commitment: facilitate 100 meetings in 2018

10 Jan 2018

i want to facilitate 100 meetings this year.

i am saying that here (out loud) to hold myself publicly accountable as well as to “speak” the commitment into existence. i’m increasingly convinced that saying things out loud actually does have real power.

i also think i want to use this post as a place to literally keep track of meetings. i’m not totally sure how i want to decide what is a “meeting” and what criteria need to be met for me to”facilitate” one, but for now, i’ll say:

• a meeting is a gathering of myself + at least one other person

• it only counts if it is explicitly stated that i am facilitating (by me or someone else)

that second thing matters, not because i think it’s not possible to facilitate in a 1on1 meeting, but (1) how people in the meeting locate in relation to me is important for me to learn about my facilitation and (2) because what i specifically want to practice is holding space for a group. it’s just a different type of complexity i think. and the muscle for holding space in that way is different than when you’re half of the group. and as i’m writing, what’s dropping in is that it takes a different type of attention to see the dynamic between two other people (and those people and me), not just myself and one other person.

anyway, practice, right?

the list

1. enoughness workshop. co-facilitated with caroline howe. 3 jan, 4-530p.
2. group annual reflection morning meeting. 5 jan, 9-930a.
3. group annual reflection midday meeting. 5 jan, 1230-1p.
4. group annual reflection afternoon meeting. 5 jan, 430-5p.
5. group annual reflection morning meeting. 6 jan, 9-930a.
6. group annual reflection midday meeting. 6 jan, 1230-1p.
7. group annual reflection afternoon meeting. 6 jan, 430-515p.
8. culture committee. 9 jan, 12-130p.
9. communications committee. 23 jan, 2-4p.
10. culture committee. 24 jan, 1230-230p.
11. unleashing alternative futures workshop. co-facilitated with grant williams. 24 jan, 6-9p.
12. personal branding session. 26 jan. 11a-2p.
13. unleashing alternative futures workshop. co-facilitated with grant williams. 26 jan, 6-9p.
14. communications committee. 30 jan, 2-4p.
15. student lunch series. co-facilitated with jill kronberg. 31 jan. 12-1p.
16. unleashing alternative futures workshop. co-facilitated with grant williams. 31 jan, 6-9p.
17. core values meeting. 7 feb, 1-5p.
18. student audio collective. 9 feb, 130-230p.
19. communications committee. 13 feb, 2-4p.
20. culture committee. 14 feb, 10a-12p.
21. communications committee. 27 feb, 2-4p.
22. student lunch series. co-facilitated with jill kronberg. 28 feb, 1230-130p.
23. staff check-in meeting. 7 march, 3-4p
24. personal theory of practice development meeting. 8 march, 1-4p.
25. communications committee. 13 march, 230-330p.
26. story coaching. 16 march, 3-4p.
27. personal theory of practice development planning session. 21 march, 12-1p.
28. ujima podcast planning with dusp audio collective. 22 march, 2-3p.
29. alternative futures + the mit libraries. 23 march. 10-11a.
30. straight talk. 30 march, 430-5p.
31. self-determination narrative fellowship interview. 3 april, 10-1030a.
32. self-determination narrative fellowship interview. 3 april, 11-1130a.
33. self-determination narrative fellowship interview. 4 april, 10-1030a.
34. self-determination narrative fellowship interview. 4 april, 11-1130a.
35. self-determination narrative fellowship interview. 4 april, 1130a-12p.
36. self-determination narrative fellowship interview. 5 april, 10-1030a.
37. planning for economic demoncracy training series content development. 5 april, 2-250p.
38. self-determination narrative fellowship interview. 6 april, 230-3p.
39. self-determination narrative fellowship interview. 6 april, 330-4p.
40. part of kendeda fund community wealth-building pre-conference gathering at the equity summit. 11 april, 10-1030a.
41. communications committee. 24 april, 2-4p.
42. ujima podcast planning. 24 april, 530-630p.
43. student lunch series. 25 april, 1230-130p.
44. speculative futures of libraries and archives planning. 27 april, 10-11a.
45. speculative futures of libraries and archives. 1 may, 1-4p.
46. jackson rising book club. 1 may, 530-630p.
47. SHIFTcities Blue Sky workshop. 2 may, 1-5p.
48. mel king community fellows convening. various days and times between 7-10 may. will count this as one facilitation.
49. jackson rising book club. 8 may, 530-630p.
50. debrief spectacular future of libraries workshop. 14 may, 330-430p.
51. student lunch series. 15 may, 1230-130p.
52. jackson rising book club. 15 may, 530-630p.
53. personal theory of practice development meeting. 17 may, 1-4p.
54. workshop for the multicultural teaching institute. 19 may, 10a-3p.
55. communications committee. 22 may, 2-4p.
56. jackson rising book club. 22 may, 530-630p.
57. personal theory of practice crank session. 25 may, 1-6p.
58. self-determination narrative fellowship group meeting. 29 may, 3-415p.
59. ujima podcast planning. 29 may, 430-515p.
60. jackson rising book club. 29 may, 530-630p.
61. self-determination narrative fellowship group meeting. 1 jun, 11a-1215p.
62. jackson rising book club. 5 jun, 530-630p.
63. annual report working session. 12 jun, 1-3p.
64. self-determination narrative fellowship group meeting. 13 jun, 7-830a.
65. facilitate learning session about collective courage (by jessica gordon nembhard) at ujima member meeting. 13 jun, 6-7p.
66. communications committee. 22 june 10a-12p.
67. self-determination narrative fellowship group meeting. 27 jun, 7-830p.
68. self-determination narrative fellowship group meeting. 11 july, 7-830a.
69. life coaching. 12 july, 5-6a.
70. pedagogy of the oppressed online book club. 12 july, 4-5p.
71. management retreat planning call. 13 july, 4-5p.
72. discuss needs of the css training network. 17 july, 230-330p.
73. pedagogy of the oppressed online book club. 19 july, 4-5p.
74. management retreat. 23 & 24 july, 9a-5p + 830-1p.
75. pedagogy of the oppressed online book club. 26 july, 4-5p.
76. life coaching. 27 july, 5-6a.
77. retreat debrief. 31 july, 6-7p.
78. self-determination narrative fellowship group meeting. 15 aug, 7-830a.
79. pedagogy of the oppressed online book club. 16 aug, 4-5p.
80. mouse: mapping our ecosystems of care. 19 aug, 1230-4p.
81. self-determination narrative fellowship group meeting. 29 aug, 7-830a.
82. life coaching. 29 aug, 1230-2p.
83. personal storytelling for social change workshop prep meeting. 7 sept, 1-2p.
84. personal storytelling for social change workshop. 8 sept, 10a-1p.

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