[ST] [SA] Debrief Meeting Agenda

[Rachel Silber]

The restriction and the discipline of what to say at the debrief is mostly
on the people on the receiving end of the comments, not so much on the
people who have things they need to express.

It's very easy in the heat of the moment to want to justify yourself or
explain why something happened or brainstorm a better way.  In the span of
time we've got before everyone loses patience, the only responses we CAN
make are "Thanks, I'm writing that down" or "Yes, we need to follow up on
that outside the meeting," or in certain cases, as necessary, "Oops, that
was a mistake, and I'm sorry."

Good note-taking is very important for the debrief, which should include
marking those things that need followup or additional actions.

On 1/30/07, David D'Antonio <dda at dantonio.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Jan 29, 2007, at 10:39 PM, Chris Amshey wrote:
>
> >> At Monday, 29-01-07 Chris (who is neither Cris nor Kriss) said:
> >>
> >>> Discussion is for finding solutions.
> >>
> >> I believe this first statement is in total error.  Discussion is
> >> NOT for
> >> 'finding solutions' in this context; it is for sharing thoughts,
> >> generating
> >> new ideas, and for making people feel like their efforts are
> >> appreciated by
> >> the actual human people around them
> >
> > If your discussion is not for identifying problems and is not for
> > finding solutions, then really, it quite simply does not belong in any
> > all-divisions meetings.
>
> You've said that "finding solutions" doesn't belong, either. So
> apparently the only thing you think is appropriate is "identifying
> problems" and that can easily be done via email. So what is the point
> of this meeting, then?
> >
> > As for making people feel appreciated, while I -do- agree with the
> > sentiment that has been expressed in the past that we don't do enough
> > to make volunteers feel appreciated, extending gripe and debrief
> > sessions is not really the way to go about that.
>
> I certainly wouldn't feel appreciated when I'm told to save my
> comments for the debrief and then told the debrief isn't the place
> for my comments, either. Pray tell where *is* the place for my comments?
> >
> > --Chris
>
> DDA
>
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