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How to Be Precise with Three Meeting Transition Questions: Do NOT Ask “How Do You Solve Global Hunger?”

Meeting Transition questions is highly effective because you cannot develop a plan, any plan, such as a marketing plan, by asking "What is the marketing plan?" The question is so broad as to be...

Differences Between Skills of Project and Program Management

Close analysis of the PMBOK® (version 5) suggests that all skills required for effective project management are also required for program management. The differences between project management and...

Unstructured Meeting Costs Rise: Use a Proven Structured Technique

Meeting costs to American businesses as a result of poorly run meetings (typically unstructured) continue to rise. Surveys indicate that on average managers waste: 8.5 hours per week for low-level...

Stop Meeting Scope Creep with Precise Questions

Scope creep kills a lot of projects. Scope creep kills many more meetings. The hardest task to accomplish in leading a group of people is to get them to focus. Their minds drift, twist, and become...

Facilitation Skills Ensure Quicker and Fewer Meetings that Get Results

Nov 7, 2017 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Support

Successful leaders have one thing in common: Strong facilitation skills. What are the core facilitation skills (or,...

Public Relations Innovation: New Ideas Shaping Service and Community Influence

Oct 11, 2017 | Analysis Methods, Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Meeting Support

Alex Osborn, the driving force behind the concept of 'brainstorming,' shared a timeless message with public relations...

The Primer on Facilitation Certification – Associations Through Universities

Jul 13, 2017 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills

With facilitation today there is no common, shared body of knowledge. In part, because facilitation is a fuzzy word...

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