Virtuous Meetings: Technology + Design for High Engagement in Large Groups

Chapter ThirteenThe Elements that Scale Virtuous Meetings

Everything that we have discussed about virtuous large group meetings applies equally well whether the meeting is taking place in one room or many. In fact, this approach is uniquely adapted for use in large-scale distributed meetings. Every key element of virtuous meeting design scales smoothly and easily to make convergent processes possible over multiple locations.

The Scalable Technology of Connectivity

The technology of connectivity is Internet-based; the connectivity that enables convergent processes in large meetings evolved over the last twenty years as the Internet grew. The software that allows instant transmission of the ideas from each of the table groups runs in a web browser. ...