Some ideas: 1. Prepare for meetings - set aside 10-15 min to go over any background info, agenda items, etc. Take notes as you prepare, so you can consult the

Some ideas: 1. Prepare for meetings - set aside 10-15 min to go over any background info, agenda items, etc. Take notes as you prepare, so you can consult them during the meeting. 2. If something comes to you during the meeting but you don't feel comfortable raising it, write it down. You can always raise it 1-on-1 afterwards, do further research offline to answer questions, etc. 3. There are ways to contribute beyond ideas. Keep minutes. Help rein in digressions. Help bring attention back to salient points that got dropped. In general, communication is hard, and often requires both structure and diligence to be effective. 4. Given all this, if you're still not sure how to contribute to a meeting: do you need to be there? Some meetings are not an efficient use of everyone's time - maybe bring informed after the fact is good enough. 5. Consider raising your concerns to a trusted manager. A good manager is happy to help team members improve soft skills. 6. In that vein: talking and contributing are not synonymous. There are tools / approaches to conduct brainstorms that aren't rapid-fire talkfests: one common such structure is to give team members time to independently write down thoughts, then review afterwards. Keep in mind also that the person who says 1 or 2 well thought-out things is likely contributing way more of use than the person who insists on adding their opinion to every last item. HTH!