Chat engagement
Gathering feedback
Discussion formats
Community building
100

This tool allows participants to join a queue for speaking via the zoom chat.

What is stack?

100

This technique for gathering feedback asks participants to submit individual responses to a series of questions.

What are polls or surveys?

100

This discussion / share-out format asks individuals to share their perspective before passing the mic to the next person by name.

What is "popcorn"?

100

This prompted discussion often occurs at the beginning of a meeting to help folks warm up.

What is an icebreaker?

200

This tool gathers feedback from all participants at one time by asking everyone to type their responses in the chat and send them at the same time.

What is a chatterfall?

200

This tool allows participants to measure their level of comfort or understanding with a topic. At Rhizome, we typically use a 1-5 scale.

What is a temperature check?

200
This is a conversation where a main facilitator asks a small group of people for their thoughts on a given topic.

What is a panel?

200

These are a set of norms that members of a group co-design and hold each other accountable to.

What are Community Agreements

300

These can be used to respond in the chat, show support for other people's messages, or even to vote on different proposals in the chat.

What are emoji reactions?

300

This is a tool used to keep track of an idea or conversation that isn't relevant *right now,* but that the group wants to return to later.

What is the parking lot / garden?

300

This interactive group discussion where the audience poses questions / discussion topics to a small group of experts at the center of the room (or spotlighted on zoom!). 

What is a fishbowl?

300

This knowledge-sharing tactic positions your peers as experts who can teach folks from other chapters about what has worked well in their chapter.

What is Lateral Learning?

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