Research

Empathy Circle Prototype: Testing, Research, Results and Findings

Check the sub pages for research reports.

Here is the Google Drive Folder - drop your Research reports here.

To Do:

Begin leading, prototyping and testing empathy circles with family, friends, colleagues, school mates, community, etc,. You can test all or part of the empathy circle.

> Basic Empathy Circle Outline

    • * Setting Intention

    • * Candle

    • * Meditation

    • * Empathic Listening

    • * Mirrored Motion

    • * Closing: blow out candle sending intention out into the worlds

> Gather insights and feed back about the experience.

You can modify this according to the situation.. For example you can cut or add steps as needed for the situation.

Objectives:

  • Gain practice facilitating an empathy circle

  • Begin with simple empathic listening or a full circle with family, friends, etc.

  • Begin testing the process and gathering insights from participants.

  • Ask participants about their experience.

  • Create some documentation of your experience facilitating an empathy circle.

  • Post a report to this research folder.

  • Share a short 5 minute report at the next design team meeting

Empathy Circle Research Report Parameters

How might we design a form to support creating a report?

( ) Location:

( ) Circle Length of time:

( ) # of Participants:

( ) Outline of empathy circle parts used:

  • ( ) Intention setting

  • ( ) Candle

  • ( ) What was dialog launch topic: ?

  • ( ) Empathic listening

  • ( ) Time limits per speaker: ?

  • ( ) Mirrored feelings and motion.

  • ( ) Blow out intention and candle

  • ( ) Other Parts Used?

( ) Participant Feedback:

( ) Facilitators Insights:

( ) Photo's taken: ( ) yes ( ) no