Opening QuestionsThe following helpful article on opening questions was created by J.Elise Keith of Lucid Meetings, who provide software, training and resources for meetings. She writes … Read more |
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Flow and Employee EngagementThe bottom line is it’s critical to your bottom line … but how do you do it? The following article is the work of Kath … Read more |
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 |
Contracting participationHave you ever been in one of those meetings where it is clear that some people really don’t want to be there, and others try … Read more |
‘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 |
Kolb’s Learning CycleIt used to be thought that learning was something people did when they were at school or on a training course of some type. This … Read more |
Hopes & ConcernsHopes & Concerns is a tool which enables groups to outline and share their positive and negative feelings about an event from the outset. |
Interviewing GuidelinesInterviews are an extremely useful strategy for effective facilitation. They can help you to better determine the objectives for your meeting, and to to develop … Read more |
Walk Round ProcessSyndicates are an excellent way of developing quality outcomes efficiently with the meeting, and for building ownership for these. Essentially, syndicates involve taking a small … Read more |
Steps to a Facilitative Meeting ProcessEffective facilitation begins with an understanding of ‘how’ things are happening, and how that ‘how’ needs to change if things are to happen better. It … Read more |
What makes a presentation more engaging and memorableThere is a great experiment you can try around the question “what makes a presentation more engaging and memorable?” Slowly read to yourself this list of … Read more |