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Structuring Effective MeetingsIf you are an organisation or individual seeking to create an effective future, the key medium you have to effect this is in how you … Read more |
– 7b. Facilitative techniques
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‘Active’ ListeningActive listening is wonderfully parodied by the actor Robert Lindsay in ‘The Helping Hand’: “Active listening? How am I supposed to listen ‘actively’? What do … Read more |
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Guidance on meeting groundrulesWhy have groundrules? Pause for a moment and think about your answer to the following question: What rules should be followed in all meetings, by … Read more |
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PowerPoint TimersTimers are great tools for making sure that people recognise how time is passing when they are engaged in a task. The idea here is … Read more |
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Influencing OptionsMeetings are particularly effective when the people within them take ownership for working out what needs to be done and then commit themselves to do … Read more |
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Questions to influence the flowIn the article on Influencing Options we looked at the importance of questions to develop and maintain ownership within the meeting. |
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Power positioningSeats around a meeting room table are not all of equal influence. The smooth transfer of the conversation from one speaker to the next is … Read more |
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Hopes & ConcernsHopes & Concerns is a tool which enables groups to outline and share their positive and negative feelings about an event from the outset. |
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Meetings ChecklistPhase 1 Clarity of purpose/process Is there a clear objective defined which warrants the meeting? Is it necessary (as a meeting) or can (at least … Read more |
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Seven Rules of FeedbackFor most of us, feedback is an unresolved paradox between our head and our heart. Logically, we embrace the notion that feedback is essential to … Read more |
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Example GroundrulesThe following groundrules are offered as an example for you to adapt or utilise as you wish. For more information, see Guidance on meeting groundrules. |