Listening to Hybrid Experiences: to Ideas by Alan Levine

A Listening Session on the Hybrid Conference Experience

cogdogblog — 2026-08-06 06:06:04 UTC

Notes added by participants in the session held Aug 6, 2026 hosted by OEGlobal in partnership with Equity Unbound https://www.oeglobal.org/event/istening-session-hybrid-conference-experience/ add any suggested ideas for what would help make the conference experience more connected for both in person and online participants.

Slides from MYFest session

unboundeq — 2026-08-06 15:54:37 UTC

Curious Coffee

mcorbettwilson — 2026-08-06 18:57:27 UTC

I enjoy meeting people in Equity Unbound's Curious Coffees. Can a pool of participants be created and people randomly assigned for conversations around conference themes?

On the Subject of Volunteers

judithasebesta — 2026-08-06 21:34:34 UTC

The idea of volunteers to help facilitate networking and other connections/engagement to enhance the virtual experience at the conference came up during the great meeting today. While I know resources may not permit this, please do consider avoiding "exploiting" volunteer labor too much. Providing even a small stipend for this work could help avoid this as well as ensure that individuals are committed to it -- and communicates the importance that OE Global places on supporting equitable virtual attendance.

Buddy System

2026-08-10 23:35:41 UTC

Volunteer arrangement to have one person on site paired with 1-2 online participants who agree to stay in touch via a private messaging channel they agree uppn (WhatsApp, Signal,, other)