Peer Interactions
Pathways to Deepen Connections and Grow Virtual Communities
Our Virtual Dialogue Processes support both:
1.Deep, personal, peer connections in small and intimate groups, and
2.Scaled expansion of these small groups into a Living Social Web
to foster belonging across an entire system
We grow Virtual Dialogue Processes into Social Peer Webs
on the following Five Levels:
Level 1.
SMALL GROUP: Linked Peers (online)
Commitment
Facilitation
Application
Personal Processes
Peers form intimate Communities of Practice (pax4)
Peers practice dialogue skills in weekly virtual events
One peer receives support to facilitate time and sharings
Processes engage around inspiring dialogue prompts
Level 2.
TRIAD: Linked Small Groups (online)
Commitment
Facilitation
Themes
Social Events
Three small groups connect in dialogue events (pax12)
Participants experience social connections in weekly events
Three small group facilitators support the flow of events
Watch-Parties, TED-Circles, Story-Nights, etc.
Level 3.
HUB: Linked Triads (online and face to face)
Commitment
Facilitation
Format
Dialogue Events
Multiple triads connect small groups (pax24+)
Participants practice curiosity and empathic listening
Two trained CBE facilitators support the dialogue
Diverse peers step into the middle for sharing
HUB 1a
HUB 2a
HUB 3a
HUB 1b
HUB 2b
HUB 3b
Level 4.
CLUSTER: Linked Hubs (online)
Diversity
Trust-Building
Format
Dialogue Events
Six diverse hubs consciously connect (6x24=pax144+)
Hubs of three different social/cultural backgrounds
Small groups connected before in hubs (e.g. 1A+1B)
One peer per hub shares in the middle
Level 5.
WEB: Linked Clusters (online)
Commitment
Facilitation
Scaled Dialogue Events
Clusters connect across national/regional borders
Processes aim to deepen intercultural understanding
Two CBE facilitators attend potential conflict empathically
Diversity
Participants from different social/cultural backgrounds
The internet creates an incredible Technical Web that interlinks the entire planet,
yet does not overcome Isolation and Division.
We need Thoughtful Interventions that nurture deep Personal Connections
to co-create a Social Web of caring Interconnected Communities.
"All Problems Exist
in the Absence
of a Good Conversation."
Thomas Leonard