​​The DandDTrans Quote Harvesting Experiment 
​​A "community of inquiry and action" regarding the role that dialogue and deliberation can play in addressing the mega-crises of our time
​​Image courtesy of www.NewStories.org
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​Main Menu: ​+Welcome​ | ​+About​ | ​+Intros​ | ​+World Cafe​ | ​+Bohm ​| ​+Open Space ​| ​+Resources​ | ​+News​ | ​+Call​​+s​ | ​+Help​ | ​+Harvest​ | ​+Index​
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​Harvest Menu: ​+Main + Story Pads​ | ​+General Reflections​ | ​+Quote Harvesting​ | ​+Idea Collectors​ | ​+Index​

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​This is an experiment with software to support human-powered meaning-making and the identification of possible action steps out of a textual artifact like these hackpads. Thank you for your interest!
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​​Many thanks to ​+Bruce Schuman​ for developing this tool on his Network Nation platform!
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​About the Quote Harvesting Experiment

​​This experiment explores the possibility of crowd-sourcing the mining of the DandDTrans hackpads in order to make visible the learning that has taken place here, and to support forward movement that builds on that learning. 
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​​You can use this tool whether you were a regular participant or are just coming into these pads for the first time. It only takes a minute to harvest a quote and, optionally, to tag it  with some information about the type of content is it, why you chose it, what themes it represents, and what kinds of action it might inspire.
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​​We're taking an "agile" approach to this work, so it will have at least two iterations:  
  1. ​​The first iteration, which is being launched now, involves people going through the hackpads, identifying quotes that have meaning for them, tagging them in certain ways, and adding them to a database. 
  1. ​​Once the quote harvesting process takes off, there will then be an opportunity to think more deeply and meaningfully about what might be done with the quotes, including the possibility of adding more features for sorting, tagging and downloading them, helping people self-organize next steps if desired, and perhaps even using another tool such as Codigital to rank and edit them. 
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​Start Harvesting Now!

  • ​​There are two ways you can engage in the process:
  1. ​​Harvest on your own, browsing through the hackpads in any manner that calls to you.
  1. ​​If you were a DandDTrans participant, you received an email with a log-in link and PIN. If not, please email Ben Roberts and he will set you up with an account. Once you are signed in, you can use the Network Nation platform and start harvesting quotes.
  1. ​​​+Join the "Idea Collectors" team​ to be part of a systematic effort to read through all the hackpads over the course of February focusing first on a process of inventory, ordering, and analysis, and then on synthesis and publication. You can also start on your own and join this team later, if you wish. 
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​An Overview of Hackpads to Browse

​​Note: an updated version of this list is being kept here: ​+DandDTrans Hackpad Index​
  • ​​The ​+About​ pad is a good place to start, especially if you were not involved in the dialogue during January. It includes links at the bottom to invitations from the hosting team and from Ben Roberts personally, as well as a context-setting piece from Linda Ellinor.
  • ​​The individual ​+Harvest​ pads are also a good place to begin a deeper dive (and if you were a participant and have not done so already, please consider creating your own!)
  • ​​Read about some of the people who were "here" via the ​+Intros​ pads. 
  • ​​The main online ​+Open Space​ pad links to eleven topics, many of which have detailed discussions via hackpad. 
  • ​​Each plenary call and each Bohm dialogue has extensive notes on what was said. In the plenaries, these notes are often on subsidiary pads corresponding to breakout groups, the links to which can be found within the main pad for each call. There are also notes on each main pad, especially from the plenary harvest or "closing circle" portions of the call. Here's a basic index:
  • ​​The main ​+What's In Motion?​ and ​+Resources​ pads each link to many subsidiary pads where various items of interest have been compiled.
  • ​​The ​+Group Works Deck Card of the Evening Conversations​ were a delightful series of impromptu small group gatherings, each of which was based on a randomly chosen card form the Group Works Deck. Notes were scribed from the live discussions, and in some cases, post-call comments were also added.
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