Someone lingering at the back of the room Admin says something questionable Someone asks a question that derails everything “Any questions?” → awkward silence Passive- aggressive moment between admin “This is a safe space…” Group work where one person does everything Overly long slideshow (30+ slides) Activity instructions unclear → multiple clarifications “If you’re still in the building…” “Take a few minutes to read this…” (no time given) Admin on laptops Google Doc shared… people immediately confused “Am I still allowed to…?” “We need to do a better job of…” “This won’t take long…” (it does) Vague or confusing exit pass “We’re going to move quickly through this…” (they don’t) “Turn and talk” that goes nowhere Admin forgets what they are saying Staff member visibly snaps or checks out “You should have received an email…” (no one did) Schedule change / something gets skipped Icebreaker that no one wants to do Slide full of text read word- for-word Someone shows something on their device at an inappropriate moment Land acknowledgement “We’ll take this to a staff meeting” “We’ll revisit this later” (we won’t) Pre-recorded message from Curtis Ennis Self- directed learning block “Does that make sense?” → polite nods VP gets interrupted mid- sentence Multi-year plan mantioned A/V or tech issues Someone lingering at the back of the room Admin says something questionable Someone asks a question that derails everything “Any questions?” → awkward silence Passive- aggressive moment between admin “This is a safe space…” Group work where one person does everything Overly long slideshow (30+ slides) Activity instructions unclear → multiple clarifications “If you’re still in the building…” “Take a few minutes to read this…” (no time given) Admin on laptops Google Doc shared… people immediately confused “Am I still allowed to…?” “We need to do a better job of…” “This won’t take long…” (it does) Vague or confusing exit pass “We’re going to move quickly through this…” (they don’t) “Turn and talk” that goes nowhere Admin forgets what they are saying Staff member visibly snaps or checks out “You should have received an email…” (no one did) Schedule change / something gets skipped Icebreaker that no one wants to do Slide full of text read word- for-word Someone shows something on their device at an inappropriate moment Land acknowledgement “We’ll take this to a staff meeting” “We’ll revisit this later” (we won’t) Pre-recorded message from Curtis Ennis Self- directed learning block “Does that make sense?” → polite nods VP gets interrupted mid- sentence Multi-year plan mantioned A/V or tech issues
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Someone lingering at the back of the room
Admin says something questionable
Someone asks a question that derails everything
“Any questions?” → awkward silence
Passive-aggressive moment between admin
“This is a safe space…”
Group work where one person does everything
Overly long slideshow (30+ slides)
Activity instructions unclear → multiple clarifications
“If you’re still in the building…”
“Take a few minutes to read this…” (no time given)
Admin on laptops
Google Doc shared… people immediately confused
“Am I still allowed to…?”
“We need to do a better job of…”
“This won’t take long…” (it does)
Vague or confusing exit pass
“We’re going to move quickly through this…” (they don’t)
“Turn and talk” that goes nowhere
Admin forgets what they are saying
Staff member visibly snaps or checks out
“You should have received an email…” (no one did)
Schedule change / something gets skipped
Icebreaker that no one wants to do
Slide full of text read word-for-word
Someone shows something on their device at an inappropriate moment
Land acknowledgement
“We’ll take this to a staff meeting”
“We’ll revisit this later” (we won’t)
Pre-recorded message from Curtis Ennis
Self-directed learning block
“Does that make sense?” → polite nods
VP gets interrupted mid-sentence
Multi-year plan mantioned
A/V or tech issues
