Staying relevant and compelling when you facilitate multiple generations presents significant challenges. Problems...
How to Facilitate Multiple Generations — All the Time
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Facilitation Skills Articles
12 Critical Facilitation Do’s and Don’ts During Meetings, Sessions, and Workshops
Our readers and students have clamored for a quick-reference checklist of the most important facilitation Do’s and...
Business Model Canvas — Agenda Steps and Questions
The Business Model Canvas was created by Alexander Osterwalder, of Strategyzer®. The canvas provides a one-page primer...
Fix Meeting Challenges that Remove Energy from Meetings
Amazingly, talented people who care can come together and yet fail demonstrably in a ‘meeting.’ Meetings fail because...
How You Can Help Your Meeting Participants Become Better Listeners
The effective facilitator helps meeting participants become better listeners. Dr. Ralph Nichols, “Father of the Field...
Facilitating Crucial Conversations and the Dialogue Model
Numerous alumni have asked if we have read Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, and so we...
Information is Physical — a brief review of James Gleick’s “The Information”
Information is physical. “To do anything requires energy. To specify what is done requires information.” -Seth Lloyd...
Remaining Neutral — Take Only Photographs, Leave Only Bubbles
Remaining neutral describes the single most important trait of an effective facilitator. As a YMCA-certified SCUBA...
Rhetorical Precision and Clear Communications — Stress Substance Over Style
Rhetorical precision suggests that words reflect meaning, much like illustrations, symbols, and numbers. Challenging...
The 4 Steps to Active Listening and 10 Tips for Interactive Listening
Active listening captures a critical skill of effective facilitation, coaching, and servant leadership. Highly...
Both Facilitator and Meeting Designer: Role of Session Leader
The Role of Session Leader You have a multitude of tasks to perform during the workshop. The success of the...
Quiet People: 5 Ways to Increase Meeting Participation
A leopard cannot change their spots. In the same vein, you are never going to convert quiet people into extroverts who...
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