Forum Parking Lot
Plan your year: core struggles, Deep Dives, Brainstorms, Themes, retreat and legacy ideas, all in one place
The Exercise
The Parking Lot is where a forum collects everything it wants to explore this year, then turns it into a plan. Tag every idea by area of life:
🔵 Personal — health, growth, habits, wellbeing
🟣 Family — relationships, parenting, partnership
🟡 Business — strategy, leadership, growth
- 1 Work the Worksheet together as a forum.
- 2 Share your examples and tell stories to the group.
- 3 Consolidate on a whiteboard or post-it notes: make a big list of Deep Dives, Learn topics and Themes, then create a "Journey of Learning Year".
- 4 Now create your plan for your forum for the next 3 years.
Core Struggles to Resonate To
The deep beliefs underneath what we say we struggle with. Read them out and notice which one lands for you.
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Deep Dives
Things I am feeling and struggling with right now that I want to explore honestly with my forum.
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Brainstorms
Open "How can I / how do we...?" questions where the forum throws out as many ideas as possible.
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Topical Discussions
A subject the whole forum explores together, with each member sharing their experience.
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Subject Matter Experts
The outside experts a forum might invite in to teach, advise or challenge the group.
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Themes
A word or short phrase that sets the tone for the forum year or my own year.
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Retreat Theme Ideas
Names and themes a forum could build a retreat around.
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Legacy Ideas for a Moderator
Questions and activities a moderator could bring to help members think about what they will leave behind.
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