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I am an alum of the University of Michigan interested in offering co-working sessions for grad students.  When my partner and I were working on our doctoral dissertations, we found co-working with a group of students invaluable in helping us get our dissertations written.  I think we happened to have gotten lucky to have hit upon working in this way, and I'd like to make getting to benefit from this accessible to more students. 


Do four Teddy Bear Talk Support (TBTS) sessions interspersed with three 14-minute work sessions.  For the TBTS sessions, set a one minute timer for each person to talk out loud while the other person remains silent.  When the timer goes off, reset the timer to give them up to another minute to wrap up.
Things are so much more unstructured for grad students than for undergrads.  I'd like to offer some structure that students could benefit from, in terms of times and places where co-working can happen and in terms of how to go about these sessions.
 
For more information, please contact Leeann at teddybear@teddybeartalksupport.com.
 
In a nutshell, Teddy Bear Talk Support is about getting to think better by thinking out loud. It's about creating opportunities for having a listener along for the ride who isn't "doing" much, while you talk out loud.  Listeners operate in "teddy bear mode," where they are only listening, or where they can also do a few other limited things, like ask open, honest questions, or make guesses about what seems important.

Revision as of 15:36, 11 December 2024

I am an alum of the University of Michigan interested in offering co-working sessions for grad students. When my partner and I were working on our doctoral dissertations, we found co-working with a group of students invaluable in helping us get our dissertations written. I think we happened to have gotten lucky to have hit upon working in this way, and I'd like to make getting to benefit from this accessible to more students.

Things are so much more unstructured for grad students than for undergrads. I'd like to offer some structure that students could benefit from, in terms of times and places where co-working can happen and in terms of how to go about these sessions.

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