Hive-Naija Weekend Engagement #60 - "A BETTER HANGOUT"

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Good day friends.

I am grateful to be back here after the general elections. I am more grateful that there was not much chaos as expected during the elections.

Welcome to this weekend hangout.

My POV On How A Hangout Could Be Improved

A hangout is simply regarded to where people agree to meet and discuss on topical issues as it affects them or the time they live in.

I think that when an hangout is to be organized, the first thing to be done is to state clearly what your expectation from the hangout would be. When this is done, thoroughly, then inr may proceed without fear.
Allowing for people to say their minds on the issue at hand is a great way to improve the hangout. From human psychology, people feel free and welcomed when their perspective in a discourse is respected. So, when people say a particular statement, whether it is true or not, your response must not negate them directly.

On the other hand, the reward system (if any) you be on merit. Giving out reward to discussants in a hangout is yo encourage participation. Even though the reward is at thee discretion of the organizer, it must have a controlling factor for the choice of who gets what. I have been in one hang out here on hive where the organizer said openly that he gives the reward base on his personal wish to anyone he wishes. But my take on that is that the organizer rather not add a reward system if it will not be base on merit.
In addition, topical issues that affects the particular time should be brought in from week to week. The topic could be from national issues, politics, education, finance, social issues like marriage, crime and so on. Since the hangout has a n age bracket as it target, topics that affects such age bracket should be on the discussion list.
In addition, when results of the week's discussions are released, everyone who has taken part should be mentioned. It is away of getting feedback.

The reward system may not be easy to follow through because of finance, as such, partnership is welcomed. The hangout could partner with brands to get rewards dishes out to discussants on different levels and on a weekly basis as sponsored by the partners.

I think, with these, the hangout hope to be successful.

It's another weekend my people with an interesting topic of discussion, do well to mention others that are not mentioned here and also if you were not mentioned and you will love to be mentioned, do well to notify us.

@deraaa @B0s @merit.ahama @peaq @monioluwa @brightdavid @stevenson7 @obrisgold1 @jaydr @mayorkeys @wolfofnostreet @readthisplease @young-boss-karin @tukem1 @k-banti @iskafan @chosenfingers @onwugbenuvictor @monica-ene @heskay @etiboy56 @doziekash @chincoculbert @funshee @omosefe @ozohu @attentionneeded @popmanj @estherscott @vickoly @gloriaolar @pianokills @hepziba @tblings-art @anissignature @ijohnsen @manuel6 @khaleesii @kenechukwu97 @abidemiademok21 @otshotz @blezyn @uzuka @mrenglish @bbjmed @uddydan @reineesmay @b0s @prechidi @joydukeson @benii @henryce @nkemakonam89 @zestimony @surgeoncaspar @kingobonnaya @royalpeek @sekani @olawalium @drstrings @ajumaa @blackavalon @jachy @samostically @treasuree @dimmablogs @glorydee @quduus1 @obaro @temibot @hivedeb @stefanovah @adaezeinchrist @kierydearie @khingstan @emreal @moremoney28 @justfavour @herbae @temmylade @princessbusayo @geelocks @actordontee @cescajove @adeife2 @etorobong @jannaforyou @amiegeoffrey @schola.kosy @busk1999 @redna @etiboy56 @jmis101 @queenstarr @yinks @empressjay @marajah @ovey10 @anthony57 @mercytosh @cleevesh @sharonia02 @balikis95.

We are so sorry for not notifying you all in time.

To the one in charge you've always been doing a great job.
Ever since the hang out started
You all have been doing great.

Don't really know what went wrong because there used to be a time if I stay a minute to comment I would come to see tons of comment.

But then I think what's affecting is how it can be hard for people to get upvotes these days which led some to staying off hive theses days and this really affect our weekly hang out.

So here is the thing maybe we get to be familiar and connect back with ourselves through post I mean be connected to everyone that is always tagged on this post you know comment and reblog and if you can upvote fine not really necessary just connect back.

With that we keep the vibe and come back every Friday to our weekly hang out.
That should help revive.

I guess if we have to use Leothreads, we won't be able to give a full details since the characters are only limit to 240 words. What do you think? @sam.hangout

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TALKING ABOUT MAKING THE HANGOUT SECTION MORE ENGAGING, I WILL ALSO LIKE TO SITE SOME POINTS TO THE HIVENAIJA COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.

Going back to the basics, what do people do when they hangout? Infact what would you and I do before we hang out?

I think the first thing is to plan.

Plan for what?

Every event that is likely to take place.

Plan for how we can achieve, actualize and establish the community goal.

So yes, we vibe, we talk, laugh, and have fun. But I think the very first reason this community was created was for Nigeria to grow.

