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Managing ArrivalArrival is all about getting the right people at the right time with the right attitudes and expectations.The ideal is that people arrive fully prepared … Read more |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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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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Who should I invite to my meetings?Meetings should exist for one purpose only – to change the attitudes and/or understanding of the people attending. The products of an effective meeting leave … Read more |
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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 |
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Icebreakers, questions, creative exercises‘Ice’ in a meeting is the invisible barrier that suppresses individual contributions. It starts out quite normally in waiting for the host of the meeting … Read more |
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Seven Management and Planning toolsOne of the real strengths of the Japanese is a tendency to standardise and simplify wherever possible. Faced with an ever increasing number of management … Read more |
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Multi-Channel TemplatesSee: The concept of a multi-channel approach Multi-Channel Involvement is about using alternative forms of input to the meeting. The standard input to a meeting tends … Read more |
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iFrames to support meeting toolsiFrames are meeting templates; large workspaces which encourage simultaneous participation from everyone. They provide the means for everyone to engage: to contribute and ‘listen’ at … Read more |
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Meeting Task and Maintenance SkillsAt a surface level, it is easy to believe that the interactions which take place in a meeting are all about different aspects of the … Read more |