Facilitator's Session Plan
Pattern Language Practicum 2: Public Thinking & Public Health
Objectives:
1. Explore the Liberating Voices pattern language for eliciting the social
imagination required to address public health challenges
2. Gather data for concrete applications of Liberating Voices
What participants will experience:
1. A creative means for envisioning practical solutions to public health
challenges
2. Advancing an international initiative in communications
AUDIENCE:
Public Thinking &
Public Health class,
approx. 30 students
LOGISTICS:
FACILITATION TEAM:
Ken Gillgren
Doug Schuler
Nancy
DATE/TIME/LOCATION:
Evergreen College
Saturday
February 20, 2010
2 to 5 pm
 6 decks of 69 cards
 Pocket guides (30)
 Practicum overview (30)
 Group Scenario sheets (30)
 Pattern Data sheet (15)
 Blue matte tape
 Flip chart paper
CONSIDERATIONS:
Encourage sharing from
the rich practical
experiences of class
members
PRACTICUM FLOW
Building practical solutions for complex public health problems
OPENING
The overall
objectives and flow
of this practicum
Plotting Pattern Clusters
(15 minutes)
(30 minutes)
Group Work
Plenary Reports:
Common threads;
creative approaches
Group Work
Building Action Plan
(30 minutes)
Plenary Reports
Strengths/Weaknesses
of LV approach
(45 minutes)
What worked?
How was it helpful to
approach an issue through
a pattern language
framework?
REMINDERS:
CLOSING
Reflecting on the
practicum and next
steps
(15 minutes)
How this practicum
fits into the course
and the journey of
Liberating Voices
Review the scenario
description and discuss key
considerations
(45 minutes)
Reports:
1. Plot patterns by priority
2. How well did they fit?
3. Gaps?
4. One insight
Specific objectives:
 Gain insight…
 Gather data…
Play the card game:
1, Deal and study cards
2. Play out "hands," noting
priorities, sequencing
Note commonalities in
pattern selections,
priorities, sequencing, other
implementation learnings
Work through Envisioned
Outcomes, Constraints,
Resources, Action Timeline
What didn't work?
What was missing or fell
short of genuinely and
completely addressing the
issue?
Recommendations for
future practicums
Review overall flow
and timing
Discuss how the selected
patterns would actually be
implemented to reinforce
each other
Note differences in
approach
Evaluate action plan for
completeness, doability,
likelihood of effectiveness
What have you learned
about identifying or
recognizing patterns
suitable for specific
situations?
Share reflections on
what happened from
facilitator's
perspective
Counting on the
depth and reach of
your practical
experience
Note comments on pattern
selection and usage
(timing, resources,
social/environmental
factors)
Next steps?
Reflect on how pattern
language framework
informed action planning
How might you introduce a
pattern language approach
into an actual problemsolving situation?
Announcements and
good night!
Select key cluster of
patterns or a single pattern
most likely to unlock the
overall pattern map
What worked, didn't
work