Discover how to run effective group feedback sessions in arts, education, and business. Learn unique feedback formats for better creativity and communication.
This course teaches you how to effectively run group feedback sessions using unique formats designed for the arts, education, and business contexts. It focuses on providing constructive feedback while minimizing emotional responses.
How to use feedback formats to run group feedback sessions in the arts, education and business
Ideally, feedback offers wonderful opportunities for improvement in the creative process. We get a sense of the effect of our creation on an audience, we receive new perspectives on our approach, and we get inspiration and encouragement for the work ahead. Everyone learns: the person receiving feedback, the person giving feedback, and, in a group setting, those observing the process.
Giving and receiving feedback well is not easy, however. All too often, those giving feedback fall into judgment or giving advice, and those receiving feedback become overwhelmed and defensive: we find it hard not to take it personally. In an educational setting, feedback and evaluation are usually mixed up, which leads to serious issues of openness and trust.
I have designed these feedback formats to break through our usual feedback patterns and to separate thinking from emotion. The formats are artificial on purpose, so that they force us to formulate feedback in a way which is helpful and enriching. These formats are based on and adapted from existing feedback and thinking techniques.
This material was developed between 2009 and 2011 for peer learning processes at the Amsterdam Film Academy and the DAS Master of Theatre programme of the Amsterdam University for the Arts. The best way to get a sense of how the formats work in practice is to watch A film about feedback which chronicles group feedback sessions in Amsterdam and at the Theatre Festival in Goteborg, Sweden. (included as bonus lecture)
This online course consists of instruction videos for the formats and facilitator. I am making it available to encourage artists, teachers and everyone else interested in group feedback. Feel free to download and use the videos, powerpoint and handout in your own sessions. The material is made available under a Creative Commons attribution license, which means you can do it with what you want, as long as you acknowledge its source. Please be aware that these formats were developed specifically for group peer feedback sessions on work-in-progress – if your situation is different, you will need to adapt them accordingly. Good luck!
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Karim Benammar is a philosopher specialized in Thinking Techniques and the Philosophy of Abundance. His vision is to help people think about the paradigm shift from scarcity to abundance, about giving meaning to their life, and about creating value.     Of mixed Dutch-Algerian ancestry, Benammar grew up in Holland before going to study philosophy in England (BA, Sussex University, 1987) and...
I find it really interesting, the videos are really nice and clear and the information is really helpfull for me to develop my knowledge about feedback.
Very specific, straight to the point, simple and incredibly useful!
I found this course very encouraging and helpful.
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where is the certificate
Very simple, objetictive and usefull for giving feedback and there are many tips or tools that we can use.
Lot of interesting information that will help me improve my skills as a presentor and the person giving feedback without judging.
Wow! course are good but some improvements are needed to deliver the message.
The course was great to give some new ideas about feedback and how to apply it to the real world.
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Helma L.
Die formats zijn erg mooie aanvullende aanvulllende FB methoden. Met name de eerste (Wat werkt voor mij?) en de laatste (gossip)