graham samuel wrote:
What happened to the protocol? for someone that wasn't there, I found the transcript almost unreadable, with people interrupting each other, and I couldn't work out if Kevin had in fact answered (or rejected) all the questions he was asked. The first chat transcript was really well-ordered. I suspect it was Jacque's influence; but whatever it was, I hope for more discipline next time.
Different contexts. The first one was the Scripting Conference - first in a series of well-organized and well-run on-line conferences - featuring stacks of info prepared ahead of time, with follow-up questions. And a protocol, and a Protocol Enforcer.
This was a fairly informal chat session where Kevin answered questions, with much more open discussion. No protocol.
Yes, my bad, I hadn't realised that. I was too preoccupied with other things to note the context. Still, all multi-person conversations need some kind of protocol, even in a face-to-face situation, although as adults we have internalised the rules, in general. I remember one of my grandchildren being told to 'wait for a gap in the conversation' - this was in fact protocol training!
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Maybe if he repeats this chat session, we can nominate a moderator to funnel questions through, so that she selects a topic/question, and everyone sticks more or less to it for a little while, then select the next one, etc.
Yes - I hope someone can suggest such a protocol so that it's available as a model for future chats. I just want to emphasise this because I do think that the chat session is a very valuable tool, given Kevin's willingness to cooperate.
Graham
---------------------------------------- Graham Samuel / The Living Fossil Co. / UK and France
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