#10Tips10Days

Facilitation Tip # 1. No content or exercise is more important than addressing participant concerns. Participants come to executive retreats, team …

Facilitation Tip # 2: Carve out thinking time to encourage participation by introverts & analytical learners. FACILITATION FAIL: A one size fits …

Facilitation Tip # 3: Give extra airtime for participants with minority viewpoints to improve decision-making by avoiding groupthink. FACILITATI…

Facilitation Tip # 4: Get expert help. Many companies give employees who aren't professional facilitators responsibility for facilitating meetings a…

Facilitation Tip # 5: Use a smorgasbord of approaches to brainstorm and generate ideas. ✔ What brainstorming tools and approaches do you find to be …

Facilitation Tip # 6: Energizers stimulate the brain & keep participants alert. ✔ What are your favourite meeting & brainstorming energizers? I th…

Facilitation Tip # 7: Build buffer zones and white space into agendas for meetings, executive retreats, and team building. ✔ Have you ever attended …

Facilitation Tip # 8: Use reflection time to help participants digest insights & strategies during group exercises, brainstorming, or after a chunk …

Facilitation Tip # 9: Debriefing is EXTREMELY important but it should never be an excuse to put participants to sleep. ✔ Have you ever experienced…

Facilitation Tip # 10: Session starters start executive retreats, meetings, or team building off on the right track. ✔ Have you ever attended a mee…