A NEW BEGINNING - Global Real Estate Institute

HELPFUL TIPS
GRI discussions are NOT panels. They are like after-dinner
conversations in one’s own living room with a few good friends
under the guidance of the moderating Chair.
Everyone participates equally, not just the Discussion (co-)Chairs.
The job of the moderating Chair is to make EVERYBODY talk and engage.
Discussion co-Chairs sit scattered about the room and participate no
more, no less than anyone else in the room.
If connecting with new partners can be useful, we encourage you to
ENGAGE as vocally and actively as you might enjoy. This will enable
others to get to know you and you to get to know them.
The Moderating Chair will be addressing questions DIRECTLY to
particular participants, by name or by pointing at them, not just to anyone
unspecified in the room at-large, as that is usually greeted with pregnant
silence. Even so, you are encouraged to comment, question, dissent or
otherwise interject.
As no one will prompt you, please join the discussion room of
your choice in time. Rooms only fill in AFTER a discussion starts
and you need not be alarmed by a near empty room. It will quickly
get crowded.
Some participants speak so softly as to be unheard by most.
SPEAK UP and remind others to do so if you can’t hear them.
AVOID monopolizing conversation, self-promotion or commercial
pitches as the Moderating Chair has been urged to cut them off.
The GRI format was designed to enable senior industry leaders
to share, learn and make friends in as natural, spontaneous and
collegial a setting as possible. We welcome your suggestions
as to how we can do better.