Our Tips for Facilitating your Meetings
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Set reasonable time boxes on discussions and enforce them
Don’t arbitrarily stop discussions that you feel don’t help the meeting progress. Instead, set and communicate time boxes for the discussion and move on with the meeting afterwards.
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Better participation through multiple communication channels
Encourage participants to use voice, video, chat and whiteboard to engage in the meeting. More thoughts and ideas will become part of the conversation.
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Lean Coffee – the easiest way to facilitate meetings with emerging topics
Use the Lean Coffee facilitation technique for meetings in which the topic is determined by the attendees during the meeting.
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Easily awaken Collaboration and Participation with a Virtual Whiteboard
Use a virtual whiteboard to visualize important parts of the conversation and allow attendees to participate in the conversation asynchronously.
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Start with the end and how to get there: Intent, Agenda, Expectations
Start meetings with intent, agenda and what is expected of the attendees. Confirm alignment on those meeting pillars or make adjustments before continuing.