RE: Refining concerns / needs in a timely way | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rob Sandelin (floriferousmsn.com) | |
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:16:09 -0600 (MDT) |
Becky asked about clarifying what I was interested in around identifying needs and concerns in a timely way. I am looking for techniques groups use. I have seen this go quickly (not many needs or concerns) and I have seen this take 3 meetings (Lots of needs and concerns, each one processed in turn). What I was asked for is how groups do this, what methods they use, etc. I am especially interested in techniques with large groups, over 25 people, with lots of needs and concerns. One thing I have observed is that there is a balance of willingness to invest personal time in dealing with peoples stuff in meetings. There are some people who are willing to spend lots of time on this sort of thing, there are others who are not very tolerant of it, and want meetings to be short and to the point. It is also my observation that folks from the later point tend to drop out of meetings that take too long processing peoples stuff. I have also observed that sometimes this amounts to half or more of a group not partipating because meetings are too much tied into processing peoples stuff (needs and concerns). Often these folks who drop out complain loudly about endless processing, etc. So I am also wondering, how do you keep these people happy when processing needs and concerns, or do you just ignore the fact that they drop out? Rob Sandelin South Snohomish County at the headwaters of Ricci Creek Sky Valley Environments <http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm> Field skills training for student naturalists Floriferous [at] msn.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 3/6/02 _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
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Re: [C-L]_Refining concerns / needs in a timely way Becky Schaller, July 26 2003
- RE: Refining concerns / needs in a timely way Rob Sandelin, July 27 2003
- Re: Refining concerns / needs in a timely way Kristin Becker, July 31 2003
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