How to Stop Zoom Snooze Fests

Are the people in your online meetings checking email or watching cat videos instead of paying attention? Here are three Zoom advanced capabilities that you can use to increase participation, plus a bonus that works on any platform.

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I Hate Bumper Stickers!

But I do like concise and wise tips about how to work better. For example, here are three pithy questions about organizational change and decision-making.

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Step Up, Step Back

“Step up, step back” is a way that a facilitator can give give a group long-term ownership of group dynamics.

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Forward Progress

Facilitators use the consolidation technique to intentionally build up a series of small agreements, like a bricklayer laying a sturdy foundation brick by brick and layer by layer. 

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Painful Meetings

We’ve all suffered through bad meetings. We all know the standard list of things to do to make them better. And yet they persist, or perhaps have gotten worse with […]

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When Mentoring and Teaching Don’t Stick

Research shows that different people learn in different ways. When you understand what learning style works best for the person you are helping, you can tune your approach to be more effective.

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Tips for Online Meetings

I’ve been doing a lot of meetings by Zoom and Teams, as I’m sure you have.  Here are some tips I share with clients to make them better. 

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