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Approaches to Different Room and Personality Dynamics

Approaches to Different Room and Personality Dynamics

Strategies when you have the talker

  • Interject: Awesome, thank you for sharing. We have a couple quieter individuals with us. I’d love to be intentional about opening the floor up to them.
  • Thanks for sharing, you have so much to add to this conversation. I want to respectfully open the floor up to the X people who have their hands raised: Bob, Jane, Jim… in that order.
  • Use the chat as a space to open up the conversation
  • Repeat the question or topic, and then redirect: "let's hear from someone different on this one." Or, "anyone who hasn't had a chance to speak yet have any ideas?"
  • Non-verbal signals work too!
  • If the topic changes, use it as an opportunity to say, "I'd love to get a variety of opinions here." You can go a step further and if there are a number of hands raised, say "I'm going to prioritize calling on those who haven't had the chance to speak yet today."
  • Remember: Room Leaders are facilitators and participants. As a facilitator your purpose is to encourage others to share, and as a participant you can share as well. As a participant try to follow the same protocols as other participants, and avoid taking on the role of a "talk show host".