MAP Chat meetings are more similar to a forum than a lecture. While there are occasional focus sessions dedicated to a specific topic and speaker, similar to a lecture, there are usually more collaborative discussions about shared topics of interest. MAP Chat meetings generally follow the below agenda:
- Greetings and food
- “This Week’s Finds” – open sharing of interesting topics encountered recently
- Focus session
- Occasional lecture-style presentation of a specific topic
- Default is collaborative discussion of curated topics – largely inspired by group reading effort
- Up Next – mentions of interested and related talks in the upcoming week, as well as group reading