Re: Presentation vs. Discussion sessions

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Sun, 02 December 2012 19:25 UTC

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Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2012 14:25:42 -0500
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On 12/02/2012 02:21 PM, Melinda Shore wrote:
> On 12/2/12 10:18 AM, Keith Moore wrote:
>> On 12/02/2012 01:41 PM, Melinda Shore wrote:
>>> I think you'd end up with 2 days of presentation sessions and the
>>> remainder of the meeting given over to presentation sessions.
>> In which case the ADs should fire the chairs on the spot.
> If that's the solution to the presentation problem, then why not
> apply it to chairs who mismanage meetings now, rather than creating
> new processes/structures?
It's pointless to tell people to stop doing what they're accustomed to 
doing, unless you give them a better way and let them experience that it 
works better.

As I pointed out earlier, this is something that can be tried on a small 
scale.  If it's not found to work well, there's little harm done.

Keith