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Four Techniques to Evaluate Meeting Effectiveness: #3 Team Effectiveness Chart

March 24, 2015

“My team is very exacting and likes to use quantitative ratings. Is there a meeting evaluation technique I can use that satisfies this criterion?”

#3 Team Effectiveness Chart

What is a Team Effectiveness Chart?

A Team Effectiveness Chart visually and quantifiably measures specific aspects of your meeting, such as level of open communication, satisfaction with results accomplished, how well the group honors the ideas of others, or other components of the meeting. The resulting measurements are charted on grids with numerical rankings.

A Team Effectiveness Chart serves as a visual aid to display quantified group ratings. This chart can Continue reading →

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Four Techniques to Evaluate Meeting Effectiveness: #2 Once Around the Table

March 16, 2015

Ava S. Butler

“I wish I knew what participants are thinking as we close the meeting. I’d like to hear not just about the meeting itself and the decisions we’ve taken but also their general thoughts. What can you suggest?”

#2 Once Around the Table

What is Once Around the Table?

Once Around the Table is a simple and powerful technique. It provides participants the opportunity to first reflect and then communicate their thoughts as the meeting comes to a close. This technique usually creates a good sense of closure and completeness to the session. But don’t use it if you Continue reading →

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Techniques to Evaluate Meeting Effectiveness

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Four Techniques to Evaluate Meeting Effectiveness: #1 What Went Well/Opportunities for Improvement

March 1, 2015

Ava S. Butler

As with any product or service, meetings need feedback from their customers (in this case participants) in order to continually increase their effectiveness. I plan to share four techniques that give meeting facilitators specific processes to obtain accurate information about the effectiveness of their meetings. These technique alternatives ask for different types of information in different ways, but all provide the meeting facilitator with the data necessary to accurately measure and consistently improve the quality of his or her meetings.

These four techniques include:

What Went Well/Opportunities for Improvement
Once Around the Table
Team Effectiveness Chart
Written Questions

Today, Continue reading →

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Meeting facilitation, Techniques to Evaluate Meeting Effectiveness, Transformation Tools

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Fifteen Techniques for Implementing Decisions: #14 Stakeholder Identification and Planning

February 15, 2015

Ava S. Butler

“I know that our strategy is going to make significant changes to the way we work around here. And I know that there will be a lot of resistance. What can I do to ensure that our strategy actually becomes a reality?”

#14: Stakeholder Identification and Planning

What is Stakeholder Identification and Planning?

A stakeholder is anyone who has a stake in the results of your change. In a business situation, stakeholders could include employees, management, unions, customers, suppliers, the board of directors, shareholders, community interest groups and government regulatory authorities.

Shareholder Identification and Planning is the process of Continue reading →

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Implementing Change, Techniques to Implement Decisions, Transformation Tools

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Fifteen Techniques for Implementing Decisions: #13 Roles and Responsibility Charting/RACI

February 7, 2015

Ava S. Butler

“We will need to change some of our existing processes and ways of working with other departments when we implement new technology next month. I’m expecting complete chaos. How can I avoid confusion and bad feelings?”

#13: RACI

What is Roles and Responsibilities Charting/RACI?

RACI is a method to agree and document roles and responsibilities.

RACI stands for:

Where most other methods document only the person who is accountable for a decision or activity, RACI also documents who will be involved in doing the work, who will be consulted before a decision is taken, and who will be informed after Continue reading →

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Implementing Change, Techniques to Implement Decisions, Transformation Tools

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Fifteen Techniques for Implementing Decisions: #11 Executive Steering Group (ESG)

January 18, 2015

Ava S. Butler

“I got approval for an important change in the way we do business, but now we’re stalled. The people on our project team don’t have the clout to break through the logjams and resolve cross-functional issues. What should I do?

#11: Executive Steering Group (ESG)

What is an Executive Steering Group?

Executive Steering Groups (ESGs) are groups that are called together for purposes of overseeing a specific project or program. Your ESG should represent your major stakeholders, and have the decision making authority to drive the direction of your project. ESGs usually consist of individuals in leadership positions and are Continue reading →

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Fifteen Techniques for Implementing Decisions: #10 Project Plans

January 10, 2015

Ava S. Butler

“We seem to have a difficult time moving from large, complex goals into detailed action plans. Is there a technique that can help us better organize our efforts in this type of situation?”

#10: Project Plans

What are Project Plans?

The Project Plans technique helps you effectively prepare a complex action plan. After an organization or group has agreed upon and approved a goal, the next step is to create an action plan for achieving that goal. If the goal is large and complicated, the resulting action plan will have several levels and categories of activity.

A Project Continue reading →

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How to Make Off-Sites Pay Off by Bob Frisch

December 12, 2014

Ava S. Butler

My colleague Bob Frisch, Managing Partner of the Strategic Offsites Group, wrote an excellent article in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Inc. Magazine. Here it is.

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Off-site meetings are usually touted as a great way to break free from the daily grind and inspire your team to think big. But sometimes, you find yourself leaving the resort, conference center or, heaven forbid, airport Hilton feeling like you’ve just lost two days you can never get back.

Done well or done poorly, off-sites can resonate for years. “People will keep buzzing about ‘the Continue reading →

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Meeting facilitation, Techniques to Improve Meeting Productivity

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Here’s a gift idea to help colleagues, friends and family stop bad meetings

December 2, 2014

Ava S. Butler

How many people on your gift list hate meetings or run them so poorly that they make others hate them? You can help colleagues, friends and family stop bad meetings this holiday season by giving them Mission Critical Meetings: 81 Practical Facilitation Techniques.

This book will show your colleagues and loved ones how to plan and facilitate meetings that participants will look forward to. Whether your gift is an act of thoughtful generosity, or a big hint to your boss, each reader will learn how to:

improve meeting productivity
boost creativity and teamwork
effectively gather information Continue reading →

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Fifteen Techniques for Implementing Decisions: #6 Goal Plan Go

November 24, 2014

Ava S. Butler

“I read that there is a higher likelihood that goals will be obtained if the work to achieve those goals is started immediately. I have a goal-setting meeting coming up with a large group of people. After we set goals, I would like to start some of the implementation planning as soon as possible. Is there a technique that will help me do this?”

#6: Goal Plan Go

What is Goal Plan Go?

Goal Plan Go is a technique that invites your meeting participants to take responsibility for transforming the group’s goals into action. The process allows individuals Continue reading →

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Four Techniques to Evaluate Meeting Effectiveness: #3 Team Effectiveness Chart

Four Techniques to Evaluate Meeting Effectiveness: #2 Once Around the Table

Four Techniques to Evaluate Meeting Effectiveness: #1 What Went Well/Opportunities for Improvement

Fifteen Techniques for Implementing Decisions: #14 Stakeholder Identification and Planning

Fifteen Techniques for Implementing Decisions: #13 Roles and Responsibility Charting/RACI

Fifteen Techniques for Implementing Decisions: #11 Executive Steering Group (ESG)

Fifteen Techniques for Implementing Decisions: #10 Project Plans

How to Make Off-Sites Pay Off by Bob Frisch

Here’s a gift idea to help colleagues, friends and family stop bad meetings

Fifteen Techniques for Implementing Decisions: #6 Goal Plan Go

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