First visit to the clinic? – Read me!

If this is your first visit to the clinic, welcome.The clinic contains a wealth of resources ranging from basic meeting disciplines through to best practice.

The intention is to provide a set of practical tools and approaches which you can quickly and easily adapt and adopt into your meetings.

The clinic is provided as part of the Inspirometer Information Service, which is provided free of charge. You can subscribe to the service by clicking the subscription bar below.

To find useful resources which focus on your own situation, use the drop down list on the right (‘What are your symptoms?’) and select a particular focus area based on the 10 key aspects of meeting effectiveness (you can View the outline structure of the Clinic below) or click on topics that interest you from the ‘Prescription Types’ lower down.

However, to avoid unproductive use of these pages, and the risk of initiative overload, we would encourage you to read the following two posts from the outset:

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View the outline structure of the Clinic

The Clinic is structured to support improvement in ten different aspects of meeting effectiveness (these mirror the ten aspects of meeting feedback used in the Inspirometer tool, and in the integrated component of the clinic therein). Each of the ten aspects is broken down into different areas as shown below.

Clicking on any of these items in the ‘What are your symptoms?’ drop-down list on the right will present you with a list of related articles concerned with making improvements in that area.

1. Purpose – clarity of aims and approach
— – 1a. Things to think about
— – 1b. Understanding your goal
— – 1c. Designing your meeting
2. Attendance – right people, right time, ready!
— – 2a. Planning participation
— – 2b. Monitoring participation
— – 2c. Influencing participation
3. Leadership – guidance and facilitation
— – 3a. Insight and attitude
— – 3b. Facilitative techniques
4. Listening – involvement and understanding
— – 4a. Powerful presentation
— – 4b. Strategies for understanding
— – 4c. Communication problems
5. Creativity – generating ideas and insights
— – 5a. Creative environment
— – 5b. Creative tools
— – 5c. Problem solving
6. Efficiency – speed and quality of progress
— – 6a. The right platform
— – 6b. Time efficient technique
— – 6c. Metrics and feedback
7. Commitment – ownership of outcomes/actions
— – 7a. Clarifying outcomes
— – 7b. Building commitment
8. Progress – achievement between meetings
— – 8a. Realistic expectations
— – 8b. Clear accountability
9. Tools – making use of best-practice
— – 9a. The power of tools
— – 9b. Specific Tool Guidance
O. Facilities – rooms, technology and support
— – Oa. Meeting room set-up
— – Ob. Meeting room alternatives

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View the outline structure of the Clinic