Holding an online roundtable discussion to learn about "space creation" from other islands!

The topic of the Hahajima Bukatsudo gathering held in March was "creating a space to learn from other islands."
"Space creation" is a key concept at the core of the Hahajima Bukatsudo. This time, participants reached out to other islands taking part in the Tokyo Treasure Islands project and asked them to share their initiatives, results, and creative ideas that allowed them to overcome their island's challenges while rethinking the importance of "space creation."
Nearly 30 people from the islands and elsewhere participated in the roundtable discussion. The event was also streamed live on the Hahajima Bukatsudo's official YouTube channel to allow many people, including Hahajima residents, to watch the event and become interested in Hahajima Bukatsudo activities.

People from Chichijima, Niijima, and Shikinejima introduced their island's initiatives. Members of Hahajima's meeting facilitated the discussion by interviewing each island's representative members and asking them about the content of their island's initiatives and the creative approaches they took to implement them.

Chichijima's representative said that the keys to their success were sharing information often via social media and visiting potential sponsors to carefully explain the project to them and gain their support in person.
Niijima's representative said that they held regular meetings with the project committee and members of Niijima's meeting, and that this served to "create a space" on Niijima where they could share information and recent updates at a set time each week. They also are publishing a newspaper to inform island residents of their initiatives and post updates regularly on social media to create new fans.
Shikinejima's representative said that they took steps to reduce the burden on island participants, including holding their meetings online.

Members of Hahajima's meeting who served as interviewers shared what they learned from these examples from each island: "In terms of space creation, we need to emphasize these three points: relationships with people off-island, relationships with Treasure Island members, and relationships with island residents." "Besides meeting in person to talk with those who still do not know about our activities, we can also convey members' ideas through newspapers and social media." This productive discussion generated many ideas that could be used in the future.

Then, the advisor who guides Hahajima's meetings talked about the following points to note when expanding project activities:
"There are three stages to expanding an initiative: Sharing, Sympathy, and Resonance. First, you need to provide information to 'share' the initiative with many people. Then, you need someone who can tell a story to gain their 'sympathy.' Finally, to make that sympathy 'resonate,' you need a vision that people can be passionate about."
The advisor also gave advice how what approach to take when initiatives hit a wall:
"When a conflict arises, discuss it together with everyone--don't leave it unresolved. It's important to build up the initiative one step at a time through dialogue, using the brains of island residents and outsiders, rather than having just one person decide what to do."