In recent years, shifting to a virtual community engagement environment has moved from being a mere option to being a necessity.
To address this change, the Cities Deepening Community team led a bi-weekly community of practice series in July and August 2021 that involved diving into ideas of deepening community using four different participatory processes that are adapted for online: Open Space, Conversation Café, Deliberative Dialogue and Fishbowl.
This field note explores the Fishbowl facilitation process, which involves a circle-based discussion featuring both chosen speakers and active listeners.