We are building a project for Empathy Circle Facilitators to charge for facilitating the Empathy Circles. The development project website is located here.
https://sites.google.com/view/peerempathycircles/
This is a video of one of our development meetings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0NaZ_FkRts
what are prompts that would be good to ask to harvest the meeting insights in a practical and effective way?
Here are some highly practical, effective prompts designed to extract deep insights, action items, and strategic decisions from your team's development meeting.
Since you are running these transcripts through an AI like Gemini, you can use these exact prompts sequentially or in groups to build out your project documentation, shape your public-facing website, and prepare for your upcoming deep-dive sessions.
Use these to solidify the project's unique positioning and core philosophy.
The "Value Proposition" Prompt:
"Based on the transcript, extract all the arguments, metaphors, and descriptions that build the case for why people should pay for an Empathy Circle. Specifically, capture the discussion around the distinction from therapy, the concept of paying for 'skilled guidance in a practice vs. a clinical outcome,' the Russian nesting doll metaphor for listening intent, and the idea of 'outer work' or cultural change."
The "Anti-Therapy" Distinction Prompt:
"Analyze the conversation regarding how to cleanly separate these paid circles from professional therapy. Identify the specific legal, linguistic, and structural reasons mentioned (such as the non-hierarchical peer relationship and the facilitator actively sharing) and summarize the guidelines the team agreed on to ensure no therapy-related language is used."
Use these to build out the modular curriculum, workshop guidelines, and concrete group rules.
The "Circle Design & Formats" Prompt:
"Identify and compare the two main formats discussed for the paid circles: the closed 6-to-7-week topic-based series vs. the ongoing monthly membership/drop-in model. Summarize the pros, cons, and operational challenges of each model as described by the participants (including relational depth, predictability, and marketing pressure)."
The "Enhanced Code of Conduct / Contract" Prompt:
"The team discussed creating a 'contract' or 'enhanced code of conduct' between the facilitator and participants (e.g., the boundary around phone checking and establishing psychological safety). Extract all suggestions for what should go into this mutual agreement and how it should be introduced in the first session."
Use these to extract immediate next steps and coordinate roles for your upcoming sessions.
The "Meeting Agenda & Roadmap" Prompt:
"Provide a clear timeline and agenda of the next steps and meetings scheduled by the team. Include the topics assigned to the upcoming Saturday sessions (Professional Standards/Agreements and Marketing), the details for the Sunday trial circle with Beata, and the plan for developing the public-facing prototype website."
The "Website Architecture" Prompt:
"Based on the ideas brainstormed toward the end of the meeting, list all the pages, sections, and content types that the team wants to include on the new public-facing website prototype (e.g., facilitator bios, specialisms, blogs on personal stories, testimonials)."
Use this as a single mega-prompt if you want a complete, highly organized synthesis of the whole video.
The Complete Meeting Synthesis Prompt:
"Act as an expert project manager and strategic advisor for the Empathy Circle Movement. Synthesize this development meeting transcript into a highly organized project report. Use these specific headers:
Executive Summary (The core vision of the paid model)
Key Tensions Explored (Money vs. gift economy, liability vs. standard-setting)
Strategic Differentiators (Why this is unique and valuable)
Concrete Operational Decisions (Length, structure, agreements)
Immediate Action Items & Upcoming Schedule (Who is doing what and when)
Avoid any generic text; use the specific examples, metaphors, and terms utilized by the participants in the text."
The Complete Meeting Synthesis Prompt:
"Act as an expert project manager and strategic advisor for the Empathy Circle Movement. Synthesize this development meeting transcript into a highly organized project report. Use these specific headers:
Executive Summary (The core vision of the paid model)
Key Tensions Explored (Money vs. gift economy, liability vs. standard-setting)
Strategic Differentiators (Why this is unique and valuable)
Concrete Operational Decisions (Length, structure, agreements)
Immediate Action Items & Upcoming Schedule (Who is doing what and when)
Avoid any generic text; use the specific examples, metaphors, and terms utilized by the participants in the text."