[Ailist] Meaning Making Exercise?

[Mary Gergen]

HI Bill.. just got back from a performance conference in New York City
today... and wanted to mention a little exercise that Ken and I use in our
presentations, and I think could be adopted for a classroom exercise.  I
walk by him and he compliments me on my looks.  Then I respond in some way,
and then we do it again, and each time I change my answer.   (Sometimes it
is flirtatious, sometimes threatening, sometimes friendly.. each time my
reply changes the meaning of the message, at least for the moment.  The
meaning of what he has said becomes negotiated between us, and it is not
clear what to understand until actions are supplemented by the other.. which
then becomes the action that is supplemented.  I could imagine students
creating similar scenarios to enact and share with each other.  Just a
thought.  Best, Mary Gergen


On 10/4/08 7:08 PM, "Bill Scott" <wjs.consulting at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hello all,
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> I¹m teaching a fourth year university level course that is focusing on the
> use of appreciative process in groups and teams.
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> I want to do a segment on ³meaning making² and I was wondering if anyone had
> developed an exercise that they are really fond of. I have the students do
> appreciative interviews with one another and do thematic analysis of the
> data that they have captured ­ and of course, this includes meaning making.
> But I¹m wondering if anyone has developed a standalone exercise that
> emphasizes the point of meaning making.
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> I¹d appreciate any assistance you can provide.
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> Best regards,
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> Bill
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> WJS Consulting
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> Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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