ad hoc work groups and accountability partners
April 18, 2021 7:36 AM Subscribe
What are some ways to create accountability and discussion teams that are easy to adopt.
I'm doing some educational programs online that are pretty challenging. A typical course does this: join the course, then join the Facebook group for the course.
I don't see FB as being particular useful for discussion. It's just a maelstrom of likes and distractions, however it's extremely easy to adopt creating a network effect.
So, my question is once you contact people via FB, perhaps to create accountability groups or find partners and you want to have discussions, share tips, trade files, whatever. where or how do people go about that? What tools, or sites do they typically use to do this?
I have access to the typical means: emails, google docs and the like. I'm looking for tips and means to have online discussions with a select group of people that gets out of the FB black hole that is easy to adopt with a low threshold to get something useful happening.
Ease of adoption is pretty key. The more complex this is, the less likely people would be to use it.
I'm doing some educational programs online that are pretty challenging. A typical course does this: join the course, then join the Facebook group for the course.
I don't see FB as being particular useful for discussion. It's just a maelstrom of likes and distractions, however it's extremely easy to adopt creating a network effect.
So, my question is once you contact people via FB, perhaps to create accountability groups or find partners and you want to have discussions, share tips, trade files, whatever. where or how do people go about that? What tools, or sites do they typically use to do this?
I have access to the typical means: emails, google docs and the like. I'm looking for tips and means to have online discussions with a select group of people that gets out of the FB black hole that is easy to adopt with a low threshold to get something useful happening.
Ease of adoption is pretty key. The more complex this is, the less likely people would be to use it.
Best answer: I have used my zoom to offer real time meetings to folks in some groups that seem
similar (in my case study group meetings) .. I’ve found it works best to just pick a time that works for me and commit to showing up myself, usually people join in !
posted by elgee at 2:54 PM on April 18, 2021
similar (in my case study group meetings) .. I’ve found it works best to just pick a time that works for me and commit to showing up myself, usually people join in !
posted by elgee at 2:54 PM on April 18, 2021
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What I like about it for your use is that, the way my friends and I use it, you and mostly reach out at whatever point in the day and if someone is online and willing to talk, they can get notified if you start a conversation. If they're busy, they can have their notifications off, or just ignore them. It's good for reaching out to the group and saying "hey, if anyone has a minute I could use input." But you can also schedule chats and have a good conversation at a specific time.
There might be something better, but it's what I would do.
posted by gideonfrog at 8:05 AM on April 18, 2021