So we plan for a growth structure. One in which people will be given repetitive tasks in the community that will make sure everyone coming into the community is sure of achieving The very first thing that made them come into hive; growth

If everyone has a sense of belonging here, engagement wouldn't be an issue. Our hangout and other sections will be busy 24/7.

I will also suggest.

FOR REPETITIVE FUNCTIONS

Let there be people in charge of developing newbies onboard but this time Nigerians

(Although I haven't attended a hangout section here, so probably you already do it here.) Let's give everyone a chance to do something and appreciate them. This time not as a competition, but as an honor. Probably once a month we look through curators who have been consistent, and give them a chance to express themselves to the community however they choose. (I like to call it the silent speaker award.) Every month to three speakers.

There are definitely alot of things we can do that no community on hive does, not as though what I said should be picked, just sitting an example about being unique in our own way as Nigerians on hive.

I have said alot already, sorry if you don't like reading long post, the ideas just kept coming as I started typing. But I think this can be a new kick off.

@merit.ahama @abdul-qudus @cescajove @magicfingerz @maryjacy @timi01 @khingstan @kingsleyy @nelson-george you guys should show up and at least say hi, it's been a while and you, I haven't seen you here before, you know yourself 😜.

I've read through the comments and a lot of persons have made really beautiful suggestions on how to make our hangout a beautiful place to be.

Well for my little suggestion, I think it will be a good idea to delegate the duty of choosing each weekend's topic of discussion to different people, especially those that are consist and the person chosen will also be in charge of choosing that week's winner. This will make everyone feel welcomed just as @kilvnrex suggested.

@quduus1 I will really love to know what you think, I've missed my engagement partner 😭.

Here's a link to my response on leothreads

Nice suggestions from everyone. I would also like to give my little opinion too. This hangout is a great one because it connects us to other users while hearing their views concerning the related topics being given. It also boosts engagements here on Hive which is great.
So, I would like to add that perhaps a poll should be out with random topics where people would cast a vote to choose the next topic for the weekend.

OR

People should be tagged individually every week to suggest a topic idea. At least this would make everyone assigned and take responsibility when it's their turn. In this way, you are putting them in the affairs of the hangout.

This is my little contribution. This can be found on my thread here:

https://alpha.leofinance.io/threads/view/princessbusayo/re-leothreads-2afre7bnw

IF YOU WERE TO RUN AN HANGOUT, WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Pls just do hookup among us, I don't mean the hookup you mean ooo, I mean the genuine one. Then watch out for massive turn up🙈🙈🙈

I'm speaking the minds of many.🥱🥱🥱🥱

I come in peace

@geelocks @joycealarapon @jmis101 @wongi

It's not bad if you get involved here😁

It's going to be my first time joining the engagement. @jhymi , @cheeamaka. Y'all should come and check it out too.

Hello everyone,

This week's question is a beautiful one, it's actually an opportunity for everyone to bring in their idea of what they think can make a better hangout.

Well in my own humble opinion

How to run a hangout, first I will have a goal and what exactly I want to achieve in the hangout. Coming to hive which the main reason is to build the community and also a way to encourage people to grow. I think a discord group chat should be created so we can be sending in our topic and at the end of the week, the best and preferred topic will be picked and used for the week's hangout.

Secondly people should be rewarded based on the effort they have put in. If we want to grow a system then people should be given a task to accomplish and a way to also contribute our ideas, money and time for the growth of the system. This is the way to also make people grow and be serious in what they are doing, when the work let them be rewarded according to the effort.

The thing that will get especially young people to be consistent about a thing is fun, let the topic be fun and interesting to play around with and also a means to learn and grow and also earn, yeah we can introduce games for the fun and the winners get to earn something tangible. This is my humble opinion thanks.

Let me invite a friend @itohowo

This initiative by @sam.hangout is amazing, I love it. Good to see we can speak kparapo always when expressing ourselves.

If my suggestion has been made, then I am supporting the motion. But if it has not been made, then here is it:
MY SUGGESTION
Since it is a hangout, we can make it live even on the Blockchain. What I mean is, if we can get the actual time the hangout post would be uploaded. The writer makes it short, but every commenter is on ground to express their view instantly. Not within a space of two days but that moment.
We can also have added channel on discord where we all type simultaneously and the writer's voice is heard. If he wants, some other people who believe strongly that they need their voices heard than just typing the words out can also use the voice channel to talk.
@deraaa come and join in here. Is @abdulqudus, come and join the hangout. @zizymena are you here yet?

I am impressed with the comments and suggestions here, good job community!

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Wow, love the conversations here, very lively comment section!