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