Comment: I rather like this turn of phrase "talk links to, or tumbles out of, the topics and expressions preceding". This is such an apt description of a generative conversation.Listening to others’ verbalized experiences stimulates memories, ideas, and experiences in participants.
This is also known as the group effect where group members engage in “a kind of ‘chaining’ or ‘cascading’ effect; talk links to, or tumbles out of, the topics and expressions preceding it”
Credit: Thomas R. Lindlof
and Bryan C. Taylor
Source: Qualitative Communication Research Methods
(Lindlof & Taylor, 2002, p. 182)Posts where this quotation is embedded
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- Hong Kong MTR Coffee Evenings and Liaison Trains An improvement over traditional customer surveys
- Ideation Café A conversation to solve problems or generate ideas
- Knowledge Café in Zurich, Switzerland The Knowledge Café has empowered our staff to speak up and take the initiative
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