Meeting Agendas Articles

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 as facilitation training that helps you lead better meetings. Throughout, we have...

How to Lead Meetings That Increase Your “Executive Presence”

You may not think there's a difference between being proficient at organizing meetings versus being able to lead meetings. There is! Some people can do both. And if well trained, can do both well....

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...

Public Relations Innovation: New Ideas Shaping Service and Community Influence

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...

Risk Analysis – Method and Questions to Facilitate A Portfolio of Projects

Analysis Methods, Meeting Tools, Prioritizing, Prioritizing

Project portfolios focused on the best opportunities, and accelerate innovation. So how do you build consensus around...

How to Build Action Plans with Shared Ownership and Accountability

Leadership Skills, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach

To build an action plan (or, a strategic plan) that transfers ownership and accountability to your meeting...

Scrum Master Facilitator Techniques Improve Meetings

Meeting Support, Scrum Events

Agile's Scrum Master facilitator techniques ensure that business communities get quick and responsive results....

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...

How to Use the Principles of Agile’s Daily Scrum in Your Staff Meetings

Meeting Tools, Scrum Events

There are good meetings and there are long meetings but there aren’t many good, long meetings. Therefore, Agile's...

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...

Evidence-based Meeting Design Improves the Agility of Your Group

Meeting Agendas, Scrum Events

The Economist reports that “Some apartment building owners now require tenants to provide a DNA sample of their dog so...

Six Strategy-Crushing Mistakes Organizations Make And How You Can Rise Above the Rubble

Analysis Methods, Leadership Skills, Prioritizing

By Mark Morgan, CEO and Founder of StratEx Advisors, Inc. Oh, the mistakes organizations make. Business plans or...

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