Man struggles to lead a meeting. A friend turns him on to ORID, a Technology of Participation (ToP) method used for focused conversations in meetings.

1. Mitch
Discovers the
Magic
of ORID
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2. I’m supposed to lead the next
committee meeting.
Mitch,
how come
you’re
dreading
it?
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3. That meeting is a
complete waste of time.
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5. The same few people do all
the talking – mostly complaining.
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6. I don’t know how to
handle that stuff…
… so we can get our
work done.
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7. Mitch,
you need
the magic
of “ORID.”
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9. Not a „who.‟
ORID is a
way I ask
questions in
a discussion…
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10. …to get
participation
from
everyone,
even the
quiet ones.
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11. We get to
the heart
of the
matter in a
short
time…
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12. …without
getting
bogged down
in arguments
or getting
off topic.
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13. I get
different
perspectives
that
enrich the
discussion.
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15. It’s based on
the way the
brain takes in
information,
makes sense of it,
and moves to action.
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16. I simply ask
questions
in that
sequence
to guide the
conversation.
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17. Whoa,
that
doesn’t
sound
simple.
What’s
this
sequence?
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18. Our brains process information
in this sequence:
experience
emotion
thought
action
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19. Sure
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20. Like - waking up in the morning.
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21. •You hear the
alarm clock ring…
•You groan, roll over,
feel tired & don’t want
to get up…
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22. •You remember
that you’re
driving car pool
today.
•You get up, stagger to
the bathroom & get ready
for work - or not.
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24. Often in meetings
people are
thinking at
different
levels.
That’s one reason discussions circle
around and never reach a conclusion.
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25. I ask
one or
two
questions
at each
of the
four
levels of
thinking.
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26. My questions require a different
kind of thinking at each level.
Objective thinking- experience
Reflective thinking-emotion
Interpretive thinking- thought
Decisional thinking- action
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27. That’s why we
call it “ORID.”
This slows
down the
process and
we move
through it
together…
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28. Here‟s an example I‟m using in a meeting today:
O level of thinking:
What areas of the office need
attention?
R level of thinking:
What impact do the space
problems have on your work?
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29. I level of thinking:
What considerations and values
should we use as we make plans for
improvement?
D level of thinking:
What specific next steps do we
need to take?
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30. Mitch,
come sit
in on our
meeting.
You’ll
see how
it works.
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31. Later - -
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32. Later - -
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33. Later - -
Told you,
Mitch.
It’s like
magic!
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36. I took a
Technology of
Participation (ToP®)
seminar.
ToP®
methods
make it
easy to
lead
group
discussions.
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37. We have
productive
meetings.
We
don’t
waste
time.
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38. Everyone
participates
and our
meetings
are more
fun.
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39. Hi.
I’m Patricia Tuecke
Like Mitch, I discovered
that using ORID and other ToP®
Facilitation Methods turns awful
meetings into meetings that matter!
For more information:
Contact me at Sierra Circle Consulting
pat@sierracircle.com
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40. The Magic of ORID will transform
your meetings, too!
for more information on
ToP® Facilitation Methods Training
Contact me at Sierra Circle Consulting
pat@sierracircle.com
www.sierracircle.com
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41. Credits
Slideshow:
Patricia Tuecke, pat@sierracircle.com
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Music::
Kevin McLeod, incompetech.com
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