ShowMe50

Advancing Gender Equality in Corporate America

Resources For New Circles

  • Meeting Format
    1. Q1-Meeting#1: Icebreaker meeting 
      1. LeanIn has detailed guidelines on this – provide a link for this
      2. SURVEY: Get the pulse on the ground -Send a survey out asking members
        1. Name
        2. Contact
        3. Your top three personal/career goals
        4. Your top three goals for this circle
        5. What (3) topics they want to focus on in the next quarter – <PROVIDE DROP DOWN LIST>. SM50 topics to choose from for the Q1 – in order of priority
          1. Building New Skills
          2. Diversity & Inclusion
          3. Career development
          4. Workplace Issues
          5. Others: please list___________________
        6. Would you like to lead/volunteer for meetings?
        7. Know someone who is an expert in their field and adds tremendous value as a guest speaker? Provide their name, contact, and expertise
        8. Additional notes/comments

 

  1. Evaluate the survey and decide on meeting frequency and content
    1. Based on survey topic interest – curate the next 4 to 5 meetings
    2. Identify moderators for each meeting – get early commitments
    1. Meeting#2: Survey topic #1
    2. Meeting#3: Survey topic #2
    3. Meeting#4: Survey topic #3
    4. Meeting#5: Survey topic #4
    5. Holiday month?
  • Meeting#7: Summarize events? Mixer + Send another survey Out for the next 5 meeting leanin/SM50 Social
  1. Meeting#6: Survey topic #1
  2. Meeting#7: Survey topic #2
  3. Meeting#8: Survey topic #3
  4. Meeting#9: Survey topic #4 
  5. Meeting#10: Survey topic #5
  6. Summer Month

 

  • Some additional pointers
    1. While planning your meetings – account for holiday months and summer months. 
    2. Recommend annual mixer.
    3. Mix it up: 
      1. have external speaker
      2. Have volunteers take turns leading meetings and practicing leadership skills
      3. Panel Discussion Event
      4. Outdoor event
      5. Workshops