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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...

Remember the WHY Before the WHAT – An Integrative Problem Solving Framework and Agenda

Searching for a problem solving approach proven to work in a variety of situations? Whether you’re a group of highly paid nuclear physicists designing a new multimillion-dollar scanner or a group...

Online Meeting Problems (and Solutions!)

Most have you have seen the hilarious, but oh-so-real “A Conference Call (in Real Life)” by tRIPP and tYLER (22 million views) that mocks dozens of common online meeting problems. While most of us...

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

Sep 23, 2021 | Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools

The Purpose There’s nothing more frustrating than an unproductive meeting—except one that leads to another...

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

Aug 12, 2021 | Analysis Methods, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Facilitation Skills, Leadership Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving, Scrum Events

For over ten years, we have consistently posted articles on Facilitation Best Practices. Articles are written to help...

Remember the WHY Before the WHAT – An Integrative Problem Solving Framework and Agenda

Nov 9, 2020 | Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Problem Solving

Searching for a problem solving approach proven to work in a variety of situations? Whether you’re a group of highly...

STOP! Were We Even In The Same Meeting?

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

Daniel Pink’s newest research proves that the end of a meeting is more important than the beginning. Endings...

Your Meeting Pathway to Success and Supplemental Workshop Canvas

Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving

Over the years, students and alumni have clamored for a simple reference sheet of our curriculum and how to prepare...

How to Facilitate Speakers and Conference Presentations

Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Agendas, Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving

During a four-day conference, we facilitated more than 20 speakers and varying presentations, each citing distinctive...

Don’t Run! How to Manage Meeting Conflict

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...

Liberating Structures Design Sprint Plan Contributed by Alumni and Guest, Douglas Ferguson

Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

Using Methods From Liberating Structures to Create a Robust Design Sprint Plan MG RUSH welcomes Douglas Ferguson as an...

Product Owner — Creating Products that Customers Love

Meeting Structure, Meeting Tools, Scrum Events

“Creating Products that Customers Love” strikes us as highly poignant, as much of the world heads toward a holiday...

12 Critical Facilitation Do’s and Don’ts to Lead Successful Meetings and Workshops

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

Our readers and students have clamored for a quick-reference checklist of the most important facilitation Do’s and...

Critical Questions to Answer with the Business Model Canvas

Communication Skills, Leadership Skills, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

The Business Model Canvas was created by Alexander Osterwalder, of Strategyzer®. The canvas provides a one-page primer...

Kanban or Scrum: Pick the Right Workflow Tool

Meeting Tools, Scrum Events

Guest post by Christian Golden, Ph.D. In the world of content and product development, Kanban and Scrum are two of the...

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