4 ways to engage the disengaged people in your meeting

Hard-to-handle participants are par for the course if you frequently facilitate meetings and workshops. How many of us have been in meetings where one person throws off the entire group with their remarks, disinterest, or general resistance to the task at hand? While it’s stressful when these things happen, it doesn’t need to be the thing that keeps you up at night. In a recent conversation, a peer asked me about the best ways to engage the people who, quite simply, don’t want to be there. It’s not a fun feeling for anyone involved to be in a gathering where someone clearly doesn’t want to be in the room. That’s why I’ve put together a few tools I like to use to make it less likely that you’ll encounter a disengaged-participant situation, and to help you assuredly address the issue when it arises. Here are 4 tips for managing the checked-out or disengaged attendees in your meeting. <h2>1. Make sure every attendee has a purpose</h2> Let’s call this a preventative step. When you organize a meeting or workshop, make sure you know exactly who’s attending and the role they’ll play. When each person is there to contribute a specific perspective, it automatically reduces the risk of inviting in a participant who doesn’t need to be there. When folks don’t know their role, they’re more prone to feel like the session is a waste of their time, and that leads to disengaged behaviors. <a href="https://jackiecolburn.medium.com/4-ways-to-engage-the-disengaged-people-in-your-meeting-d7e12bf11488">Click Here</a>