{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Committee Room","title":"Episode 13 Running The Room","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":829,"description":"The meeting has been going for ninety minutes. The same three people have spoken on every agenda item. One of them is on his fourth lap of the same point. Two committee members have said nothing the entire meeting. One of them is the person with the most relevant expertise on the biggest item of the night.A well-chaired meeting is one of the most underrated governance tools there is — and in this episode Kate H and Kate M get into what good chairing actually looks like in practice.In this episode:Starting and finishing on time — why it's a form of respect, not just a preferenceThe Chair's three jobs: drawing out the quiet voices, redirecting the loud ones, keeping focus on the issue not the personalitiesPurpose, process and pace — and why the Chair should never be focused on the contentWhen to invoke the formal rules of debate — and why just knowing they exist is usually enoughWhat makes a committee decision stick — and what happens when you miss one of the five stepsFree plain-language rules of debate guide in the show notes.Full show notes at thecommitteeroom.com.au","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3KhiTf_Rg9u2Mabpnojtt9QRRB8v_oHBmz7df_bAv4w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNTAy/YTFiMTEyNTI0ZGE0/YzBlNDIyMTkwNjE3/ZGRjYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}