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Inspiring ActivityMost meetings consist of listening to presentations and discussions held around a table – which is a process that has remained largely unaltered for at … Read more |
5. Tools – making use of best-practice
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Using Participative Collaboration Techniques in Virtual WhiteboardsThe key to effective participation and engagement in virtual environments is to use tools where everyone can contribute equally and concurrently. The tools offered in … Read more |
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Meeting Tools Training Workshops 2019Each month in 2019 we are looking at a different tool to make your collaborations more inspirational and effective. Each tool is designed to increase … Read more |
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ConceptBoard FamiliarisationFor general guidance on Whiteboards, please see our post: Using Participative Collaboration Techniques in Virtual Whiteboards There are loads of virtual whiteboards out there, all with … Read more |
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Action Planning SheetThe Action Planning sheet is a tool for thinking through actions in respect of ensuring they will be effectively implemented. It is particularly useful where … Read more |
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Honeycomb DiagramThe honeycomb diagram is essentially a tree diagram laid out in a more graphically attractive manner. This can be helpful in gaining a better psychological … Read more |
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Solution Effect DiagramThe Solution Effect Diagram is a very useful variation of the Ishikawa diagram. It is used for exploring the potential implications to an intended change (sometimes … Read more |
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Starting Simple with Meeting ToolsAssumption: You have heard about using meeting tools/templates in virtual meetings, and you want a very simple start to using them in your own. And … Read more |
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Meeting Tool SelectionThere is a wide range of meeting tools available, which support the achievement of a host of different purposes within a meeting. So much so, … Read more |
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The concept of a multi-channel approachSee: Multi-Channel Templates Off-site meetings would get fairly boring if they were simply a series of presentations and questions from the floor, and the people … Read more |
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Persistent Project WallsUnlike physical meeting rooms, virtual meeting rooms can be limitless in their dimensions and their allocation. Information can be spread over their virtual walls with … Read more |
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Conducting a Pre-MortemWhat is a Pre-Mortem? Courtesy Matt Byrom In conventional project management, when you undertake a risk assessment, people are asked to say what might go … Read more |
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The £500 betThis particular exercise is based on the results of a survey undertaken by a consulting organisation of failed and delayed projects. In their interviews of the … Read more |
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Sources of meeting tools and techniquesGiven the literally hundreds (perhaps even thousands) of meeting tools and techniques that exist in the public domain, and the ease (by means of the … Read more |
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How to Build a Better BusinessHow to Build a Better Business is an e-book. It contains straightforward guidance on how to use QFD to design and manage your organisation, and … Read more |
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Rich-Picture VisioningRaise your hand if you believe you understand how passion works! Perhaps not? Passion is strange thing – immensely powerful in its impact, but confusingly … Read more |
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Why-How ChartingWhy-How charting is a means of thoroughly exploring the logic of how an entity works, and why it does what it is endeavouring to do. The … Read more |
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Activity Network DiagramThe Activity Network Diagram is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools. |
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Tree DiagramThe Tree Diagram is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools. The Tree Diagram is a tool to explore exactly what needs to be done … Read more |
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Process Decision Programme ChartThe Process Decision Programme Chart (PDPC) is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools. The Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC) Is very similar in many … Read more |
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Interrelationship DigraphThe Interrelationship Digraph is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools. It is frequently used to further explore the groups that develop out of the affinity … Read more |
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Meeting by DesignWeb-based meetings are often seen as an inferior alternative to physical meetings something to fill in the gaps when travel is too expensive or inconvenient. … Read more |
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Creativity ToolsCreativity iFrames are meeting templates which have been constructed to stimulate and challenge the minds of the group to take different perspectives on a situation, … Read more |