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Quick Hits are 10-minute conversations designed to exercise your brain by letting you listen in on an unscripted conversation to hear other people‘s thoughts on a variety of subjects. In February of 2021 I and the members of my mastermind group thought other people might enjoy listening in on some of the lively conversations we were having. But we realized that no one was going spend 90-minutes listening to us going on about anything and sometimes nothing. Instead, we decided to pick one topic and have a short conversation to share. I took the reigns because facilitating those types of conversations sounded like fun. Over the course of a few months it grew from just members of our mastermind group to four (sometimes three if schedules go sideways) people from various parts of the world and from ”short” to exactly 10-minutes. Thus was born ”Quick Hits” hosted by me, Dr Robyn. I hope to get caught up with posting them here on PodBean at some point. As of this writing, I have over 100 ”episodes.” If you‘d like to see the videos of these conversations, they are available on my YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/DrRobynQuickHits If you have a topic you‘d like to hear discussed, I encouraged you to use the contact page of my website: https://drrobynodegaard.com/ to let me know.
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Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
All group discussions need a facilitator — otherwise they’ll inevitably go off the rails. And performing that function on Zoom can be a completely different ball game than doing so in person. There are a whole host of different tools at your disposal, as my guest, Better Conversations founder CEO Simon Coles, shared:
“In Zoom you can set yourself up with a flip chart and write the person’s contribution down…flip charts are a pain in the neck logistically, but writing people’s thoughts down makes them feel heard.”
The chat box also creates extra room to guide the conversation without outright cutting off another speaker.
“I really appreciate the chat box,” says Grand Canyon University professor Dr. Rhonda Bompensa-Zimmerman. “You can start to steer the ship beforehand and give them a heads up that you’re going to switch topics."
There are, of course, headaches on Zoom as well. For example, if someone has joined on their phone, they won’t be able to see the other speakers and will miss their body language and real-time reactions. To make a Zoom conversation flow well, the same principles apply as those of any conversation. My guest, dementia prevention coach Alexi Bracy, puts it clearly and succinctly: “Show empathy.”
How do you interrupt someone who is going on too long or in an unnecessary direction on Zoom?
Connect with the panelists:
Dr. Rhonda Bompensa-Zimmerman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rhonda-bompensa-zimmerman-138aa3b/
Alexi Bracey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexi-bracey-34935a7/
Simon Coles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjcoles/
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/
Want a summary of the Quick Hits I post every week, plus the links to the LinkedIn pages of each of the panelist to show up in your in-box every week? Just let me know where to send it: https://drrobynodegaard.com/quick-hits-notifications/
#QuickHits are designed to exercise your brain by letting you listen in on an unscripted conversation to get other people's thoughts on pertinent subjects. If you would like to join a conversation or have a topic you would like to hear discussed, please message me. https://www.DrRobynOdegaard.com
#Zoom #Interrupting #BetterConversations
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