Campfire Conversations at the 2020 annual meeting: Insights & lessons learned from “cuss-and-discuss” rather than “chalk-and-talk”

Terri T. Schulz; Hailey Wilmer; Heather M. Yocum; Eric M. Winford; Dannele Peck; Anna Clare Monlezun; Heidi Schmalz; Toni Klemm; Kathleen Epstein; Vincent Jansen; Windy Kelley; Retta A. Bruegger; Steven Fick; Joseph Gazing Wolf; Joshua Grace; Rebecca K. Mann; Justin D. Derner

doi:10.1016/j.rala.2021.04.003

Campfire Conversations at the 2020 annual meeting: Insights & lessons learned from “cuss-and-discuss” rather than “chalk-and-talk”

The Rangelands Journal

By: Terri T. Schulz, Hailey Wilmer, Heather M. Yocum, Eric M. Winford, Dannele Peck, Anna Clare Monlezun, Heidi Schmalz, Toni Klemm, Kathleen Epstein, Vincent Jansen, Windy Kelley, Retta A. Bruegger, Steven Fick, Joseph Gazing Wolf, Joshua Grace, Rebecca K. Mann, and Justin D. Derner

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.04.003

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Abstract

• The 2020 SRM Annual Meeting piloted “Campfire Conversation,” round-table discussions styled after the World Café approach.

• The event attracted 280 attendees and enabled multidirectional knowledge exchange (i.e., “cuss and discuss”), rather than one-way “chalk-and-talk.” Attendees participated in three 20-minute facilitated round-table discussions around three topics they selected from a menu of 13 timely rangeland issues.

• Change was a common theme for many Campfire Conversations, including social, climatic, ecological, management, and policy changes.

• Participants highlighted a desire for SRM to grow as an organization by enhancing members’ opportunities and resources for multidirectional knowledge exchange among students, scientists, practitioners, and policy-makers; cross-generational mentorship; cross-disciplinary training; diverse ways of knowing; and greater inclusivity and connection to the SRM.

• A post-event analysis of the Campfire Conversation event revealed valuable lessons for organizing successful World Café-style sessions at future SRM meetings, including virtual meetings.

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Schulz, T.T., Wilmer, H., Yocum, H.M., Winford, E.M., Peck, D., Monlezun, A.C., Schmalz, H., Klemm, T., Epstein, K., Jansen, V., Kelley, W., Bruegger, R.A., Fick, S., Wolf, J.G., Grace, J., Mann, R.K., Derner, J.D., 2021, Campfire Conversations at the 2020 annual meeting: Insights & lessons learned from “cuss-and-discuss” rather than “chalk-and-talk”: The Rangelands Journal, v. 43, no. 4, p. 166-172, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.04.003.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	Campfire Conversations at the 2020 annual meeting: Insights & lessons learned from “cuss-and-discuss” rather than “chalk-and-talk”
Series title	The Rangelands Journal
DOI	10.1016/j.rala.2021.04.003
Volume	43
Issue	4
Year Published	2021
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Contributing office(s)	Southwest Biological Science Center
Description	7 p.
First page	166
Last page	172