In my experience good participatory meetings result from good design and preparation. In this diagram the meeting itself is the last thing we design. The meeting itself therefore become the vehicle by which a group of people reach a harvest and wise action ground in a purpose and a deep need. Meeting. Purpose. Harvest. MORE >>

Stress balls can be a tactic to ease peoples tensions at meetings. Lately I have been exposed to potential meetings where conflict may arise. They may have legitimate concerns and being prepared to listen and work with the conflict is important as the meeting facilitator. MORE >>

The Wall Street Journal reports on the rise of stand-up meetings : " Atomic Object, a Grand Rapids, Mich., software-development firm, holds company meetings first thing in the morning. Stand-up meetings are part of a fast-moving tech culture in which sitting has become synonymous with sloth. Collaboration MORE >>

Where do you look for ideas, inspiration and validation when you want to design, host or facilitate a great meeting? This is a deck of 91 cards describing ways to host, facilitate, and participate in an effective meeting. I also plan to use these cards when providing my training workshops on effective meetings and facilitation. MORE >>

Meetings are essential to collaboration, but they're the bane of people's existence. couple of academics in 2006 wrote about the problem of attending too many meetings and spending too much time there. The more meetings one has to attend, the greater the negative effects; and. That was the experiment. The results speak volumes. MORE >>