Tracking your progress in ensuring productive meetingsWhy do so many inefficient meetings exist? Meetings are a crucial process to the effective running of an organisation, and meetings consume so much of … Read more |
Meeting room set-upsThere are many ways to set up both physical and online meeting rooms, and your choice can have a big influence on engagement and commitment. … Read more |
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 |
Equipping your Online Meeting RoomThe online environment has a tremendous range of options for fully engaging people and their ideas in meetings. So how do you make use of … Read more |
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 |
Meeting Environment and AmbienceThe colour, sounds and imagery of our surroundings influence our mood. So what mood do you want for your next meeting, and how can you … Read more |
Mixed meetings and mediums‘Meeting’ is a verb. Thinking of it as a noun risks paradigms that restricts our full appreciation of the vast range of options now available … Read more |
Persistent Project WallsBetter than photos. Easier than minutes. More efficient than physical meetings. Accelerate your team’s progress through mapping their thinking with persistent project walls. – – … Read more |
Conceptboard TemplatesConceptboard 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 |
Questions to encourage ActionUsing questions to bring clarity to what will happen when – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
Questions to shift AttentionMaintaining mindfulness over how we are being inclusive – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
Questions to engage ActivityUsing questions to drive exploration, dialogue and insight – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
Opening QuestionsUsing questions to engage early participation from people. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Good … Read more |
Questions to build AlignmentUsing questions to build agreement to a shared purpose – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
Questions to support AssessmentGood questions are the most powerful tools available to us The questions we use to support Assessment are intended to initiate self-reflection and generate learning … Read more |
High Level and Adaptive Meeting StructuresSometimes, you are not really sure what success looks like in detail but you are confident that you will recognise it when you see it. … Read more |
Breakout Groups within meeting sessionsHow to use breakouts to increase participation and ownership – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
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 |
What does it mean if I receive feedback that is less than perfect?The straight answer is basically that for some people, at some level, the MEETING did not achieve what you had hoped it would achieve. Plain and simple. … 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 |
The $500 betThe question that causes people to take another look – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
Conducting difficult conversationsAddressing issues in delivery and commitment – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
Tracking Action CompletionApplying ‘what gets measured gets done’ to actions – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
Photocapture of meeting outputsMobile tools that make it easy to record outcomes – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |