[Events] how to approach disengaged attendees

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

Thanks everyone for your advice.  I've made a rough draft of the guide
(incorporating much of what people have said in this thread) and would
appreciate feedback:  https://etherpad.mozilla.org/oh-how-to-mentor-draft



On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah at panix.com>wrote:

> Thanks for all the advice here. I find that it's a good expectation for a
> mentor/helper at an event to simply be on their feet *all the time*. The
> *default* is that a helper should be able to assess, from body language and
> what's on a person's screen, who's absolutely NOT blocked, and approach
> everyone else with a question (repetition-style practice helps) like "So
> where are you in the exercise?" or "Are you running into any snags?"
> Practice and training really help!
>
> Sumana Harihareswara
> http://harihareswara.net
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