 | Brainwriting: A Structured Approach to Inclusive IdeationDiscover how brainwriting fosters inclusive ideation by letting every participant share their ideas independently, ensuring a diversity of voices. – – – – – – … Read more |
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 | Workshop & Meeting Design AI ConfiguratorAI Configurator for designing meetings and workshops and preparing all the materials automatically – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
Cultural issues in meeting preparationMeeting inefficiency, particularly around lack of preparation, often stems from inadvertently rewarding bad behaviours. The following is a short excerpt from the book ‘Meeting by … Read more |
 | Simple KanbanAt its core, Kanban is a visual management method that aims to optimize workflow and increase efficiency. Basically it is a simple board with columns, … Read more |
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| Facilitator Cards – an easy way to start facilitationFacilitation cards are simple, fun way to step into facilitation and to bring more activity and participation into your meetings – – – – – … Read more |
 | Peer Coaching and Self-CoachingThe self-coaching approach combines two powerful coaching models into a comprehensive process for self-development. – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
 | Meeting tools and sticky notes are not an alternative to dialogueContrary to what some may believe, meeting tools and sticky notes are not a replacement for dialogue. The purpose of using these tools is not … Read more |
 | Rules for Effective TeamworkWork with your team to develop the basis for more effective relationships and interactions – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
 | Threshold of PrideSetting practical worthwhile goals by accessing our feelings about them – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
 | Using Meeting Timers for Efficient, High Energy and Creative MeetingsWe spend more of our working time in meetings than virtually anywhere else. And the more senior we are, the more we spend our time … Read more |
 | Countdown Timers in EvernoteMany people use Evernote for capturing their thoughts and ideas, drafting copy, and documenting their work and research or studies. It provides a great resource … Read more |
 | Countdown Timers in Social Media (Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook)There isn’t really much call for including countdown timers in social media except for posts that are about quizzes, puzzles or challenges. Countdown timers can … Read more |
 | Countdown Timers in Outlook Emails and Meeting InvitesOne of the easiest places to add a countdown timer is in Outlook. You can add countdown timers to emails, to meeting invites and to … Read more |
 | Agile Timers: Countdown Timers for Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Review and Retrospective Meetings (Ceremonies)One of the great things that Agile has given us is a pattern of frequent, regular, short, focused timebound meetings, or ceremonies. Time is important, … Read more |
 | Countdown Timers on Microsoft WhiteboardSome virtual whiteboards include countdown timers. However, in two well known examples the countdown timer is either hidden entirely, or is tucked out of the … Read more |
 | Countdown Timers in Virtual WebcamsThe key benefit of adding a countdown timer to your virtual webcam through OBS or mmhmm is that it enables you to help people better … Read more |
 | Countdown Timers in Meeting Breakouts (using dummy participants)There are so many great things that meeting software developers have yet to realise that we need. Clocks and countdown timers is an obvious one. … Read more |
 | Countdown Timers on the DesktopThe Toolchest countdown timers we have created are designed to embed easily into the software you may be using for your work: PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, Evernote, … Read more |
 | Countdown Timers in Teams or Zoom MeetingsOne reason meetings struggle to keep to time is because people lose awareness of the time. This is particularly evident when they are speaking. As … Read more |
 | Working in Two PowerPoint WindowsGuidance on using two PowerPoint Windows to enable facilitation by using PowerPoint more interactively to capture people’s ideas and observations. – – – – – … Read more |
 | WFH ExercisesSimply click the wheel, then click on the exercise identified, and follow the instructions. Repeat frequently. Full guidance below. Simple BUPA recommended exercises to help … Read more |
 | Facilitation SupercardsFacilitation Supercards are the brainchild of Lisette Sutherland who curates the extremely useful collaborationsuperpowers.com site. They are easy to use flashcards to convey simple messages … Read more |
 | Virtual Flip ChartsVirtual Flip Charts are a free, simple and easy way of including a flip chart electronically in your webcam. They help engage participation and form … Read more |
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| Using Virtual Flipcharts in Zoom, Teams, …Guidance on using Virtual Flipcharts with your preferred virtual meeting software. Virtual Flipcharts are a free, simple and easy way of including a flipchart electronically … Read more |
 | Virtual Flipchart ToolsEach of the Virtual Flipchart templates below is connected with a Powerpoint file which will download if you click the image. The Powerpoint file should … Read more |