Using innerVIVID with a group

Choose a video, watch it, then think by yourself for a minute. Pair up to share your responses, then chat around the group asking: “what is our shared experience on this topic”. Listen for connection. Always allow for conversation inspired by the video, which might not be directly related to the animating question…

Other questions to use for groups:

• What differences can we find on this question?

• How can we grow closer in this?

• Are there actions we can take together about this question?

• What would we like to know more about? How can we discover this together?

• What can I learn from you about this?

Ways to play

• Choose the videos for each other.

• Choose your own video and allow each person to choose a different one.

• Offer the array of themes and ask others to choose a video they are happy to answer

• Make a rule: Pick your comfort zone and answer only what’s comfortable.

• Let each video be a launch pad for more of your own videos!

Active listening can make it a rich experience.

• Give all your attention

• Listen for feelings

• Observe other cues, like body language

• Be curious: ask for more detail, to go deeper

• Stay quiet until you hear everything there is to hear

• Ask: am I trying to tell my story instead of listening to theirs?

• Own your own opinions and beliefs, start sentences with “I think…”, or “it seems to me”, or “In my opinion”

• Ground your statements – that is, attach it to the group or source it belongs to. For instance: “In my culture…”, or “ many Australians have experienced…”