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More advanced whiteboards

Where do you go next when you have whiteboard enthusiasm but have outgrown Google Jamboard? – – – – – – – – – – … Read more

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Google Jamboard

Getting started on Virtual Whiteboards Google Jamboard is probably the simplest and most intuitive of all the mainline participative whiteboards. What it lacks in features … Read more

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Meeting is a verb!

Should we ban meetings? Probably Should we ban meeting? Never!   We tend to understand the word ‘meetings’ as a noun. When we use the … Read more

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Working in Two PowerPoint Windows

Guidance on using two PowerPoint Windows to enable facilitation by using PowerPoint more interactively to capture people’s ideas and observations.  – – – – – … Read more

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Virtual Flip Charts

Virtual 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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Virtual Flipchart Tools

Each 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

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Virtual Flipcharts using mmhmm

Guidance on installing Virtual Flipcharts through mmhmm and similar commercial software. Virtual Flipcharts are a free, simple and easy way of including a flipchart electronically … Read more

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Virtual Flipcharts using OBS

Guidance on installing Virtual Flipcharts through the open source software OBS. Virtual Flipcharts are a free, simple and easy way of including a flipchart electronically … Read more

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Effective Flipcharting

10 tips for using flipcharts facilitatively There is a lot of good advice on how to write good flipcharts – spacing, limited colours, borders, drawings, … Read more

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Virtual Flipchart Gallery

Each 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

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Virtual Flipcharts

Virtual Flipcharts are a free, simple and easy way of including a flipchart electronically in your webcam. They help engage participation and form a helpful, … Read more

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Micro-Polling

Six quick and simple tools to maintain engagement – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more

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Conceptboard Templates

Conceptboard is an infinite virtual whiteboard where people can engage and participate fully in developing the outcomes of meetings: online or physical, all together or … Read more

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Effective Questions

I 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

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Liberating Structures

Liberating 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

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Meeting Tool Selection

There 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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Managing Assembly

Assembly is all about getting the right people at the right time with the right attitudes and expectations. So how do you do this? – … Read more

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Inspiring Activity

Engagement of people in a meeting makes a big difference to the quality and ownership of the result. Speaking and listening can prove poor mechanisms … Read more