 | Power positioningWhere your people sit around a meeting table has an impact on the ease with which they can influence proceedings. This information can be useful … Read more |
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 | Effective QuestionsI had six honest serving men, they taught me all I knew. Their names were Where and What and When, and Why and How and … Read more |
 | Liberating StructuresLiberating Structures is a website which shares Meeting ToolChest’s heart for empowering people to reach their potential through better interaction with themselves, their colleagues and … Read more |
 | Techniques to Advance Listening and Shared UnderstandingListening is a skill. However, because it is often not seen that way, many people listen poorly. The result of this can be entrenched debate, … Read more |
 | Quick & Simple Techniques to Gain Remote ParticipationGood meetings are full of participation. Participation: ensures all of the different perspectives are included enables people to feel that their views matter and are … Read more |
 | 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 |
 | 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 |
 | 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 |
 | The Facilitation BattleBox – Physical & Remote MeetingsGood meeting facilitators know that you cannot rely on the resources you might expect to find in a meeting room, and so they typically carry … Read more |
 | 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 |
 | ‘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 |
 | Guidance on Meeting Ground RulesWhy have groundrules? Pause for a moment and think about your answer to the following question: What rules should be followed in all meetings, by … Read more |
 | Influencing OptionsMeetings are particularly effective when the people within them take ownership for working out what needs to be done and then commit themselves to do … Read more |
 | Questions to influence the flowIn the article on Influencing Options we looked at the importance of questions to develop and maintain ownership within the meeting. This brief section is intended … 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. How … Read more |
 | Clothesline for virtual meetingsSee also Clothesline for target setting by consensus The Clothesline is a tool used to develop group consensus on target setting. In the physical environment, … Read more |
 | Meetings ChecklistPhase 1 Clarity of purpose/process Is there a clear objective defined which warrants the meeting? Is it necessary (as a meeting) or can (at least … Read more |
 | Seven Rules of FeedbackFor most of us, feedback is an unresolved paradox between our head and our heart. Logically, we embrace the notion that feedback is essential to … Read more |
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| Example Ground RulesThe following ground rules are offered as an example for you to adapt or utilise as you wish. For more information, see Guidance on meeting … Read more |