Events & Meetings

Events and Meetings

Regular meetings are the heartbeat of a community. Miss enough heartbeats and the community dies.

Meeting Formats

The Standard Junto Meeting (90 min)

1. Check-in (10 min) — Round-robin: “What are you working on?”
2. Standing questions (20 min) — 2-3 from the Junto questions
3. Featured topic (40 min) — One member presents; group discusses
4. Action review (10 min) — What did members do since last time?
5. Commitments (10 min) — What will each member do before next meeting?

Lightning Round (60 min)

Each member gets 5 minutes to present a challenge, resource, or insight. Group responds briefly. Fast-paced, high energy.

Deep Dive (2 hours)

One topic, explored thoroughly. Includes pre-reading distributed a week in advance. Best used monthly alongside shorter regular meetings.

Workshop (2-3 hours)

Hands-on skill-building. One member teaches; others practice. Examples: facilitation skills, writing a charter, setting up a wiki.

Social (no agenda)

Unstructured time for relationships. Dinner, hike, coffee. No business. These build the trust that makes everything else work.

Frequency

Frequency	Pros	Cons	Best For
Weekly	High momentum, strong habits	Can feel like a burden	Small, committed groups
Biweekly	Sustainable pace	Momentum can fade between meetings	Most groups
Monthly	Low time commitment	Hard to maintain continuity	Busy professionals, large groups

Virtual vs. In-Person vs. Hybrid

Format	Strengths	Challenges
In-person	Deepest connection, easiest to read the room	Geographic constraint, scheduling harder
Virtual	Accessible, flexible, recordable	Zoom fatigue, harder to build trust
Hybrid	Maximum flexibility	Remote participants often feel second-class

If hybrid, invest in making remote participants equal: good audio, deliberate inclusion, chat channel for side comments.

Further Reading

• Facilitation
• Meeting Agenda Template
• Engagement