Well, my fellow Yoyo bookish ladies,
Last night’s meeting, marked by vivid story telling and lovely discussion went on pretty well. Many thanks to our two eloquent presenters and to those who asked questions and filled in the details, especially to our gracious host, whose beautiful home setting enhanced our spirit.
Here are some of my observations I’d like to share with you. Please bear with me if you find them un-agreeable.
- To make book club more successful, we need everyone’s involvement and participation. It is essential for presenter to provide some information long before the meeting, so that our listeners will get well prepared and have something to contribute at the meeting.
- Which naturally leads to my next observation, it seems to me there is not enough time left for discussion.
Three ways to solve this:
- Better time management: Presenters are encouraged to keep your talk concise and within time limits. Your role is to make short introduction of the book and to stimulate discussion. Perhaps rehearse a bit before the meeting to see how long your talk will last.
- One presenter instead of two: no more worry of running over time and leave enough time for disscussion (brilliant idea, not mine thought)
- Longer hours: Prolong our meeting from 2 hours to 2.5 hours.
What do you think?
2 comments:
会长提出的问题很急时，我也觉得时间紧了点，如果多点讨论时间就好了。因此我建议每次就一个人主讲，她讲的时候，我们尽量不打断她，除非讲员提问题让大家回答，剩下的时间我们提问题，回答及讨论。具体时间分配我听领导的。
Ziluolan has outlined her talk. We get read it in advance and prepare our qustions before the meeting.
Yes. We can hold our thoughts untill the speaker is done.
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