tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post6285094752298721217..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: CommunicatingBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-16706996682730209152012-03-10T16:25:53.928-08:002012-03-10T16:25:53.928-08:00you ideally do not want someone to decide in the m...you ideally do not want someone to decide in the middle of a planned meeting that the entire background of something needs to be reviewed. if that is needed, put it on the agenda. <br /><br />keeping to a time limit seems like a good idea, too.<br /><br />a slower and more circuitous kind of communication can be still be enormously useful in smaller conversations, or in a planned presentation. but it is kind of deadly in a committee, when it serves to hijack the agenda and mire a lot of people in something that might be handled otherwise. everyone there is interested, but everyone there has other things to do as well.<br /><br />maybe another idea for the committee context is to suggest that it sounds like the person has a lot of valuable information to share, and ask them to circulate a memo so it can be discussed next time?kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-32611869335785106512012-03-10T07:15:11.562-08:002012-03-10T07:15:11.562-08:00Oh, I hear you. I like Janice's idea of a 5 m...Oh, I hear you. I like Janice's idea of a 5 minute rule. The one that I've noticed is that there is a lot of faculty governance that relies on Anglo-American notions of procedure, and some of my non-Anglo colleagues have some difficulty with it. I find myself wanting someone who just knows how a committee works!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-79762986491666669092012-03-09T14:06:08.608-08:002012-03-09T14:06:08.608-08:00This is where the five-minute rule helps. Nobody c...This is where the five-minute rule helps. Nobody can speak at a meeting for more than five-minutes without it becoming a conference presentation. While Y may have valuable and worthy information to share, esp. as informed by cultural differences, 5 minutes is still sufficient.<br /><br />I would suggest that the facilitator consider adopting some form of this rule and use it in future with explanation: "If you have a comment to make, limit yourself to five minutes. I'll raise a finger at four minutes and at five, I'll ask you to wrap up. If you feel you need longer than five minutes, ask to be put on the agenda for our next meeting and circulate an information sheet beforehand through me."Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.com