Best practices on setting up your Pod's weekly meetings.
It is recommended for every pod to convene once a week to review and discuss the learning material covered during that week.
Each pod has its unique characteristics, but we have outlined some best practices for you to adopt until you discover the most effective system for your pod.
Once your pod has finalized the details of the weekly meeting, it is essential to document them and schedule the meeting on your calendar.
Share the meeting details within the group to ensure mutual accountability among members.
Pod meeting date & time
Ideally your Pod should meet on Mondays or Tuesdays at the latest, with all Pod members having already watched the weekly video session.
This prepares all Pod members for the daily exercises related to that week’s practice, which begin on Tuesdays.
The important thing is that you DO meet, as early in the week as possible, at a time when every pod member can attend.
Length and Agenda
A typical length of time for the weekly meeting is 5 minutes per pod member. So, a pod of 4 people would meet for 20 minutes weekly.
This is just an approximation. To make calendaring easy, agree to a 30min, 45min or 1 hour weekly Pod meeting based on whichever the length of time that allows each Pod member 5 minutes to share. You’ll find this to be time well spent.
The PQ App includes a proposed Pod discussion agenda at the end of the weekly video sessions.
Meeting Method
The most commonly used tools are Zoom, Google Hangouts, Skype & FaceTime. All of these are free to download and use.
Choose the technology platform that's common to all of your pod members and easy for everyone to use.
