Guided Chat - Saturday 10th June

Quite some time ago, we ran a dedicated/guided chat session around the topic of making friends/social skills. It was extremely well attended and people discussed a lot of helpful ideas and tips. I have been asked many many times when we would be running the next one.

The guided chat will run on Saturday 10th June for 2 hours from 8pm - 10pm GMT / 3pm - 5pm EST / 12pm - 2pm PDT (Please find a link to a time zone converter HERE )

The process is:

• A dedicated chat room is created for people wishing to participate
• The chat is guided by a couple of volunteer staff members - this is simply a case of the chat being facilitated to ensure that it stays on topic, everyone is heard etc. - staff will be asking questions and asking people to give their thoughts/views - it is not a matter of telling anyone what to think or what they should do. Everyone's input is equally valid and important.
• At the end of the chat, the room is closed and a thread will be created, summarising the key points discussed/any tips or advice given by members, so that forum members can comment/add their own thoughts and ideas.

I have popped a poll up here for topics we have been asked to cover. Please vote for what would help you most. Everything will get covered in future chats and if you have any ideas for future chats, please feel free to suggest them - we are hoping to run one of these every month or so going forward.

Great ideas @Freya

Great idea!

uh... it might be just me but I can't see any way of casting my vote @Freya... none of the options have a checkbox beside them... ??

That's really weird. I cast my vote Ok

Cody why are you breaking my poll?? :p

Yo seems like a good plan I'm down anythin I can do to help?

Come along and talk/encourage others to talk? It's hard to get going sometimes because people get shy and there is nothing more awkward than a silent room! Also always help to have an extra brain to remember things to put in the thread later because I am bound to miss stuff. Thank you!

Spirals have always been my greatest emotional weakness. So a discussion on how to cope with and address them would be great.

Of course.

I missed the previous chat about social skills/making friends but would love to learn about it. Where would I find notes about that chat?

It won't allow me to vote

Hmmm maybe something hinky with senior staff settings since Cody couldn't vote either - will ask @NYJmpMaster to poke it

I am not sure we had the notes element last time - it was very much a trial/prototype and it was an 'add on' that was suggested after as something that would be useful next time - sorry!

Great idea @Freya...cast my vote

Thank you

I know Ben's 'poking' around with it but I still can't vote *sigh*

Just voted.

Can someone tell me the results of the vote - I cannot see them.

@Petal 9 votes motivation 5 votes talking about it 10 votes coping techniques....

Thank you so much