Facilitation Skills Articles

Want To Be Heard? Stop Talking — The Power of Silence by Karen Snyder

You probably don’t believe that silence is one of my favorite tools. Certainly, when I taught a presentation skills class to Johns Hopkins graduate students, they did not expect me to talk about...

Facilitation Skills Ensure Quicker and Fewer Meetings that Get Results

Successful leaders have one thing in common: Strong facilitation skills. What are the core facilitation skills (or, facilitator skills)? Which skills do you need to lead a successful meeting?...

New Ideas Propel Public Relations Innovation to Influence Service and Community

Alex Osborn, the cohesive force behind creating ‘brainstorming’, shared a timeless message with public relations professionals in 1948 that still applies. Today, his message resonates louder than...

Meeting Killers: Eight Ways to Kill A Meeting and Your Reputation

Below are eight habits we call meeting killers that every facilitator, or meeting leader, must avoid. Neglect to prepare your participants in advance. Meeting Killers: Have you ever been in a...

Why facilitation remains an important skill for innovation and success

May 2, 2019 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Support

This month we're reposting an interview by Douglas Ferguson with Terrence Metz, Managing Director of MGRUSH...

Don’t Run! How to Manage Meeting Conflict

Apr 4, 2019 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

A meeting without conflict is a boring meeting, and we've seen very little value derived from predictable and...

Facilitative Leadership – How Novice Facilitators Can Succeed Quickly

Feb 7, 2019 | Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Support

Using the principles of facilitative leadership, novice facilitators will succeed when they draw a line of sight from...

Why We Need Professional Facilitators Who Guard Against Bias

Managing Conflict

Individuals and groups can frankly be wrong when they think they are right. Professional facilitators get groups to...

Effective Facilitators Remember to Remove Distractions to Provide More Focus

Facilitation Skills

Getting participants to focus on the same thing at the same time represents one of the hardest thing to accomplish...

15 Facilitation Guidelines Followed by Professional Facilitators

Facilitation Skills

In the role of facilitator, you can be worth your weight in gold by following these fifteen simple, yet critical...

Three Precise Questions that Improve Group Clarity and Build Consensus

Communication Skills

We have learned during facilitated meetings and workshops, that it's not easy for participants to respond to broad...

Punctuation Precision, Humorously Proven by Eats, Shoots and Leaves

Communication Skills

Eats, Shoots and Leaves Our bias about the importance of rhetorical precision has been discussed and emphasized in...

9 Tips Proven to Increase Meeting Competence and Output Quality

Facilitation Skills

Without effective leadership, you can win the agenda but lose the meeting. Meeting competence demands that you take...

How to Facilitate Decision-Making Using Pros and Cons

Communication Skills, Decision Making, Facilitation Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving

First, here is the traditional Pros and Cons method according to its creator, Benjamin Franklin: “For pros and cons,...

Facilitated Meetings Help Overcome 7 Common Product and Project Pitfalls

Facilitation Skills, Meeting Support, Problem Solving

Facilitative leadership provides the best assurance that team leads/ project managers can overcome project pitfalls....

15 Quick Tips to Help You Become a More Successful Facilitative Leader

Facilitation Skills

Here are 15 quick tips to help you become a more successful facilitative leader. “The wisdom of the crowd” effect has...

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