(This is part of TOOL KIT and we placed it at top level since it has sub-folders and wanted them to be easily accessible and viewable.)
What on arrival question would be effective to ask and why?
Before or on arrival to the meeting write an answer to this question below,
Questions Template
TITLE: Question on Arrival
BY Edwin Rutsch
DESCRIPTION
Create a list of questions for participants to write about as they arrive in the meeting.
OBJECTIVES
This gives participants something to occupy themselves with when they first arrive. Otherwise there can be awkwardness about what to talk about.
Gives a time period for people to arrive and get settled in. People arrived 5 minutes early and 5 minutes late and this is a way to effectively use that arrival time.
It is something to keep participants productively occupied while we wait for everyone to arrive.
This is a productive exercise to generate, gather and document useful information about the participant. This information can be used in to develop the training. We are gathering useful information for improving the training.
Gives a introduction topic for everyone to share at the beginning of the meeting.
We can test if participants can write in the share google doc.
CHAPTER QUESTIONS
Create a list of question that relates to the chapter we are reading. Asking questions on the chapter would stimulate ideas for the discussion and get the ideas written down so that we could collect them to expand on the chapter.
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C03: EMPATHY BENEFITS : What do you see as benefits of empathy?
C03: What do you personally see as the benefits of receiving empathic listening?
C03: What do you personally see as the benefits of offering empathic listening?
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*C05: FAVORITE BLOCK: What is your favorite empathy roadblock?
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GENERAL QUESTIONS
This is a list of general questions not just related to a book chapter.
What has worked well in the empathy raining so far and what has not worked well? And why?
Why are you interested in taking part in the Empathy Training Design Team?
Why this Question?
We want to know why people are interested in taking and developing the training. Want to understand the motivations and needs so that we can address them.
We want to know why people are interested in taking and developing the training. Want to understand the motivations and needs so that we can address them.
Why might someone watching this meeting want to join an Empathy Training Design Team to work om building an Empathy MOOC?
Why this Question?
We want to encourage others to take part in the design teams and it's helpful if everyone in team could make a pitch to viewers about why they might like to take part. This can help promote the project and help it grow.
How would you like to contribute to the MOOC design Project?
( ) What are the categories of contribution?
( ) How many hours per week?__________
( ) Design Activities.
( ) Design a lesson.
( ) Facilitate meetings
( ) What other ways?
Why this Question?
We need to get an idea of what participants would like to contribute to the curriculum design project so that we can plan and manage the project effectively.
What questions would you ask for the 'On Arrival Question' and why would you ask these?
Why this Question?
We want to hear from participants what questions they would ask.
Culture of Empathy (COE)
These are questions related to a culture of empathy.
Why is building a culture of empathy important to you?
What does a vision of a culture of empathy look like to you?
Why this Question?
Or core vision is to build a culture of empathy. We would like to paint the picture of what that vision would be like.
What does a culture of empathy mean to you?
Why this Question?
The overall intention and vision of the training is building a culture of empathy. It would create clarity to know what participants feel this means. What are the qualities of this vision.
We need to ask this question for several reasons:
Empathy supersedes all adversarial actions
It is a long-lasting way of being
It is building as opposed to breaking down relationships
It focuses on the wholeness of the speaker and the listener
What have you experienced while listening to others in our circle?
Ie. Can you recall and share some feelings that came up?
Problems Solve
What are one or two personal and/or social problems that you feel empathy can solve, and why?
What skills in particular do you want to hone?
The purpose of these questions is to help people clarify for themselves what practical outcome they hope to see in their lives
If you are able to sharpen that skill, which need of yours will this skill serve?
Where will you use it?
How will your life be different with this polished skill?
What possibilities can you see in your world once you have integrated the said skill?
What feelings do you want to experience by taking part in the Empathy Training Design Team?
Why this Question?
Empathy is about an awareness, sensitivity and understanding of felt experience in self, others , groups and in relationships. Let's find out what feelings people are desiring to experience in working on this project in our teams.
How do you feel right now?
Why this Question?
Empathy means feeling into. So a core part of empathy is awareness and sensitivity to felt experience. Be it of oneself, others, or the broader surroundings and culture. Therefore to build a culture of empathy, it helps to become more aware of one's own feelings as well as be able to express them and for them to be heard, seen and acknowledged. Also for the team to be more aware of everyone else feelings in the group.
How do you envision the training fitting your life?
Why this Question?
The question can help people to clarify how they want to bring what they are going to learn to their daily life. The idea behind is to make people think about how to bring the materials and exercises in real life context. (and not let the materials getting dusty and forgotten)
What are your objectives with the curriculum?
What are the goals?
How will you track your progress?
How will see changes?
Having goals help to be clear about the learning curve.
What would you like to have learned at the end of the curriculum?
What specific skills are you looking for to improve?
What feelings did you experience in today's meeting?
Why this Question?
At the end of the meeting, check in with everyone and ask how the meeting felt to them.
What are your expectations, concerns, wishes for this meeting?
Why this Question?
How are you feeling in the here and now? Are you sitting ok? Anything you need to let us know or that you want to share before we begin?
What are your expectations, concerns, wishes for this meeting?
How are you feeling in the here and now?
Why this Question?
Are you sitting ok? Anything you need to let us know or that you want to share before we begin?
What are you wanting to know about empathy?
Why this Question?
Where are participants interests in empathy and how can we address those questions.
What are personal or social problems (pains) that you would like to address with empathy?
Why this Question?
Collect pain points, problems and difficulties that can be addressed by empathy. It would be good to know what are problems areas that participants want to work on to address.
What is a meaningful personal experience you had with empathy?
Why this Question?
Want to gather the very positive stories and feelings that participants have. We can build on those. They can also inspire and energize others.
What are your thoughts on the concept of EMPATHY, in this very moment?
Where you able to prepare for this meeting?
What goals do you want to achieve after a class?
How might we create a step by step process of understanding empathy?
How might we create a step by step process of becoming an empathic being?
How do we use our empathy skills?
Can you remember a time when you were too tired/overworked/stressed to get angry about something you normally get angry about?
Can you remember a time when you were too tired/overworked/stressed to get happy about something you get happy about?
How much are we in control of our emotions and willingness to be in a moment?
How much are we in control of other’s emotions and their willingness to be in a moment?
How do we deal with the question of “willingness” in the moment?
Why is it important to develop “willingness” (or rapport) with an individual or yourself?
Why does it matter if we have empathy? What does it look like to reach your goals with empathy? What does it look like to reach your goals without empathy?
When would you be willing to not try empathy, and why?
Activity Feedback
What feedback to you have after doing the 'On Arrival Question'?
Feedback from participants who did this exercise.
More explanation, didn’t felt rushed
Wasn’t clear at the beginning it was going to be a weekly question.
Giving reasons as well as giving questions still is valuable & constructive and meet the need to answer the question: Why?
Excited to have an option to fill the time while people are early/late and to help some ideas to surface + writing down
Roll my eyes - what is going on but recognize it’s useful and helpful
Find it engaging
Questions are very big.Maybe send them in advance for time to reflect? Maybe an hour before?
As a way to settle in.
Every time are different questions
Ask at the end of the meeting for the next week questions to use.
Have a big general question and a short question related to the chapter.(focused on the learning related to the chapter)