Feedback Etiquette
Please know that our attendees are more interested in building each other up than subjecting others to withering criticism. With that in mind, we understand that constructive criticism is important. Please come to the conference ready to make compliment sandwiches! (A compliment, followed by constructive criticism, followed by another compliment)
Helpful Feedback
- Establish trust and fellowship first
- Balance the positive and negative
- Observe, don't interpret
- Be specific
- Don't make it personal
Unhelpful Feedback
- Speaking before you listen
- Being overwhelmingly negative
- Interpreting the presenter's art for them
- Being vague or uninformative
- Insulting or discouraging
- Attacking personal beliefs or interpreting