Ep. 9 - Let's get practical
We found out what happens when we both come in with a lot of capacity - we dive in deep! This week, we thought we would turn to the practical question of designing in light of the things that we’ve been talking about.
What does it mean to tak what we are learning, understanding, unpacking, and hopefully feeling into designing our facilitations? We highlight one of the Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture - Quantity Over Quality - as part of what we might be thinking about in our design.
In this conversation, we explore:
When we put the agenda before the needs of the people in the room
Questions we get asked like, “Can the meeting be shorter” or “Isn’t that just the way things are?”
The role our personal practice plays in how we design
What is centered when we are designing?
Plus a lot more.
Do you have some resources that you use when considering how to disrupt how you design meetings? Send them our way!
Links for things mentioned in the episode:
Grief to Action Fundraiser - our teachers and friends at Holistic Resistance will be leading this fundraiser for their amazing project Grief to Action Camp. The fundraiser is Saturday, December 3rd from 3p - 5p PST. We can’t recommend this enough.
Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture - a hugely useful resource for those looking to disrupt white supremacy in their work and life. We refer to the characteristic of Quantity over Quality in this episode.
DoP Episode 4 - Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture: the culture behind the culture our episode on the CoWSC.
adrienne maree brown - a remarkable teacher, facilitator, podcaster, speaker, catalyst, and more, her work has hugely influenced us.
Holding Change - This is adrienne maree brown’s book on Emergent Strategy Facilitation. It’s full of great resources!
Team Elements - this is the team coaching approach that we use. Mentioned in the episode.
This episode was recorded on November 21, 2022
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