Watch this short video to learn how to use an affinity diagram to maximize the value of your team’s brainstorming.
How to Pull an Opinion out of Meeting Crickets
There’s a proposal on the table, and nobody is willing to say what they think about it. Here’s what you can do to solve this problem.
2 Tricks That Will Increase Your Meeting Influence
If you struggle to get others to see things your way during meeting discussions, here are two easy techniques you can use to get them to pay attention to you.
Facilitation: The Right Stuff
Once, in a phone conversation with another facilitator, I asked him about the facilitation courses he taught. “I don’t teach any” he replied. “You can’t teach facilitation.” There are few opinions I offer that are as definitive as this one. He’s wrong.
Fuzzy Instructions Hurt Small Group Work
This past week I spent two full evenings (6:00 – 10:00) participating with about 100 people in a visioning process for the city where I live. The consultants used scenario planning as the method for guiding our work.
Jokers and Devils: A Simple Meeting Technique
It’s easy to believe meetings should just work. And yet, too often they don’t. That’s why you need to plan carefully. Coming armed with a bagful of tricks doesn’t hurt either.