Meeting Methodologist or Meeting Designer? A Rhetorical Shift.
Clients frequently contact us about facilitating a meeting or workshop on behalf of an individual or organization. It might be a large, multi-national firm planning a complicated, and potentially expensive, deliverable. It could be a small,...
How To Save Your Meeting With A ‘Special’ Meeting Break
Think of a meeting break as a pressure relief valve. Under normal circumstances, a standard ten-minute break, every seventy-five minutes or so, allows participants to decompress so they can return to the meeting refreshed and on track. However,...
Ingredients on How To Rescue a Bad Meeting
Meetings are necessary. But not all meetings are good. To be more precise, not all meetings are run well. But how can you rescue a bad meeting if you’re not the one leading it? While our workshops focus on creating better leaders, the truth is,...
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 family gathering, or switching quickly between friend and customer when shopping or dining with a significant other. Likewise,...
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 leave lasting impressions. Recency triumphs over primacy. And yet, how often have you found yourself in the hallway after a meeting...
Takeaways from the Global SCRUM Gathering and Control the Room
The Global SCRUM GATHERING® Austin was kicked off on a warm Monday morning in May by Daniel Pink. Because his research focused on time and timing, Daniel compiled and published his results and findings in his newest book When: The Scientific...
Your Meeting Pathway to Success and Supplemental Workshop Canvas
Over the years, students and alumni have clamored for a simple reference sheet of our curriculum and how to prepare for a meeting. Consequently, we think we have it now and hope you agree. Meetings can be expensive and wasteful, especially when...
How to Facilitate Speakers and Conference Presentations
During a four-day conference, we facilitated more than 20 speakers and varying presentations, each citing distinctive topics ranging from embracing social responsibility to utilizing Google® Hangouts for small groups. Participants applauded our...
Why facilitation remains an important skill for innovation and success
This month we're reposting an interview by Douglas Ferguson with Terrence Metz, Managing Director of MGRUSH Facilitation Training. This article originally appeared on voltagecontrol.com. (Reprinted here with Douglas Ferguson's permission.) Terrence...
Don’t Run! How to Manage Meeting Conflict
A meeting without conflict is a boring meeting, and we've seen very little value derived from predictable and unexciting meetings and workshops. However, internal and external conflict reflect emotions that, when harnessed, enable creative change...
Liberating Structures Design Sprint Plan Contributed by Alumni and Guest, Douglas Ferguson
Using Methods From Liberating Structures to Create a Robust Design Sprint Plan MG RUSH welcomes Douglas Ferguson as an Endorsed Facilitator and Guest writer. Douglas is an expert in Design Sprints and how to facilitate a Design Sprint Plan. He is...
Facilitative Leadership – How Novice Facilitators Can Succeed Quickly
Using the principles of facilitative leadership, novice facilitators will succeed when they draw a line of sight from the meeting deliverable to the quality of life of the meeting participants. To understand “facilitative leadership,” begin by...
How to Facilitate Multiple Generations — All the Time
Staying relevant and compelling when you facilitate multiple generations presents significant challenges. Problems develop when meetings include different mindsets, communication styles, and personal preferences. Scheduling, work patterns, and...
Product Owner — Creating Products that Customers Love
“Creating Products that Customers Love” strikes us as highly poignant, as much of the world heads toward a holiday season with much gift-giving. Roman Pickler’s book, “Agile Product Management with Scrum” provides the single best book, barely...
12 Critical Facilitation Do’s and Don’ts to Lead Successful Meetings and Workshops
Our readers and students have clamored for a quick-reference checklist of the most important facilitation Do’s and Don’ts. Therefore, we bring you this brief, yet powerful, set of reminders below (alpha-sorted by the highlighted term or phrase)....
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