10:56:28 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Monitoring of ecosystem response to restoration actions is required to learn what works where AND to improve how we manage our natural resources, BUT most restoration project budgets include little to no funding for adequate monitoring over space and time, THEREFORE researchers need to build collaborative networks that include citizen and community scientists to help crowdsource data collection and create local support for long-term monitoring programs.
11:04:58 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	You can sign up for Week 2 Working Circles here:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17ry5-PdWi2UjPUk_VAHZv9MtkMCc7Fuu0laltWsKcOU/edit#gid=0
11:05:47 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	ABT Blue Card:  http://storycirclestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ABT_3_steps.pdf
11:14:54 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Here's Oprah's Speech color coded with the ABT format:  http://www.scienceneedsstory.com/2018/01/08/125-oprah-gives-an-abt-tour-de-force/
11:21:05 From  Jen Zamon  to  Everyone:
	"Sea Change's mission is to address these issues by….”
11:33:46 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	All right everyone, once again we'd like everyone to add their notes/comments to the chat.  Remember, this is brainstorming - even if you're not sure about a note, add it anyway!
11:33:52 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	This is brainstorming....give us your ideas...just remember it's about the form not the content.
11:36:32 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Highly recommended everyone read this excerpt from "Houston, We Have a Narrative" on the 3 Forms of the ABT and gain a good understanding of the Conversational ABT (cABT):  http://www.storycirclestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/THE-3-FORMS-OF-THE-ABT.pdf
11:37:34 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	We use the cABT as a tool to help find the skeleton structure of a story.
11:38:12 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	In the Conversational doesn't tell you anything about the situation...just the core ABT structure.
11:38:43 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	It's the main branches of the Christmas tree
11:38:52 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	For cABTs, we want you to strip out all information.  Instead of specifics, use words like "thing" or "stuff."  It should be so simple that a 3rd or 4th grader can easily follow it.
11:41:35 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	(Hint:  You may want to figure out what the cABT is for your ABT - Randy might randomly ask what your cABT is during an ABT Build).
11:43:49 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	FYI:  Wants vs Needs is the "screenwritery" way of saying Ultimate Goal vs Proximate Goal.  They're the same thing.
11:46:05 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	The blue is the ideal world...heaven
11:46:19 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	But is the real world...hell
11:46:42 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Nice IF/THEN, helping to set the stakes as to what good monitoring can get us.
11:47:50 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Long-term monitoring is the big hero of this story, so since it's a hero, you want to be talking about it from the very beginning.
11:48:13 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	And praising it for being a hero!
11:49:13 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	When Randy asks "what is this about?" or "What is the problem?" Put what you think is the answer in the chat...
11:49:38 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Yeah, what are the ultimate and proximate goals for this?
11:50:10 From  Jen Zamon  to  Everyone:
	Devil's advocate - I have a question - if all these efforts are not working, then how is continuing these efforts going to change the outcome?
11:50:48 From  Elizabeth Stulberg, Lewis-Burke Associates  to  Everyone:
	The AND at the beginning is more like a list. I think you could use a bit of the therefore as a true AND, "And we have used [techniques] to bolster population size." BUT those techniques aren't working, therefore we need something new.
11:51:07 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Jen - that's exactly the kind of question you should be asking!
11:51:55 From  Elizabeth Stulberg, Lewis-Burke Associates  to  Everyone:
	Is it that you don't know why the population is declining? Or is it that you don't know why the interventions being used aren't working?
11:52:30 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	Populations continue to decline because...
11:52:40 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	This is a good point - the RED material is generally something that's causing us problems in the present.
11:53:00 From  Sarah Morley  to  Everyone:
	Is the problem really that we don't know enough or that what we know is not being implemented by policy makers and regulators?
11:53:29 From  Jen Zamon  to  Everyone:
	Word to the Wayne
11:53:59 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Sarah - great point!  And that's the sort of thing you need to work on to make clear during a Working Circle - what level of problem do you want to focus on?
11:55:08 From  Chris Tatara  to  Everyone:
	We also know there are several reasons for their decline
11:55:34 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	tools for RESTORING is important because then saying continues to decline is more powerful
11:57:54 From  Jen Zamon  to  Everyone:
	THEREFORE Weneedtonodis….
11:58:10 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Jen - LOL!
11:58:12 From  Jen Zamon  to  Everyone:
	(what "dis" is specifically)
11:59:13 From  Chris Tatara  to  Everyone:
	maybe get specific about what aspects of ecology and life-history are unknown that can solve the problem
11:59:42 From  Jen Zamon  to  Everyone:
	This is super helpful going through these
11:59:52 From  Jen Zamon  to  Everyone:
	I am learning a lot with specific examples
12:00:03 From  Jen Zamon  to  Everyone:
	Plus I worship Kate McKinnon and Colin Jost