Meeting Structure Articles

Boost Your Product Innovation through Catalyst Workshops (1 of 3)

The purpose of this article is to prepare you with a workshop approach, including the method and tools you can use to increase product innovation in your workshops --- to speed up product...

Meeting Preparation – How to Quickly Prepare Meetings for Results

Activities and Basic Agenda Approach for Meeting Preparation In an ideal world, you have ample time for meeting preparation. But in the real world, you're swamped. Too much work, too many meetings,...

A Facilitator’s Guide to Building Better Meetings (Meetings That Get Results !)

The Purpose There’s nothing more frustrating than an unproductive meeting—except one that leads to another unproductive meeting. Which is why I wrote Meetings That Get Results. Developed from over...

Facilitation Best Practices – 26 Articles To Help You Lead Better Meetings

For over ten years, we have consistently posted articles on Facilitation Best Practices. Articles are written to help you lead better meetings. Throughout, we have updated these articles to keep...

Continuous Team Building Provides Significant Advantages

Feb 10, 2022 | Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support

As defined in Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, a team is “two or more draft animals harnessed to the same vehicle...

Converting New Product Ideas into Polished Product Concepts (2 of 3)

Jan 6, 2022 | Meeting Structure, Prioritizing, Problem Solving

Product Concept Management (PCM or Catalyst) is the technique of designing, implementing, and continuously managing...

Myths and Gremlins of New Product Concept Management (PCM)

Dec 2, 2021 | Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support

Our last article launched a method for managing new product ideas called Catalyst or PCM Now we take a step back...

Agile vs Waterfall? Don’t Risk Failure By Using the Wrong One

Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Scrum Events

A professional facilitator handles several types of assignments, from planning to design. However, most facilitators...

Advanced Real-Win-Worth Screening Method that Supports Strategic Decisions

Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools

Previously, we defined 'best' as projects that performed well in an innovation test, focusing on the relative...

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

Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

Below are eight habits we call meeting killers that every facilitator, or meeting leader, must avoid. Neglect to...

Work Breakdown Structure Increases Focus and Reduces Scope Creep

Analysis Methods, Meeting Structure

Experienced facilitators understand both the challenge and value of getting a group to focus on the same thing at the...

Transform Your RACI Chart or RACI Matrix (Roles and Responsibilities Chart) into a Project Plan

Leadership Skills, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

Here's how to create a project plan or RACI chart (or RACI matrix) when your discussion or meeting deliverable...

Quantitative SWOT Analysis (TO-WS) Makes it Easier & Faster to Build Consensus

Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Prioritizing

Quantitative SWOT analysis contrasts the internal, controllable aspects of the organization (i.e., Strengths and...

Questions to Ask If Using a Decision Quality Spider Chart (DQ Spider)

Analysis Methods, Meeting Structure

When making decisions, consider testing for decision quality (DQ)[1] so that you can avoid having another meeting. A...

How to Facilitate Prioritization and Build Consensus Quickly (or, MoSCoW)

Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Prioritizing

Strongly encouraged by Steve Jobs, as mentioned in his biography by Walter Isaacson, here is how to facilitate...

Frequent Meeting Problems and What You Should Do About Them

Communication Skills, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

Ever develop that sense of deja vu about not getting anywhere during a meeting? Meeting problems are indicative of...

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