Creating a New Kukan Saijiki Vol.2 Can a sense of unity be fostered at an online summer camp?

nomlog editorial department's original project, "Creating a New Saijiki".

In the summer project, we held an “online summer training camp”, and in the planning and experience editions, we focused on “Can a sense of unity be fostered online?”
In the discussion section, I would like to introduce what points we paid attention to in order to make the "Summer Camp" online a more advanced project than in the spring and to make it successful, starting with the parts that were discussed in advance through the editorial meeting.

Past articles are below.
[Vol.1] Online Cherry Blossom Viewing (Planning/Experience Edition / Consideration Edition)
[Vol.2] Online Summer Camp (Planning / Experience)

Why did you have a summer camp online?

nomlog celebrated its first anniversary in August, but due to the corona crisis, it was not possible to hold a real anniversary event.
As an evolved project next to spring, as a result of considering a summer-like project that does not get crowded in the editorial department, it was decided to conduct a review of the past year online as a “summer camp”.

What should we keep in mind in order to evolve from the spring project “Online Hanami”?

First of all, we focused on the following points to make the training camp successful in the first place.

# Focusing on the “success cycle” of Mr. Daniel Kim, a former professor at MIT, when conducting a training camp

Since it takes two days to conduct both the “Quality of Relationships” and “Quality of Thoughts,” we decided to deepen the “Quality of Relationships” during the introductory part and break time. ” as the main focus.

However, in order to improve the "quality of thinking" online, it was necessary to develop an environment different from the real world.
If it were real, we could have had a meeting while listening to cicadas, and toasted while watching fireworks at night just by going to a place rich in nature. It's the same as usual.

In order to create a feeling of being away from everyday life even online and to activate creative thinking at the meeting, we carefully prepared and planned from the schedule structure of the training camp.

# The schedule of the training camp for the day is composed of two axes, "slow" and "fast"

“Loose”・・・Introductory part/Break time
“Sharing senses” ⇒ Improving “quality of relationships”
* In order to foster a sense of unity online, each member prepares in advance content that allows them to share their feelings.
Teams are divided into three senses (smell, hearing, taste) within the range that can be trialed on the online conference tool
(Detail is Experience fart)

"Suddenly" ... "Seriously" meeting time
“Preliminary KPI setting” ⇒ Improvement of “quality of thinking”
* Set the content and purpose of the online summer camp meeting in advance and challenge the meeting on the day
We should look back on the 1st anniversary nomlog, visualize what went well and what needs to be improved, and work towards the next year.
Think about things and share activity points

By alternately sandwiching this "slow" and "sudden", a situation was created in which a sense of closeness was created during the introductory part and break time, as if they were together at a training camp, and lively opinions were exchanged during the serious meeting time. rice field.
I felt that the ability to naturally switch between concentration mode and chat mode was a point that made the training camp a serious and enjoyable one, without getting tired even after being connected online for a long time.

Future issues as seen in members' observations

Based on the points of the "online summer camp" in the experience section, we organized the future issues seen from the consideration of the members.

Summer camp point: "time and space design" × "sharing senses"

Unlike the real world, where more than five senses can be shared naturally, online requires the design of the online environment (space), such as background screen images and sounds (BGM), to share hearing and vision.
We designed the flow (time) of the entire training camp so that you can feel the lingering afterglow, and also intentionally try to “create a sense of unity” by sharing + α senses such as taste and smell, making it more than the spring training camp. I was able to approach natural communication.
<Member's comment>
・By eating the same food and smelling the same scent, a scene was created in which people shared their impressions.
I felt like I was in the same space
・ “Even if the background image changes from daytime, indoors, evening, and outdoors, it is possible to share the flow of time.
・Sharing taste and hearing such as BGM led to a sense of unity
・How to spend “non-loose serious time” led to the reality of the experience
・ “Scheduling of tension and relaxation” was connected to the real feeling of the summer camp

Future Challenges: “Creating Contingencies”

In real life, natural conversations and chats occur without much preparation, but online, where everyone concentrates on the same screen, it seems that there is a tendency to fall into pre-established harmony.
This time too, it took a lot of time to prepare in advance, but I wonder if the "contingency" that approaches natural dialogue will be created by having a common awareness and getting used to online without much preparation.

I would like to continue to consider this issue as a future issue.

Future Possibilities “Key words for the 5G era”

[Three keywords for the 5G era]

No matter how well-planned the preparations are, a "comfortable communication environment" is the basis for smooth online communication.
This time, due to the PC and network conditions, there were some scenes where smooth sharing of audio and video was not possible, but with the development of 5G technology in the future, online stress will be further alleviated and communication will become more natural. may be able to approach

From the spring training camp where each experience was “shared” to the summer training camp which emphasized “sharing”.

From the era of "sharing" the expression of individuality, I felt that there is a growing desire for everyone to face the same direction and experience "at the same time", "the same experience" and "in the same way".

At the end

Due to the protracted effects of the coronavirus, we have become accustomed to online communication, but I think everyone still has a part of them that is drawn to the sense of real-world communication.

Common online conferencing tools provide a more limited sense of touch than real-world communication.
It may not be very meaningful to simply compare the real world with the online world, but I think that online communication will require abilities and ingenuity that we have not been aware of in the real world.

In order to unravel one element of that, the editorial department has been conducting a trial of "sharing sensations" unique to online. I found that if I intentionally shared some of the senses, I could feel a sense of unity and get closer to natural communication.
I also felt that the sense that should be sharpened in an environment where the online environment continues is the sense of empathy, which is more considerate of the other person than in real life.

The "nomlog editorial staff original project New Kukan Saijiki" started this year, but when it was about to be held, Corona... As a result, it was held online in the spring and summer, but "real value" The awareness and sensibility of the editorial staff, who have made a living by improving the
Next time, I hope to add another step forward in the fall and winter editions and deliver the evolved nomlog editorial department plan.

Please look forward to what kind of conclusion can be made as a culmination of a year full of changes!