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Making Introductions

Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 5 a.m.

Life Is Work - Ep 33 - Making Introductions

  • Area of Work: Meaningful Meetings

 

Co-hosts, Producers:

Danielle Stenger 
Cameron Navarro, LMSW 

 

Mel’s Mindful Minute: 37:40

Melanie Wilmoth Navarro, LMSW, RYT, TSTSY-F

Owner, Lead Facilitator - Whole Moon Wellness

wholemoonwellness@gmail.com

 

Contact Info:

Website

Email

Twitter 

Instagram

 

Music:

Intro - King Must Die, by Picnic Lightning

MMM Transitions - Sur, by Picnic Lightning

Outro - Pa’lante, by Hurray for the Riff Raff

 

Accepting Feedback

  • RESULT: To understand the importance of making introductions, how to build relationships, foster connection, and move the work forward.
  • Camnecdote
    • Warm handoff

Protein - Main Event - Topic d’jour

  • Making introductions
    • Different circumstances for these
      • Before a meeting
        • Build rapport & trust for the meeting
      • In a meeting
        • New participants/attendees
        • Understanding role & purpose of attendees
      • To give context
        • “Why am i in this meeting?”
      • Next steps/follow-up
        • Action items
        • Expanding the work
      • Future relationships
        • Recognizing possibilities
        • Ensuring follow up happens
        • Better than a cold call
    • How to do them well
      • Clarify the purpose of the introduction/relationship
        • Who needs what?
        • Who does this benefit?
      • Facilitate the initial contact
        • In-person coffee/lunch
      • Leverage your current relationships
        • Who would these people best respond to?
      • Cut to the chase
        • Be clear about the goal of the meeting and don’t waste time
        • Balance this with being a whole person
          • Use a check in question casually
          • Bring up a common interest/connection
    • Possible challenges
      • Disinterest
      • Unclear motives
      • Historical relationships
      • Power dynamics

Mel’s Mindful Minute: 37:40

  • Mindful Waiting

We Are Always Students

  • LIW previous episodes
    • Meeting Engineering (ep 6)
    • Neutral Facilitation
    • Why Am I in this Meeting
    • We’ve Always Done it This Way

Sharing is Self-Caring

  • Self-care
    • When was a time that you felt comfortable meeting someone for the first time? What about that interaction went well?
  • Community-care
    • What connection would you like to make in your work environment? For yourself? For someone else?
  • Systems-care
    • How does our organization benefit from more connections? Do these connections present any additional challenges?

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