Workshop facilitation with notes and visuals. Make room for the work. Keep the useful discoveries.

Bring the problem and constraints, explore ideas with the group, and leave with a record of what you learned and agreed to try.

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Debugging workshop: what we learned

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Summary

Debugging workshop: what we learned

  • · Observation: explaining each step exposed an unchecked assumption.
  • · Next exercise: describe the failure before proposing a fix.
  • · Pair task: test the smallest reproducible example.
  • · Open question: which other assumptions should we challenge?

Takeaways

  • Observation: explaining each step exposed an unchecked assumption.

Next steps

  • Next exercise: describe the failure before proposing a fix.
  • Pair task: test the smallest reproducible example.

Open questions

  • which other assumptions should we challenge?

CONVOLENS for events

CONVOLENS is a desktop app that supports a facilitator through a workshop. It keeps notes of what each group discovers, turns the discussion into charts, diagrams or images for the wall, suggests the question that moves the room forward and leaves a transcript for the write-up. It works from a room microphone or on a call beside Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams.

CONVOLENS is available on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

In the flow

A little structure for a room doing the thinking.

Use CONVOLENS to support the facilitator while participants keep their attention on the exercise.

Set up the exercise

Use Chat to research the topic and explore exercise ideas. Import the brief, constraints, and your own research before participants begin.

Make the thinking visible

Follow one shared discussion in the transcript. Ask for a visual, a slide, or a Visualizer chart or diagram when the group needs something concrete to examine.

Capture the next experiment

Keep the rolling Summary and your editable Notes in view. When you stop, Enhance organizes the record, ready for the group to agree on observations, decisions, and next steps.

What you get

LensWhat you getWhen
NotesDiscoveries, decisions and next stepsDuring and after
VisualizerCharts and diagrams from the discussionWhen you ask
Ask NextThe question that moves the room forwardBetween exercises
TranscriptionThe record for the write-upThroughout

Works beside a room microphone, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Miro.

Read the guide: Prepare a session  (opens in a new tab)

Keep the discovery. Try the next thing.

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Before the room opens.

How should we handle breakout groups?

Choose which group discussion CONVOLENS will follow, then test that selected audio path. Bring the group’s observations back into the shared workshop discussion; it does not capture every breakout automatically.

Can it run the workshop for us?

No. A facilitator still designs the exercise, reads the room, and decides what happens next. CONVOLENS brings questions, visuals, and notes to draw on.

What can we take away after the workshop?

The Notes fill in when you stop, ready to edit, copy or export as Markdown. Reopen the session in History to return to its transcript and saved outputs.

Can CONVOLENS follow several groups at once?

It follows one audio source per session. For breakout groups, run it where the whole room reconvenes, or let one group use it and bring the notes back.

Does it work with Miro?

CONVOLENS listens to the conversation, not the board. Run it beside Miro or any whiteboard and copy the visuals it makes onto the board yourself.

Which platforms does CONVOLENS run on?

CONVOLENS is available on Mac, Windows, and Linux. It needs the microphone permission and, for calls, the system-audio permission. The download page is where a computer installs it. On a phone, tablet, or Chromebook, nothing downloads.

Can I try it before paying?

Yes. Start free with limited monthly usage. The app shows your current allowance, and you choose a plan in the app.

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