Da Zi Bao is an interactive bulletin that will publish brief messages, proposals, comments and reflections of participants throughout the EcoCity 2 conference. The name Da Zi Bao is a Chinese phrase for "wall newspapers" -- a form of expression that allows ideas to be shared very rapidly.
Da Zi Bao is designed to help you use your personal resources most effectively in the conference. If you can not find an occasion to say what is on your mind, then write it down. You can even do it when someone else is speaking. If you come up with an important insight when you are on your own, or in the course of informal conversation, you can write it down then, and share it with others through Da Zi Bao. The success of the Da Zi Bao process depends on the extent to which you and others use it.
Some things to keep in mind concerning Da Zi Bao:
2. If you are having difficulty in getting time to speak in plenary or in workshops, why not write down your message?
3. Writing down your insights concisely enables others to respond if they are not present in the current session.
4. If you have points which are not on the current agenda you can use the Da Zi Bao to communicate them -- the moderator may otherwise be obliged to stop your verbal intervention, for lack of time.
5. If you only have a brief point, why not write it down?
6. If you have complaints, procedural or organizational problems, this is one way to communicate them without disrupting the formal conference process.
7. This is a networking tool -- use it.