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Memory effects

All meetings are about learning, both individual learning and collective learning. For a meeting to be effective it must result in change of some type … Read more

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Engaging presentations list

For use with ‘What makes a presentation more engaging and memorable?’ Read through this list once, slowly, without going back over any part of it.

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What is meta?

The term ‘meta’ is used when something refers to itself or, as Wikipedia explains, it is a concept which is an abstraction behind another concept, … Read more

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RACI Chart

RACI is an acronym for: Responsible; Accountable; Consulted; and Informed – four different levels of involvement that an individual might have with a particular area … Read more

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Managing by Design

What do we mean by ‘Managing by Design’? On one hand, it implies a sense of intention and predetermination, and on the other it reflects … Read more

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The Purpose of Meetings

Can we define one set of purposes for all meetings? Surely there are different types of meetings? We have meetings for planning, for review of … Read more

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Meeting Review using WWW/AFI

About meeting reviews Meeting Reviews are a simple and grossly under-utilised technique for understanding how well a meeting worked, and what can be learned from … Read more

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Managing Meeting Flow

Meeting Task and Maintenance Skills At a surface level, it is easy to believe that the interactions which take place in a meeting are all … Read more