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Meeting hygiene

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about this doc:

“I’ve noticed that people in various DAOs are wasting a criminal amount of time in useless meetings. This is freaking me out. A lot of faffing around, little gets done and much time gets wasted.” - Antoine, early RnDAO contributor

We can do better. So here is a list of recommendations we’re evolving together.

We prefer workshops to meetings

This is not just a name change. It’s about format, objectives and style.

For us, the Meeting #2 is what we refer to as a workshop:

a session that’s been planned (the necessary steps to achieve the outcome have been thought about and organised to then take the team through them).

the objective is clear and agreed before the session (if not, then the workshop should be about defining objectives)

There’s a designated facilitator who moderates and steers the conversation towards achiving the objective.

And there's a note-taker who can share a summary for those who couldn't attend

Hand Gestures and Frequent Terminology for Workshops:

Facilitation is valued and encouraged for all RnDAO gatherings

We did a workshop on the topic, notes here:

Miro board link to ideation work

If you are looking for facilitators or would like to facilitate within RnDAO, the below list might help:

List of RnDAO Facilitators

Some facilitation guidelines that can be updated as we learn:

What is facilitation?

Why do we believe in facilitation?

When should facilitation be used?

What makes for a good facilitator?

Where should facilitation occur?

How we see gatherings facilitated at RnDAO?

What facilitation is not

Additional Reading Materials

Meeting Principles at RnDAO by Antoine

Meetings That Don't Suck | Ken Norton

For most of us, and certainly for most of your team, meetings are the least productive part of our day. Yet too many brilliant people are stuck in too many meetings. Meeting cultures begat more meetings, and the downward cycle continues, crippling productivity and crushing psyches.

https://www.bringthedonuts.com/essays/meetings-that-dont-suck.html

TBM 15/52: A Tale of Two Meetings

Contrast two teams/meetings Meeting #1 - 60 minutes Team brainstorms. There's a vague commitment to "synthesize feedback and return with next steps." Meeting #2 - 180 minutes Pre-reads completed. Data presented. Team brainstorms. Diverges. Then converges. Decides on next steps, spheres of ownership, etc. Calendars blocked.

https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-1552-a-tale-of-two-meetings?s=w

Meeting hygiene

💡

about this doc:

“I’ve noticed that people in various DAOs are wasting a criminal amount of time in useless meetings. This is freaking me out. A lot of faffing around, little gets done and much time gets wasted.” - Antoine, early RnDAO contributor

We can do better. So here is a list of recommendations we’re evolving together.

We prefer workshops to meetings

This is not just a name change. It’s about format, objectives and style.

For us, the Meeting #2 is what we refer to as a workshop:

a session that’s been planned (the necessary steps to achieve the outcome have been thought about and organised to then take the team through them).

the objective is clear and agreed before the session (if not, then the workshop should be about defining objectives)

There’s a designated facilitator who moderates and steers the conversation towards achiving the objective.

And there's a note-taker who can share a summary for those who couldn't attend

Hand Gestures and Frequent Terminology for Workshops:

Facilitation is valued and encouraged for all RnDAO gatherings

We did a workshop on the topic, notes here:

Miro board link to ideation work

If you are looking for facilitators or would like to facilitate within RnDAO, the below list might help:

List of RnDAO Facilitators

Some facilitation guidelines that can be updated as we learn:

What is facilitation?

Why do we believe in facilitation?

When should facilitation be used?

What makes for a good facilitator?

Where should facilitation occur?

How we see gatherings facilitated at RnDAO?

What facilitation is not

Additional Reading Materials

Meeting Principles at RnDAO by Antoine

Meetings That Don't Suck | Ken Norton

https://www.bringthedonuts.com/essays/meetings-that-dont-suck.html

TBM 15/52: A Tale of Two Meetings

https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-1552-a-tale-of-two-meetings?s=w