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