Feedback on MSN chats
Over these last couple of months we have several msn chats. Each fortnight we have had different people join us. Some of the chats have lasted for over six hours.
In the ebb and flow of these chats we have covered many different topics. Topics such as the look and feel of the emerging church, communication skills, blogger tools, personal experiences of different bloggers, and theological musings have all been touched on. In addition to this, we have been getting to know each other and connect with each other in a more immediate way than our blogs provide.
It has been messy and chaotic but it has been good.
So, what I would like is some feedback on where do we go from here. What do the chats mean to you and provide for you. Should we have a theme each fortnight? Should we define the chats as discussion for emerging church issues?
What are your thoughts?
August 4th, 2003 at 1:12 pm
I enjoyed the chat, not the most recent one I missed it, but the one before. It was good to meet other bloggers and feel as an actual part of a blog community. Will be there for the next.
Blessings.
August 4th, 2003 at 2:23 pm
You can over analyse these things Phil. Just let them flow. You will not stick to the theme even if you set one, well not if I have anything to do with it anyway
August 4th, 2003 at 2:34 pm
Hey phil. I was thinking maybe rather than try and set too many rules around it, you should take a facilitator role (or others if you want), that can just pull up the conversation if it is getting too…whatever.
August 4th, 2003 at 4:52 pm
I am feeling that the chat’s purpose should be defined. Otherwise, you find that some people do not have their expectations met. Personally, I would like to see the chats be for people who want to discuss the emerging church scene. This would be a primary purpose as I know it will ebb and flow to other areas.
Others may want more of a general chit-chat which is fine, but not really what we set out to do. So, maybe we need someone to take on that as another chat and this one can be more geared towards the emerging church and related discussion. I don’t know - just thinking outloud.
But, I am open to suggestions.
August 4th, 2003 at 7:33 pm
I agree with you Phil - Without being callous I can shit chat with anyone - its not often I get to chat with people in the same ball park as me so I like to take adv of it - I suggest a loose theme - or maybe even pre-reading - am I being too prescriptive? Maybe - it will flow, but a sense of direction would be good. Thanks bro
August 4th, 2003 at 8:00 pm
ooops - semi freudian slip there I think!!
August 5th, 2003 at 11:08 am
Loose theme is good.. would also be good if there was a time for asking each other how they’re really doing etc too (if people are OK with that).
August 5th, 2003 at 4:56 pm
yep…loose themes are good - otherwise people will come thinking it is one thing and will come away disappointed if it ends up being something completely different.
I was wondering if perhaps we focused some more tightly on Emerging Church issues and advertised it as such we might attract people interested in that topic, and if from time to time we had an ‘open’ or ‘general’ chat session for all and sundry to ‘get to know each other’…..
dont think about it too much though…:-)