My goal was, of course, to learn more about this topic so that I can create, host, and lead more inclusive meetings.<\/p>\n
One of my favourite ways of processing information is to write about what I’ve learned. To that end, here are a few notes from the workshop.<\/p>\n
Some questions to ask myself when I design a meeting:<\/p>\n The facilitator created a helpful visual that summarizes 3 types of power: social, systemic and personal.<\/p>\n (shared with permission from the facilitator)<\/p>\n Personal power is the easiest to re-distribute. Therefore, we need to think about how <\/span>we can instill personal power onto others. The facilitator provided some ideas:<\/span><\/p>\n Ways to redistribute power<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Practicing mentorship as a value, within the context of inclusive meetings, can look like:<\/span><\/p>\n Honouring people’s lived experiences in a meeting\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Needs-based resources in a meeting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n “Urgency is often more of a mentality than a reality”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Question to ask yourself: \u201cDo you hold onto that bias because it keeps you safe or because it keeps you comfortable?\u201d<\/p>\n Some forms of bias<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Biases don\u2019t have to be harmful, but they can be. <\/span>The intention is often to preserve status quo.<\/span><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently attended “A Guide to Inclusive Meetings for Professionals” facilitated by Cicely Belle Blain (love their name!). My goal was, of course, to learn more about this topic so that I can create, host, and lead more inclusive meetings. One of my favourite ways of processing information is to write about what I’ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":792,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facilitation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/792"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2496,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions\/2496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2021\/03\/pexels-elevate-digital-1647919-300x169.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nInclusive meetings are needs-based, foster <\/span>trust and honour <\/span>intersectionality<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Power<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nInclusive meetings redistribute power\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Favourite quote from the workshop<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Unconscious Bias\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Workshop follow up resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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