Blog Posts
Welcome to our blog! Our posts feature tips, tricks, tools, dilemmas and discussions that will help you improve your personal facilitation skills and increase your understanding of how to collaborate effectively. Like what you see? Sign up to receive our new articles at the bottom of this page.
Not So Fast! Summarize to Create Closure
The Power of Participation & Engagement: The Five Core Facilitator Best Practices Series (Stay Neutral | Listen Actively | Ask Questions | P...
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Ensuring Your Meeting Participants Feel Heard Paraphrase to Acknowledge and Clarify
The Power of Participation & Engagement: The Five Core Facilitator Best Practices Series (Stay Neutral | Listen Actively | Ask Questions | P...
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Why I Can’t Stop Talking About Mural – My Go-To Virtual Collaboration Tool
First, what is MURAL? The MURAL website says: “MURAL is a digital workspace for visual collaboration, where everyone can do their best work togethe...
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Easy Tips for Becoming a Better Listener
The Power of Participation & Engagement: The Five Core Facilitator Best Practices Series (Stay Neutral | Listen Actively | Ask Questions | Paraphr...
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Virtual Breakout Room Best Practices
What are the Most Effective Practices for Virtual Breakout Rooms? Anyone who has been through our facilitation training knows that our number one pro...
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Don’t Be a Facipulator! Is Your Lack Of Neutrality Stifling Participation In Your Meetings?
The Power of Participation & Engagement: The Five Core Facilitator Best Practices Series (Stay Neutral | Listen Actively | Ask Questions | Paraphr...
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Time Crunched In Your Virtual Meetings? How to Allocate Timing in Your Meeting Design
One question we are often asked in our workshops; is how do you know how much time to allocate each topic to ensure you don’t over or under load the...
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Facilitating Through the Storm: The Importance of Interpersonal Norms
Now that many teams have been working remotely for months with no immediate plans for change, it may be time to take a closer look at what is working ...
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Running Engaging Meetings on Zoom Just Got Even Better!
The Facilitation First team is so excited about the latest Zoom upgrade (5.3 or higher), we decided to blog about it. With over a hundred virtual sess...
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