Topic: meeting-design
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Meetings are a skill you can master, and Steve Jobs taught me how
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 · Topics: advertising, apple, meeting-design, simplicity, teams-high-impact
From Ken Segall in Fast Company: More brains don’t necessarily lead to better ideas. When it came to leading meetings, Jobs had no qualms about tossing the least necessary person out of the room. · Go to Meetings are a skill you can master, and Steve Jobs taught me how →
Jointly design next steps with your team
Friday, March 2, 2012 · Topics: meeting-design, mutual-learning, team-development
From Roger Schwarz: Jointly designing next steps is one of the Ground Rules for Effective Teams. When you jointly design next steps, you make decisions about what to do next by involving others rather than deciding privately and unilaterally. You’re transparent, curious, and enable others to make informed choices. Using this ground rule increases the likelihood that team members will be committed to the solution. · Go to Jointly design next steps with your team →
Group Works
Friday, January 20, 2012 · Topics: collaboration, dialogue, meeting-design, team-building
a pattern language for bringing life to meetings and other gatherings · Go to Group Works →
12 questions for better meetings
Friday, August 5, 2011 · Topics: meeting-design, questions
From Jeffrey Cufaude: Meetings don’t have to be monotonous, but ensuring they are engaging, productive, and efficient requires answering some questions at the start. Here are a dozen that I often draw on as a facilitator or meeting participant. · Go to 12 questions for better meetings →
5 tips that make your meetings iPad-friendly
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 · Topics: ipad, meeting-design, presentations-design
From FastCompany: The pen and paper are losing their dominance in boardrooms across North America. Instead, workers are meeting with iPads in tow. While the laptop is often considered to be an intrusive device on the table, since the mere opening of the screen partially blocks its owner, Apple’s slick tablet is a much more welcome face. With more than 25 million iPads already sold, this trend is bound to continue. · Go to 5 tips that make your meetings iPad-friendly →
Check-ins and conversation starters
Monday, April 11, 2011 · Topics: change, collaboration, leadership, meeting-design, meeting-facilitation, questions
Check-in questions from Otto Scharmer and Dorothy Baumgartner; conversation starters from Margaret Wheatley and Workplace Circles, plus starters about leadership, change and collaboration. · Read more →
Wrap-up meetings provide feedback that teams need to improve
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 · Topics: meeting-design
From emma: Everyone makes mistakes, but wise organizations learn from them. · Go to Wrap-up meetings provide feedback that teams need to improve →
How to run a concepting workshop
Friday, February 11, 2011 · Topics: ideation, meeting-design, workshop-design
From adaptive path: Concepting workshops are great for when you need to generate a lot of ideas around an issue in a short amount of time. They can be done with large or small groups, with designers, developers, and managers. · Go to How to run a concepting workshop →
