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 * Subject:** Getting conversations going to facilitate results.

The purpose of the technology committee is to address issues related to technology at TPHS. Issues get addressed through conversations that occur between the committee members. Based on these conversations, decisions are made and sometimes they are written on paper. Ideally, future actions will be based on these decisions and progress will be made. Anyway, the start of this process is having conversations. Often it is helpful to have a “fierce conversation” with ourselves to focus and clarify what we feel a committee should address. Below are some questions that are designed to do this. I got them from a blog where the author wrote about have a “fierce conversation” with oneself. http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/archives/2007/11/entry_3953.htm I strongly believe in collaboration and I hope this committee accomplishes more than being a “rubber stamp” for any, one person's ideas. Please do at least a little something with this or the prior email and bring it to the tech committee's conversation through the wiki, email, and face to face. Remember, anything done on the wiki or by email is a part of the conversation and will facilitate getting results from face to face meetings. Conversely, if there are no conversations or little collaboration, then there will probably be no results.

Steps to having a “fierce conversation”:

Step 1: Identify your most pressing issue. The issue that I most need to resolve is:

Step 2: Clarify the issue. What is going on? How long has this been going on? How bad are things?

Step 3: Determine the current impact. How is this issue currently impacting me? What results are currently being produced for me by this situation? How is this issue currently impacting others? What results are currently being produced for them by this situation? When I consider the impact on myself and others, what are my emotions?

Step 4: Determine the future implications. If nothing changes, what's likely to happen? What's at stake for me relative to this issue? What's at stake for others? When I consider these possible outcomes, what are my emotions?

Step 5: Examine your personal contribution to this issue. What is my contribution to this issue? (How have I contributed to the problem?)

Step 6: Describe the ideal outcome. When this issue is resolved, what difference will that make? What results will I enjoy? When this issue is resolved, what results will others enjoy? When I imagine this resolution, what are my emotions?

Step 7: Commit to action What is the most potent step I could take to move this issue toward resolution? What's going to attempt to get in my way, and how will I get past it?