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Making Sense of Sensemaking

Designdialogues — Mon, 03 May 2010 02:53:07 +0000

Dr. Brenda Dervin presented a lecture and workshop at University of Toronto’s KMDI, kicking off the Making Sense Of series led by professor Peter Pennefather, KMDI outreach director. Peter and I hosted Brenda as befitting this first session in a series of workshops on “how we make sense” in several different domains. What’s new is the . . . → Read More: Making Sense of Sensemaking

Making Sense of Sensemaking with Dr. Brenda Dervin

Designdialogues — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:57:04 +0000

Sense-making in Collaborative Practice: Can Media Design Support Sensemaking in Professional Practice Collaboration and Decision Making? This conversational workshop is designed as a “dialogue” between a panel of 5 question-askers and Dr. Brenda Dervin.

The framing for the conversation has been developed by the panelists. Through a series of questions and answers, Dr. Dervin will attempt to build a bridge between . . . → Read More: Making Sense of Sensemaking with Dr. Brenda Dervin

Collaborative Sensemaking & the Irreducible Burdens of Healthcare Information

Designdialogues — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:35:19 +0000

Are EHRs (Electronic Health Records) Error Inducing Machines?

Thanks to Brady Anderson on the Design for Care community site who alerted us to Dr. Christine Sinsky’s “eNirvana – Are we There Yet?”

I believe we are “not yet there.” As long as the Medicare specification known as “meaningful use “criteria ignores design, usability, and . . . → Read More: Collaborative Sensemaking & the Irreducible Burdens of Healthcare Information

Dialogue is collectively making sense of things.

Designdialogues — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:13:15 +0000

Design with Dialogue, our Toronto community of practice, is moving into its 20th month of regular sessions at OCAD’s Strategic Innovation Lab. Our new website shows current and upcoming events, and we’ll update the archives from the old site soon enough.

We are making new connections between dialogic group communication, design problem solving, facilitated consultation, and sensemaking.

Dialogue . . . → Read More: Dialogue is collectively making sense of things.

Opening Space for Community Dialogue

Designdialogues — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:10:36 +0000

In Dayton, Toronto, and everywhere I’m seeing increased passion for people creating opportunities for community dialogue to enable people facing local concerns in common to exchange and cooperate. In most cases, we see the co-emergence of the need to facilitate occasions for real face-to-face dialogues and to sustain efforts and action by online social networking. Both . . . → Read More: Opening Space for Community Dialogue