Rachel Crawford
Asking For Help
Meaningful Activation
This activation will engage attendees in the practice of asking for the help they truly seek. As plain an endeavor as that may seem, it takes a lot of pre-work to reach that place. Terms of non-judgementality will be presented so that attendees hold space for themselves and for others in the most compassionate way they are able. To begin, attendees will generate a short list of what they believe they would be helped in. Attendees will then collaborate with and open up vulnerably to one another about those items, they will zero in or compile their list down to one, and they will practice their asks with one another. To finish, attendees will reflect, within their same small collaboration groups, on the journey they’ve just been on, and whether they feel that other types of help to ask for have cropped up, or if they have any insights about their emotional state to reveal.
Takeaway
- Having (probably) stepped into a discomfort zone in a fiercely-defended safe space, for the sake of strengthening that ‘muscle’ of doing a hard thing
- A clearer idea of where high value currently lies for each attendee to be asking for help in their pursuits
- A draft script of that ask for help, along with having practiced it a little bit already
The option of keeping up this cycle of asking practice after departure, via the alliances (aka vulnerabili-buddies) made during the session
About Rachel
From my origins in Silicon Valley tech startups through to rural New England cottage industries, I have underpinned tactical and emotional progress in business operations from many angles, and at many scales. I now support action-oriented and brave entrepreneurs to articulate and achieve their own extraordinary goals. Small business teams with big ideas and higher purposes are where my intellect and my playfulness peak!
Rachel will be presenting from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM at Table 2 in Meaningful Activation.
