In honor of a couple of marathon meetings I attended this week:
1. What's your view of meetings? Choose one or more, or make up your own:
a) When they're good, they're good. I love the feeling of people working well together on a common goal.
b) I don't seek them out, but I recognize them as a necessary part of life.
c) The only good meeting is a canceled meeting.
2. Do you like some amount of community building or conversation, or are you all business?
3. How do you feel about leading meetings? Share any particular strengths or weaknesses you have in this area.
4. Have you ever participated in a virtual meeting? (conference call, IM, chat, etc.) What do you think of this format?
5. Share a story of a memorable meeting you attended.
Please let us know in comments if you play. Post a direct link to your blog entry in your comment using the following formulation:
<a href="the url of your blog post goes here">what you want the link to say goes here</a>
For a complete how-to, click here.
Image from despair.com, a wicked and funny site.
Woot! I get to be first this week!
ReplyDeleteAND it's a great Friday Five
AND you used a poster I've given to good friends in ministry from one of my favorite websites!
Nicely played, RM!
Meet me at my place to see how I played!
The Typist played alone this week, seeing as how the dog of the blog doesn't have to go to any meetings, ever... (I'm jealous).
ReplyDeleteI played.
ReplyDeletehappy friday...yahoo vacation oh wait #$%@ do I have a meeting today? nope... all play and no work
ReplyDeleteread anyway!
I played here.
ReplyDeleteShall we meet to discuss it?
I played vitriol and the Holy Spirit
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Love to play the Friday Five, but not a big fan of meetings!
ReplyDeleteI played here.
ReplyDeleteAt least I hope the link works!
another meeting?
ReplyDeleteomg! i LOVED this graphic! so much that i borrowed it and put it on my Friday 5 as well!
Wow, an interesting one thanks. I played here
ReplyDeleteMeetings: love 'em or hate 'em or maybe a bit of both.
ReplyDeleteMeet me here for a F5 meeting about meetings
Leaving mid afternoon for the weekend and preaching at my home church.
I had a meeting with myself and we...me, myself and I,I met here
ReplyDeleteThis is where I played:
ReplyDeletea meeting? meetings???
Here you go - a view from the trenches. (And there's a book recommendation too...)
ReplyDeleteDeb
What a scream! (Literally...I hate meetings.) I played at my place .
ReplyDeletePlaying Friday Five is much better than going to meetings!
ReplyDeleteOkay, at this point, I'd be happy to have a meeting to go to, but I played realistically.
ReplyDeleteI played late here, because I was in a meeting. I'm about to go into another one now!
ReplyDeleteI played for the first time in a while! Yea, click here!
ReplyDeletereverend mother, I have been in meetings every night this week, and next week is the same. Yuck.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe all the others who have posted so early.
So come over to my place for another meeting.
read my bonus.
Here's the answers from the
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Wow, from 8 comments to 21 in the time it took me to do this.
ReplyDeleteI played here!
ReplyDeleteAnd a bonus track too...
Meetings, meetings, meetings, meetings (sung to the opening line of Hymn to Joy). I conducted a meeting here
ReplyDelete*meet* me over here
ReplyDeleteMeetings, ick!
ReplyDeleteI played.
Right...after a 3 meeting week, this spoke straight to the heart so I'm playing here
ReplyDeleteToday's easy play--thanks, RM!
ReplyDeleteI played, and probably aired more dirty linen than was prudent.
ReplyDeleteWhew, a second week of revisiting ghosts of times past! Great play RM...
ReplyDeleteHow many Episcopalians does it take to change a light bulb?
ReplyDeleteI don't know, but we can tell you after the facilities committee meeting.
I played here.
Well, it does seem that
ReplyDeleteDeath could be possible by meeting
My committee is forming and meeting over here.
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ReplyDeleteMeeting Required. Attendance Optional.
ReplyDeleteAfter a few weeks away, I'm glad to play again, so meet here
ReplyDeleteI played the meeting game
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Okay, no bragging, but I really think I have a particularly hilarious meeting story. Head over here and see if you agree.
ReplyDeletewow. forty comments, I'm going to have to start playing again. going to too many meetings.
ReplyDeleteANyone else sometimes feel like the church wouldn't know how to do ministry without meetings? Luckily I tend to enjoy meetings with a purpose.
ReplyDeleteI played!
The despair site is hilarious! I played here
ReplyDeleteWell, just getting to this as it has been a busy busy day - better late than never and it ain't over til the fat lady sings so here is mine.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get a chance to play as I was on a 6am plane to Fla to play family counselor to help determine whether my father in law belongs in an extended care facility-he doesn't. OY! Pray for us.
ReplyDeleteI wistfully played here and thank Reverend Mother for a great finale!
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