Hello people

[trishpiglet]

Someone's Facebook post reminded me that DreamWidth was a thing and I thought 'yeah I miss seeing people's longer posts' also miss some of the people I don't Facebook with or who just don't Facebook. So HELLO here. No need to say hello back, I'll come find you x

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[nou]

You’re obviously very good at your job, but yes, you deserve your weekend off :)

Re the questions issue, might it work to offer people the option of putting questions in the chat channel instead of saying them out loud? I think there can be more of a barrier to vocally speaking up in a group Zoom call than in a face-to-face group meeting, since it’s harder to sort out conversational turn-taking and harder to understand when more than one person is talking at once. With the option of typing instead of speaking, there’s less of a feeling of interrupting.

[trishpiglet]

Good idea for next time. Thank you! I expected more interaction in the WhatsApp group and them being more vocal in their catch up calls and Zoom meetings but then I also have to remember back to the face-to-face training with the room of introverted pharmacists; that lot hardly said a word but then they did fine in their assessment.
For this time around, I'll make sure I give every opportunity for them to ask questions before Wednesday morning - also before the assessment starts I'll take questions for a few minutes and ask people how they've found the course.

I like the typing rather than being vocal option - also, if they ask just me rather than the whole group (I think you can filter chat to talk to specific people in Zoom) then they can feel they're asking their questions anonymously!

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I miss you now. I think I've remembered just how much you are one of the world's loveliest humans

[nou]

Aw, Trish, you’re lovely too <3