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Facilitator Training 101: Four Required Roles Supporting Effective Facilitation
We all have skills to perform many roles in life, such as switching quickly between parent and child when attending a...
STOP! Were We Even In The Same Meeting?
Daniel Pink’s newest research proves that the end of a meeting is more important than the beginning. Endings...
Punctuation Precision, Humorously Proven by Eats, Shoots and Leaves
Eats, Shoots and Leaves Our bias about the importance of rhetorical precision has been discussed and emphasized in...
How to Facilitate Decision-Making Using Pros and Cons
First, here is the traditional Pros and Cons method according to its creator, Benjamin Franklin: “For pros and cons,...
Empower Your Meeting Participants to 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...
Rhetorical Precision and Clear Communications — Stress Substance Over Style
Rhetorical precision suggests that words reflect meaning, much like illustrations, symbols, and numbers. Challenging...
Mastering Active Listening: 4 Essential Steps and 10 Tips for Interactive Communication
Active listening is a crucial skill for effective facilitation, coaching, and servant leadership. Highly skilled...
Facilitate Meaning and Intent, Not Words
One of the toughest tasks of a facilitator is to relinquish judgment and fully seek the intent behind the terms used...
How to Facilitate Scientists, Asians, and Europeans
Recently on a blog, an informal group of mathematicians solved a tough and long-standing mathematics problem in a few...
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