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Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Upload or insert images from URL. How does a meeting convene? Share More sharing options Followers 1. Reply to this topic Start new topic. Recommended Posts. Posted March 12, at PM. And of course its not just the body language of the person talking that matters; we can also read a lot into the facial expressions and sitting positions of those listening. The other non-verbal source of information is emotions — the feelings, physiological changes and expressive behaviours of individuals.
Emotions are expressed partly through body language but also by the expressions, tone and volume of what is said we can sense emotion in a phone call, even when the other person is invisible.
And importantly, emotions provide information and guide attention. When someone speaks up with passion or frustration, they provide cues that others can respond to. It goes without saying that the amount of non-verbal information available in a face-to-face meeting is greater than in a Zoom meeting, which in turn is greater than in an audio-only conference call. Ultimately, the access to non-verbal cues is what makes a face-to-face meeting distinctive.
But the key point here is that non-verbal cues and the complexity of interaction have compounding effects on one another. Imagine a meeting where two people strongly disagree on an issue and emotions start to run high. In a face-to-face setting, the chair can read the room and gauge how others feel, perhaps bringing in additional people into the argument because their body language shows they want to be involved and often coming to a better resolution as a result.
In a Zoom setting, the chair has much less information to go on and after giving both people a chance to have their say, she or he will usually shut down the argument and move on, which is an opportunity lost. If you put these two dimensions together, you get a visual representation of the types of interaction that are possible. In simple terms there are four:. Giving thought to the non-verbal information and complexity of the interaction required can help This categorization of activities should help you choose the appropriate forum or medium of communication.
Quadrant 1 bottom-left is the natural home of email or a slack channel, Quadrant 4 top-right is where face-to-face meetings are most vital. Quadrant 2 is tricky — pre-Covid these types of activities were always done in person, but we have discovered that Zoom is pretty good for things like one-to-one coaching and feedback, and difficult conversations — even making someone redundant — can work, though not in a way that makes us feel comfortable.
Quadrant 3 activities can be done face-to-face or virtually, and indeed many project teams even before Covid would do a lot of their work without ever meeting up in person. But as the figure suggests, when problems occur, they are easier to resolve if the team is in one place. The second figure includes all these examples and also my suggestion for what the most suitable forum might be — with email, phone, video and face-to-face moving out in concentric circles from bottom-left to top-right.
The purpose of this framework is to stimulate discussion about the choice of forum, rather than to be narrowly prescriptive. Every week, the cult members would be gathered together before their leader to listen to his new dictates and proclamations. Final note: It's somewhat redundant to say members would convene for a conference -- by definition you're saying the members would meet formally for a formal meeting.
Instead if you do use convene and you should, it's a good word add detail about why or how they were meeting. For example:. The oversight committee is required to convene every month to approve any budget changes, and prepare a formal status report for the board of trustees. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How to use the word convene Ask Question. Asked 3 years, 3 months ago. Active 3 years, 3 months ago. Viewed 2k times. So I looked up the meaning of to convene in the online Cambridge Dictionary. The cult members convened for their monthly conference. An US jury is convened by the responsible attorney. Improve this question. Michael Harvey If you know the definition and different senses of convened , what leads you to suspect that your sentences are incorrect?
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