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The Facilitator’s Way: Plan Appropriate Group Processes
How do you select the processes, tools, and techniques that you plan to use to facilitate a group? Do you take direction from...
The Art of Steering a Virtual Session
Recently I responded to a question from someone in one of my LinkedIn professional groups. He asked: “During web...
Paying Attention to the Virtual Meeting Place
Prompted by a conversation with clients in the UK about their Innovation Labs or iLabs* that use an unexpected physical...
Anatomy of a Great Virtual Collaborator
Most people I know love working remotely. They say they get more done, prize their freedom and flexibility and have better...
7 Ways To Coax People Out of the Box in a Virtual World
Before the latest economic downturn, many of my clients would bring together people from all over the world, put them into a...
Editorial
Inside All of Us is a Great Virtual Collaborator
I was especially intrigued by a response evoked by my recent blog about the qualities of a great virtual collaborator. Alia...
Death by PowerPoint or Web Conferencing?
Was it a slow news day today or is this the meeting crisis of our time? The New York Times lead with the headline “We Have...
6 Ways to Make Pre-Work Compelling
Most facilitators and team leaders I’ve talked to see the value of assigning some sort of pre-work before a virtual meeting...
Matching Technology Tools to Collaboration Style
I just read an interesting article published by eminent consulting firm McKinsey & Company entitled “Using technology to...
Research Briefs Reveal Gold Nuggets For Facilitators and Team Leaders
There is exciting research going on at universities across the globe focused on understanding the basic constructs that affect...
Feature Article
First Things First: Create Collaborative Client Relationships
What approaches should you use to develop a collaborative relationship with a client? This is the second in my series of...
So, you want to solve problems and generate quality ideas in your meeting?
If solving problems or generating high quality ideas are among your primary meeting goals, which of the many meeting venues...
Why Professional Certification Is So Worth It
To certify or not, that is the question. I've been asked the question “…why would I want to certify anyways, I’ve been...
Every Productive Virtual Meeting Needs A Communication Plan
In my last post, I made the case that facilitators should take a new look at how to make pre-work more valuable and...
Which Venue Works Best For Dispersed Meetings?
In my last Research Brief for FacilitateProceedings, I shared the quantitative results to date of my study on the effectiveness...
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Opinions & Commentary
Why BP and Virtual Teams Need Clear Operating Principles
We may never know what sequence of events set off the greatest environmental catastrophe of our time. What we do know is that...
Get the Point Across... Without PowerPoint
I recently came across this super example of a different type of presentation. The topic is “Drive: The surprising truth...
Strategic Planning in Second Life
I was recently referred to the following YouTube video (thanks, Doug Caldwell) that provides an interesting example of using...
Are We Losing The Art Of Decoding Expression?
When we say “meeting” these days, we often mean getting on a conference call or clicking onto an online web meeting...
Bad Manners in Virtual Meetings - Are You Guilty?
Twenty minutes into a one hour web conference I found myself starting to multi-task. I was still listening (sure!) while I...
News & Reviews
July Webinars - How to keep participants fully engaged
With our Interactive Webinars series, we've been exploring the concept of building highly interactive elements into virtual...
Public Webinars - Leading Virtual Teams
Our colleague, Nancy Settle-Murphy at Guided Insights is offering a rare set of public sessions this month for her two most...
This is the Brain on iPads
We’ve been living with information overload from our computers and PDAs for long enough that studies are beginning to draw...
Interaction: The Key To Successful Webinars
Announcing the 2010 Webinar Series: Designing Interactive Webinars & Virtual Meetings How to Keep People Engaged We...
Additional Webinar Date: Designing Interactive Webinars
We were oversubscribed within 24 hours of posting our invitation to sign up for our free one hour webinar that demonstrates...
Case Studies
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Facilitation Tips and Techniques
The Facilitator’s Way: Plan Appropriate Group Processes
How do you select the processes, tools, and techniques that you plan to use to facilitate a group? Do you take direction from...
Why Professional Certification Is So Worth It
To certify or not, that is the question. I've been asked the question “…why would I want to certify anyways, I’ve been...
7 Ways To Coax People Out of the Box in a Virtual World
Before the latest economic downturn, many of my clients would bring together people from all over the world, put them into a...
Facilitation by getting out of the way - Lessons from Open Space Technology
I recently participated in a two-day workshop to learn about Open Space Technology (OST). A quick description of this method of...
Bad Manners in Virtual Meetings - Are You Guilty?
Twenty minutes into a one hour web conference I found myself starting to multi-task. I was still listening (sure!) while I...
Facilitating Group Process
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Meeting Design
Get the Point Across... Without PowerPoint
I recently came across this super example of a different type of presentation. The topic is “Drive: The surprising truth...
Engage Event Participants to Generate Bottom-line Results
It’s time for a new approach to meeting design. Unfortunately, many companies assume that a well-polished PowerPoint...
Meeting Tech Talk: Using YouTube in Your Meetings
It is often helpful to start a meeting with an ice breaker exercise or a bit of humor to give everyone a chance to relax and...
No Travel Allowed: How to Turn a Full Day Meeting Into 2 Hours Online
You had planned a full-way working session for 12 participants to create a detailed action plan. Due to travel and time...
Collaboration Technology
5 Tips For Using Smart Phones To Make Large Meetings Interactive
Lately I’ve been interested in the use of smart phones paired with web-based tools to make meetings more interactive. (see...
How To Use Social Networking Tools To Strengthen Virtual Collaboration
I am not one to jump on a new tool just because it’s out there. But after months of watching others and waiting, I recently...
Matching Technology Tools to Collaboration Style
I just read an interesting article published by eminent consulting firm McKinsey & Company entitled “Using technology to...
For This Meeting Please Turn On Your Smart Phones
The days of starting a meeting with “Please turn off and put away your cell phones” are over. Smart phones are common these...
Hand-Held Devices Offer New Meeting Design Options
Just as computer keyboard skills were once an inhibiting factor in using technology for collaboration, is there a similar...
Business Collaboration
First Things First: Create Collaborative Client Relationships
What approaches should you use to develop a collaborative relationship with a client? This is the second in my series of...
Blended Facilitation: Have Your Cake (And Eat It Too)
Several blogs and news portals have picked up on a Forbes Insight Study conducted in June ‘09 that found 84% of the 760...
Develop Your Team's Cultural Literacy
A client of mine, a manager of organizational effectiveness for a global services firm, recently posed this question:...
Mob Rule or Collective Intelligence?
One of the sites on our blogroll is the Enterprise 2.0 blog. This blog offers news and commentary from a variety of industry...
Choosing the Right Collaboration Platform for Your Project
With the myriad of collaboration solutions in the market today, it’s more important than ever to know what you’re looking...
Running Effective Meetings
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Virtual Meetings
July Webinars - How to keep participants fully engaged
With our Interactive Webinars series, we've been exploring the concept of building highly interactive elements into virtual...
Public Webinars - Leading Virtual Teams
Our colleague, Nancy Settle-Murphy at Guided Insights is offering a rare set of public sessions this month for her two most...
Paying Attention to the Virtual Meeting Place
Prompted by a conversation with clients in the UK about their Innovation Labs or iLabs* that use an unexpected physical...
Every Productive Virtual Meeting Needs A Communication Plan
In my last post, I made the case that facilitators should take a new look at how to make pre-work more valuable and...
Interaction: The Key To Successful Webinars
Announcing the 2010 Webinar Series: Designing Interactive Webinars & Virtual Meetings How to Keep People Engaged We...