In depth thematic session II: Rachael Ainsworth on inclusive meetings for diversity
Channel: OLS
Date: 22/01/2024

This is the " In depth thematic sessions " call of the OLS-8 cohort of Open Life Science training week 14. Rachael Ainsworth, a product manager at Kraken, discusses the importance of inclusive meetings to ensure diversity of representation, voices, opinions, and ideas. Ainsworth highlights Open Life Science and the OpenSeeds program as examples of effective and inclusive meetings and shares her experience as a facilitator of various types of meetings.

Timestamps
00:00  Start of the Call
00:09  Paz welcomes participants and introduces the Mentorship and Code of Conduct for mentees. Mentors and mentees discuss Code of Conduct and share struggles in a recorded session with Rachael Ainsworth as the speaker.
02:29  Rachael Ainsworth, a product manager at Kraken, discusses the importance of inclusive meetings to ensure diversity of representation, voices, opinions, and ideas. Ainsworth highlights Open Life Science and the OpenSeeds program as examples of effective and inclusive meetings and shares her experience as a facilitator of various types of meetings.
06:58 Meeting planning for inclusive communities 
12:08 effective and inclusive strategies 
16:55 Inclusive meeting practices and feedback
24:18 Community feedback and trust. Paz Bernaldo wonders if welcoming communities might hinder critical feedback in online spaces.
26:33 Inclusivity and representation in community meetings. A participant suggests that too much information and too many options can be overwhelming; they appreciate direct and open feedback.
31:15 Meeting facilitation and inclusivity.

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