A few voices dominate most meetings, and everyone else goes quiet. I’ve watched it happen for years, in classes and board meetings, and in the online trainings I’ve taught. So I started wondering what I could do about it.
Conversation Hog is the idea: a shared speaking queue everyone in a meeting can see, with a soft limit on repeat speakers. Spoken a few times already? You move to a second list until others get a turn. The correction comes from a visible rule, not a host calling anyone out.
So far, that idea lives as a site, not a working tool. What I’ve built is the brand, including a flying-pig logo, and a page at ConversationHog.com with a feedback form. The branding is entirely my own, and is subject to change depending on what I learn going forward.
I built the site in partnership with AI, moving fast through ideation and a first pass at the code. I then applied my web development experience to adjust the architecture and code, and to refine the design. The stack is HTML, PHP, MySQL, and pure CSS, no frameworks, with dark mode and the parts that don’t show but matter, like spam protection and cache-safe versioning.
I released the site in mid-September. I’ve posted about it on LinkedIn and reserved the name on other social platforms. Now I’m reaching out to people who actually run meetings, aiming to talk with 30 to 40 online facilitators over the next three months. I won’t wait for all of them before I start building: the tool and the final branding will take shape as the feedback comes in. The goal is a testable version by the end of 2026.
The site is live at ConversationHog.com. It’s an example of how I aspire to work going forward: notice a problem and shape a preliminary brand and design so there’s something to discuss, then let real feedback decide what’s next.
Run meetings or want to talk about agile development? I’d love to hear from you.
