{"id":211,"date":"2017-06-03T09:20:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T17:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/elevateengagementsessionnotes\/?p=211"},"modified":"2017-06-05T09:14:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T17:14:17","slug":"sunday-what-did-we-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/elevateengagementsessionnotes\/2017\/06\/03\/sunday-what-did-we-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday: Nut graphs from our notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During our last day, the conference focus shifted from <em>How can we elevate engagement so that communities thrive?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>How\u00a0can\u00a0we as a community of practice elevate engagement so that each of us and all of us thrive?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We began the day by splitting into groups to review the many artifacts generated during the conference:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/elevateengagementsessionnotes\/2017\/05\/31\/elevate-engagement-the-graphic-recording\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">graphic records<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made of our discussions by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nityawakhlu.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nitya Wakhlu<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter conversations using our event hashtag, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23pdxengage17&amp;src=tyah\">#PDXEngage17<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notes from our breakout sessions and plenary sessions (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/elevateengagementsessionnotes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uploaded here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notes from conversations had among participants before the event<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Postcards participants wrote to themselves at the end of the event<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notes taken by University of Oregon students throughout the sessions and developed into <a href=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/elevateengagementsessionnotes\/2017\/06\/03\/conference-themes\/\">Themes<\/a> by Yve Susskind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The groups created the &#8220;nut graphs&#8221; &#8211; nutshell paragraphs that capture the essence of the story from these sources &#8211; noted below.<\/p>\n<p><b>Graphic record<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journalism is a byproduct of the community. This community needs to put on its own oxygen mask first. To do this, we need a shared narrative, along with access to best practices and resources. We need support for creation and sustainability, and to recognize the influence of money in our work. We need to invite and embrace the full range of our experiences. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Twitter Feed<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Twitter, the people at the event were influential in their own communities and spiked use of the hashtag around the world. We interacted with each other differently than we do at most conferences \u2014 we were active mostly in the morning and at dinner. During the event, we were focused on in-person engagement. We wanted to share a focus on communities that are unheard, the value of leaving our comfort zones and the challenge and importance of the work we do. We also shared visuals\/images that spoke to our values. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Plenaries<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our community of practice is seeking guidance and mutual support to elevate engagement in our work. We\u2019re seeking business models that allow us to pursue our mission sustainably. We recognize the limitations of our own skill sets and are seeking to enlist the public to serve the public\u2019s needs. Journalists are seeking strategies and practices to help develop new skills, build new teams and move from debate to dialogue. We face institutional constraints, and many are wondering if they should work within existing institutions or find\/build new institutions to accomplish our goals. We\u2019re facing our fears, recognizing that fear, conflict and vulnerability can be constructive. Some of that fear comes from financial necessity. We recognize that financial sustainability is tied to the trust we believe engagement can help us build with the public and that providing something useful and valuable that sustains community, rather than trying to sell people content they don\u2019t want. Our community of practice needs to maintain a sense of urgency that we we as journalists do needs to change because journalism is doing harm and our civic institutions are in jeopardy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We actually have the tools necessary \u2014 listening, collaborating, dialogue, reconciliation \u2014 to engage our community and ourselves. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our community members want to feel like part of a tribe without wondering if we\u2019re welcome in the clubhouse. That involves having enthusiastic conveners. \u00a0We also want remote colleagues and collaboration partners to share resources, strategies, solutions and values.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Postcards from after the event and quotes from paired conversations before the event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have a need to remember this feeling of belonging and know that we are not alone. \u00a0Because we feel a burning passion and ethical obligation to bring this work into the world, we need to stay connected in a way that allows all of our voices to matter and offers a clear, practical way to ask for support.<\/p>\n<p><b>Student harvest<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In their role as public servants and working in collaboration with their communities and with each other, journalists must employ listening and storytelling to engage with the world. It will take dedication and passion to give our work the meaning, purpose and expression required to create a stronger democracy. Success will mean creating unity, rather than division and projecting a positive image of our future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During our last day, the conference focus shifted from How can we elevate engagement so that communities thrive? to How\u00a0can\u00a0we as a community of practice elevate engagement so that each of us and all of us thrive? 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