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Online Meeting RoomsOnline meeting rooms have now surpassed most physical venues in their potential to host effective meetings. So what needs to happen to make use of … Read more |
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Readiness Check-inA lot of time gets wasted in meetings because people arrive poorly prepared to play their part in making the meeting efficient. People often arrive … Read more |
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Tracking Action CompletionIn some organisations, lack of progress on actions between meetings is endemic. In many organisation, it can be quite common, and can be a typical … Read more |
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Presentation TimersThe one thing we all know about presentations is that unless they are properly controlled, many of them will overrun – often to the cost … Read more |
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Tracking Audience Mood and ResponsesThere is a skill in presenting at the right pace and detail for your audience. In a physical meeting, this is facilitated by watching your … Read more |
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Using Blob Trees to Assess Mood and ReactionsBlob Trees are an excellent inexpensive resource for assessing the mood of a group either at the start of the meeting, or at various points … Read more |
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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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The one strategy most likely to succeedWhen it comes down to it, all change is personal. It all comes down to individuals thinking and doing something different. Whatever you are trying … 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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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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Meeting Effectiveness Maturity ModelMaturity Models are simply tables that describe the journey between poor practice and best practice across a number of different aspects and levels. – – … Read more |
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Conducting a Pre-MortemWhat is a Pre-Mortem? Courtesy Matt Byrom, Siemens plc In conventional project management, when you undertake a risk assessment, people are asked to say what … 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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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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Photocapture of meeting outputsVirtual meetings have a big advantage over physical meetings in the area of documenting the outcomes. It is easy in a virtual meeting to simply … Read more |
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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 |
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Diversity and alienating languageWays to encourage people to bring their whole selves – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
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Conducting difficult conversationsThe biggest reason for poor behaviour in meetings is simply an unwillingness in people to confront it. Basically, we don’t like difficult conversations, and so … Read more |
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Action MinutesAction Minutes are simply a means of recording the key outcomes of a meeting in which people can clearly see their responsibilities for bringing those … Read more |
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Basic Facilitation – an introductionFacilitation is about two things. It is about having a process which people will follow, and it is about intervening to enable the people to … Read more |
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Session PlansReally effective and efficient meetings are rarely achieved by accident. The following diagram shows a small section of an off-site workshop plan which reflects the … Read more |
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Affinity DiagramThe Affinity Diagram is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools and is deceptively simple. It is a means for looking at patterns and … Read more |
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SWOT AnalysisSWOT analysis is a tool which enables groups or individuals gain a better understanding on the current situation in terms of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities … 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. How … Read more |
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BrainstormingBrainstorming is probably the best known, the most-used, and the most misused tool in creative work within organisations. Essentially it is a free-form technique for … Read more |