MOVE - Moderation and Visualization for Group ... - INSPIRATION

In a nutshell, the moderation methods depart
from a trust in people’s intellectual and creative
potentials. Hence, the MOVE processes tend to
turn recipients - who passively take in bits of
‘wisdom’ provided by a master - into participants
who share their experiences with others in an
active learning process. This, of course, will not
happen by itself. Instead, it needs a skilled
moderator and a set of social communication
and managerial competences that can be learned
and acquired.
The working definition of competence, here, is
the capacity to adapt, apply, mix, and develop the
moderation methods and instruments explained
later on in this publication. In the Latin origin,
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competentia qualifies a person who „meets and
balances requirements“ and assumes responsibility.
In MOVE:
■ Interaction Interaction competence
competence competence is the qualification
to organize and regulate learning and working
processes in an atmosphere of trust, respect,
and shared meaning among participants,
moderators, and resource persons. The
competence ensures focused work results
and, in turn, creates effective communication
and problem solutions.
■ Visualization isualization competence
competence competence refers to the
ability to use and arrange a variety of
instruments for visual aids, presentations and
dialogues which both, support effective
communication and participation, and serve
as an external memory of topics elaborated on
and results achieved.
■ Participation articipation articipation competence competence embodies the
moderator’s skill to bring out the best in a
group by means of cumulative learning, a
process which all individuals contribute to.
The complexity of problems is met with
diversity in views and solutions by mixed
teams of investigators: sectors, disciplines,
outsiders/locals etc. Also, participants should
learn that such experiential potentials can be
enhanced in cooperation with their partners
and beneficiaries at work.
■ Dramaturgic Dramaturgic competence competence has a managerial
dimension - „doing things right“ - as far as the
proper organization of an event is concerned:
preparation, implementation, follow-up. More
importantly, it is the art of „arranging the
right things at the right time.“ Like a film
director or a music conductor, a moderator
scripts an event with all the details of an
evolving drama: He or she alternates between
suspense and thrill, individuals, groups and
plenary sessions, experiences and cognition.