October, 2015 Collab Salon: Exploring new possibilities for outsider witnessing

Over the years, The Collab developed a process for witnessing each other’s discoveries and dilemmas. We called this discussion forum, ‘I need a witness!” Now that Zoom makes it possible to meet in real-time, we’d like to think carefully together about how we might adapt intentional witnessing practices to bear witness to developments in Collab Salon members’ work. Our intent is to co-create our own process for respectfully witnessing each other through this digital media. Prior to this Collab Salon, we asked members to review some of your own experiences with intentional witnessing, reflecting teamwork, and to send us your favorite outsider witness handouts with simple guidelines for reflection. After reviewing possibilities, Mike Giancola,  Charley Lang and Will Sherwin created our first cyber- interview with outsider witnessing.