Detailed Host Guide

Before the meeting starts

Check the Leader / Speaker / Host list

Make sure the Leader has pulled up the Leader Guide for themselves.

If 1st Saturday of the month check to see if there is a speaker signed up.

• If there is no speaker signed up, check to see if someone has an online CODA Big Book. If someone does have an online CODA Big Book ask them to choose an experience to read for the meeting.

• If no one has an online CODA Big Book, pick a story from https://coda.org/co-nnections-recovery-stories/ to read & be ready to paste the url into the chat at the appropriate time in the meeting.

Paste link to Tuesday Women's CODA site in the Zoom chat

Saturday Women's CODA site: http://tinyurl.com/tuesdaywomenscoda

Zoom meeting Tips

Open Zoom Meeting Tips

Share your screen: click Share button at bottom > Select screen to share > click share button at bottom right.

Go over the Zoom Meeting Tips

Stop sharing your screen: click on Stop share near the top of your screen.

Continue with the next section below.

CODA Readings & Resources link

Paste link to Readings & Resources in the Zoom chat when prompted by the meeting leader.

Saturday Women's CODA site: http://tinyurl.com/saturdaywomenscoda

Literature

Navigate to coda.org: https://coda.org/

Click on "Store" link.

Click on linke: CLICK HERE TO BUY CODA LITERATURE OR MATERIALS: www.corepublications.org

Scroll through the entire front page of the website.

Milestones and Birthdays

Share your screen and pick an animated image to accompany:

Newcomers' 1st meeting: Welcome

30, 60, 90 days: Congratulations

Annual birthday: Happy Birthday

Lock Meeting to New Participants

Put your contact info (e.g. cell phone #) in the meeting chat so that you can be contacted in case someone’s connection drops.

2 options to lock the meeting -

Security icon > Lock Meeting

2. Participants icon > More button at bottom of participants window > Lock meeting

1st Saturday of the month - Recovery Story

If there is no speaker signed up, and no one has an online copy of the CODA Big Book, pick a story from https://coda.org/co-nnections-recovery-stories/ to read & paste the url into the chat at the appropriate time in the meeting.

Disable Chat During Sharing

To disable chat during sharing:

Click on the chat icon.

Click on the ... icon.

Select Participant can chat with no one.

Sharing

Paste link to Readings & Resources in the Zoom chat when prompted by leader

Tuesday Women's CODA site: http://tinyurl.com/tuesdaywomenscoda

Timer

Go to online timer https://www.online-stopwatch.com/sensory-timers/ > scroll down to sand timer > click on sand timer.

1. Set time to 5 minutes.

2. Choose a color for the timer.

3. Turn sound off.

Share screen.

Click Share Screen icon.

It is better to share just your browser instead of your whole desktop.

Click the share button.

For each share, click on Start button.

The timer will display.

When the time is up click on the gear icon near the bottom left to return to the start screen.

Enabling Chat After Sharing

To re-enable chat after sharing:

Click on the chat icon.

Click on the ... icon.

Select Participant can chat with everyone publicly and privately.

CODA Readings & Resources link reminder

Paste link to Readings & Resources in the Zoom chat

Tuesday Women's CODA site: http://tinyurl.com/tuesdaywomenscoda

Pick a Topic (3rd Saturday)

If needed paste sticky note board link into the chat share screen

Go to Online sticky notes

Online sticky notes: https://ideaboardz.com/for/Tuesday%20CODA%20Topics/3351646

Share your screen.

Demonstrate how to add a sticky note.

Click on an existing note.

Write the topic without removing the number (we need it to pick a random number).

Click the “X” at the top right corner to close the sticky note.

Tell the group, before you add your note, refresh the screen to make sure no one is using that number already.

Go to https://www.online-stopwatch.com/random-name-pickers/ pick a random name / number generator, click on the gear icon, choose the number tab, enter number range and click set

Example:

Click gear icon.

Click on Numbers tab.

Enter range to match the number of topics and click Set.

Click on the animation to generate a number.

Read the corresponding topic & paste into the meeting chat.

After the meeting is over open up the sticky notes & delete the topics so that the board will be ready for next month.