates what you want pretty well, and deals with the issues stemming from 100 people in the same call trying to talk together.
Gather Town and Mozilla Hubs have scalability problems, and with Gather Town I kept getting stuck. But more importantly, I believe in seeing people’s faces to built social contact. Having multiple videochat rooms solves the scale problem.
I’m confused by your last sentence: you can see the video for other people in gather town. It’s just that you control the radius at which you interact with people, and you have a physical position.
Thanks for the post!
I especially liked the schedule tip. It’s simple, but really clear for operationalizing what we all know we should do.
I like Icebreaker, but I noticed that sometimes questions try to be too smart and funny, which gets in the way of actually talking about stuff. I’m a big fan of questions that are not that original, but the kind of stuff EAs would want to talk on a first meeting (for example “what’s the cause you’re most invested in?”, or “How much has EA influenced your life?”)
Have you thought about doing something like a gather town? This simulates what you want pretty well, and deals with the issues stemming from 100 people in the same call trying to talk together.
I only participated in one Icebreaker. It would be good if someone who organized one of these wants to write up tips.
Gather Town and Mozilla Hubs have scalability problems, and with Gather Town I kept getting stuck. But more importantly, I believe in seeing people’s faces to built social contact. Having multiple videochat rooms solves the scale problem.
I’m confused by your last sentence: you can see the video for other people in gather town. It’s just that you control the radius at which you interact with people, and you have a physical position.
Thank you for the correction. When I joined one Gather Town event it was so hard to use that I can’t say much about how it worked.