[Events] how to approach disengaged attendees

[Julien Dorra]

Just added this to the pad as a sign of someone struggling:


   - The person is contesting the activity itself: "it's not useful". "It's
   not what I am here for". Refusal might be in fact a sign of struggling with
   the purpose and path of the activity.


This is something I saw both in (event-designed) sprint/hackathon/weekends
and in the classroom. Ex: refusal to do research, refusal to participate to
a team building session...

 Revolt against the activity/protocol might well be that there is something
about it that needs clarification.

These are the participants/students that used to take me by surprise the
most. Probably because they force you to re-evaluate your assumptions about
how clear it was that the activity was great and useful for everybody.

Julien



2014-01-28 Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>

> Thanks for the suggestion, Sarah!  I've added it pretty much word for word
> - is that okay with you?  I will of course give credit to all who've made
> suggestions in the final document.
>
>  Bill - yes, you can share it. The guide will be CC-BY, so you can adapt
> it as well.
>
> I'm hoping to get a working version live within a week or two.
>
> Feedback continues to be welcome.  :)
>
>
>
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