Understood, agreed and appreciated! I will try some of your suggestions next time. Have a great weekend, Leslie
> On Jan 30, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Catherine Pfaehler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Leslie > > Announcements are a matter of experience – very true… > > Yes, it does feel a little like grade school, and I more than welcome softer > formats that still allow to bring something from the groups back to the > plenary when you have been together for only a few hours! > > My experience is that if I don’t ask the groups (before they set off to > discuss their issues) to also determine who will bring the most important in > 3 sentences back to the plenary in the end, then valuable time gets lost > trying to decide (while the plenary waits) who will be the one. > > The other group members listen and perhaps add something, if necessary. It > all depends on how much time you allocate for this part of the closing circle. > > Best, Catherine > > Catherine Pfaehler > Burckhardtstrasse 2 > CH - 3008 Bern > +41-(0)31-536 05 31 > > Von: Leslie Zucker [mailto:[email protected]] > Gesendet: Freitag, 30. Januar 2015 18:32 > An: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: Leslie's questions > > Catherine, > I’m so grateful for your time and engagement with me on this! Vielen Dank! > About the networking table, I did this and the table was FULL. What I failed > to do was acknowledge / point out that the purpose of that table is for > networking type of information, so that the rest of the evening can be > dedicated to the conversations about topics of mutual concern. Maybe if I > had said that before the closing circle, people would have avoided saying > that kind of stuff, taking up valuable time for reflection. > > About the closing circle, this is very interesting to me. If I understand > correctly, you ask for a pre-designated speaker for each topic ahead of time > that knows their responsibility in the closing circle. Then, you call those > people specifically to represent that particular group by title. What do the > other people who were part of that group say or do in the closing circle? > Using that format, does it still feel very open and self-organizing? I wonder > if it feels a little bit like grade school? Am not saying it does, but just > wondering. > > Thanks again for the good food for thought. > All the best, > > > Leslie Zucker > Trainer, Facilitator and Life Coach for Life's Dancers > +1 (202) 425 7637 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > www.lesliezucker.com <http://www.lesliezucker.com/>
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