Canvases to collaborate - digitally

One of the many advantages of online gatherings are the means to contribute in real-time to the shared re-collection of the event - for example via chat or annotations on shared screens.

Within the last two months I observed everyone on a steep learning curve when it comes to interacting with digital canvases. It just takes a shared screen and the built-in annotation functionality of a video conferencing tool to collectively create an overall picture.

I enjoyed what we created as an introduction to Ecocycle Planning in the Virtual Liberating Structures Immersion Workshop:

It just takes a shared screen and the built-in annotation functionality of a video conferencing tool to collectively create an overall picture. As an introdu...

Spectrograms have become my favorite method for enabling everyone to connect to the topic, see the whole and get a sense for the group:

Throughout April several hosts and guest hosts from the #LiberatingStructures Community offered sessions for the Liberating Structures Lab Berlin. We used th...

But canvases are not only powerful to take the pulse and enable those present to co-sense and prepare for collective action - they are also great for organizing collective thinking in asynchronous online-collaboration.

Platforms like Miro or Mural have interesting templates and visual frameworks to organize collaboration with virtual whiteboards. Sometimes the interfaces lack the human touch. That’s why I am planning to - step by step - contribute my visual language to that arena, starting with Ecocycle Planning Canvas.

Download & have fun collaborating!