When facilitating a virtual meeting you should ‘cue’ your next speakers to avoid total silence or everyone talking at once. Send them a virtual red cue light… ‘Jo, I’ll turn…
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To achieve your goals at your next event, do everything by the book, your playbook. You’ll need at least five chapters: The results your event will deliver An at a…
What is the key to a successful event? Ensure that participants leave your event engaged and armed with clear actions, then deliver change once back in the workplace. Broadening participation,…
Are you clear from the outset about who is covering what at your live event? The rehearsals for live events are often characterised by comments such as ‘I thought you…
Is your professional facilitator more interested in delivering success for your business, or in their own ego? When hiring a facilitator choose one who will only ever be satisfied when…
When working with a facilitator take every opportunity to check in with them, during breaks, lunch, even during exercises. Share your insights on how the event is going; you are…
Ever run a meeting where you ask for questions but get total silence? Or the usual people dominate and no-one else gets a word in? One of the best ways to…
How to ensure your event Q&A does not become a private chat. It’s so frustrating for event participants when they can’t hear a question, see who asked it, nor hear…
When planning your next big meeting, think about your aims and then how you’re going to get participants connecting – with the content via facilitated exercises, and with each other….
When employees are asked to change to help the business meet future challenges, they go through a change curve: denial, resistance, exploration and then commitment. To help people along, you…
At your next event, consider using tablets to get people to submit questions for a Q&A. It’s quick and offers anonymity. The trick is to keep it focused e.g. “What…
It’s not easy running a meeting of people from different countries – especially by phone, video conference or web meeting. Here are three tips for driving dialogue: Let people know…
