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