All-in-one Meeting Guide
Overview
Connection activities are focused on sharing personal stories and benefiting from your Circle’s ideas, experiences, and support. The Connection Card activity uses a deck of cards to facilitate the process of sharing deep information with one another quickly through a series of questions. The goal of this activity is to get to know one another better by answering questions and sharing a lot of information fast—think of it as table topics for your Circle!
Meeting Goals
- Get to know yourself and your Circle on a deeper level
- Build trust with your Circle by opening up and sharing personal stories and experiences
Pre-Meeting Prep
Meeting Agenda
90-100 min (based on 10-member group size)
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1
Check-in
15 min
Warm up, catch up, and get going
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2
Activity 1: Connection Cards
40 min
Deepen your understanding of yourself and your fellow Circle members
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3
Activity 2: Connection Card Debrief
15 min
Discuss what makes it easy or hard to share and the role of gender in sharing
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4
One Action
15 min
The little push you need to go for it
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5
Wrap-Up
10 min
What’s next and a few final words
Brought to you in partnership with ...
Carole Robin from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and based on a similar activity originally developed by Stanford’s Interpersonal Dynamics course faculty.
