Meeting Facilitation Best Practices - April 2024

The Secrets of Facilitation: The SMART Guide to Getting Results with Groups

The revised edition of this facilitation classic offers a wealth of targeted techniques for facilitators who seek effective, consistent, and repeatable results. Based on Michael Wilkinson's proven SMART (Structured Meeting And Relating Techniques) approach, The Secrets of Facilitation can help to achieve stellar results when managing, presenting, teaching, planning, and selling, as well as other professional and personal situations. This expanded edition includes new chapters on facilitating virtual meetings, cross-cultural teams, and large groups and conferences. It also provides a series of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00DBOZPI4
• ASIN: B00DBOZPI4
• Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes and Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity

Use eye-popping visual tools to energize your people! Just as social networking has reclaimed the Internet for human interactivity and co-creation, the visual meetings movement is reclaiming creativity, productivity, and playful exchange for serious work in groups. Visual Meetings explains how anyone can implement powerful visual tools, and how these tools are being used in Silicon Valley and elsewhere to facilitate both face-to-face and virtual group work. This dynamic and richly illustrated resource gives meeting leaders, presenters, and consultants a slew of exciting tricks and tools, inclu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0470601787
• ASIN: 0470601787
• ISBN: 0470601787
• Brand: John Wiley Sons
• Manufacturer: Wiley

A Trainer's Guide to PowerPoint: Best Practices for Master Presenters

Learn the Secrets Needed to Master PowerPoint for TrainingAs a successful facilitator, you know the importance of the resources in your professional toolkit. How you engage your audience and improve learning can be affected by how well you use them. But mastery of PowerPoint evades many. Feedback on presentations can range from “What was the point?” to “That changed my life.” Most, though, fall closer to the former. If you are looking for a guide to the PowerPoint practices that will push your presentations into the latter category, look no further.A Trainer's Guide to PowerPoint: Bes... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07GQ1HTJC
• ASIN: B07GQ1HTJC
• Manufacturer: Association for Talent Development

Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation

"Meg and Sam have given us a gift; their book is smartly designed to invite new and seasoned facilitators to be intentional about having those tough group discussions. As an educator and facilitator, this book gives me a framework to understand my own facilitation style, and ways that I can continue to improve." – Ava Holliday, Founding Partner of the Avarna Group Have you ever been in a training and marveled at how quickly the time flew by? Genuinely enjoyed a meeting you were expecting to dread? Learned something powerful about a topic you thought wouldn't engage you? Experienced an intima... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0989760235
• ASIN: 0989760235
• ISBN: 0989760235
• Manufacturer: Impetus Books

The Idea Shapers: the power of putting your thinking into your own hands

Long to feel less overwhelmed? Wish for clarity in your decision making? Looking for lucidity in your thinking? Seeking confidence in your communication? The simple solution is at your fingertips. Paper and pen. In this guide, Brandy Agerbeck reveals drawing as your best thinking tool, making visual thinking attainable and enjoyable through a set of twenty-four Idea Shapers. Each concept combines fine art and facilitation to turn abstract ideas into concrete drawing that help you do great things.

• ASIN: 1494919338
• ASIN: 1494919338
• ISBN: 1494919338
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Art of Coaching Teams: Building Resilient Communities that Transform Schools

The missing how-to manual for being an effective team leader The Art of Coaching Teams is the manual you never received when you signed on to lead a team. Being a great teacher is one thing, but leading a team, or team development, is an entirely different dynamic. Your successes are public, but so are your failures—and there's no specific rubric or curriculum to give you direction. Team development is an art form, and this book is your how-to guide to doing it effectively. You'll learn the administrative tasks that keep your team on track, and you'll gain access to a wealth of downloadable ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1118984153
• ASIN: 1118984153
• ISBN: 9781118984154
• Brand: Jossey-Bass
• Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons

Visual Teams: Graphic Tools for Commitment, Innovation, and High Performance

• ASIN: 1118077431
• ASIN: 1118077431
• ISBN: 1118077431
• Manufacturer: Wiley

Leading Every Day: 124 Actions for Effective Leadership

This update of the award-winning bestseller provides four months of contemplations centered on the major areas in which leaders work and inspires educators to practice effective leadership.

• ASIN: 1412916410
• ASIN: 1412916410
• ISBN: 1412916410
• Brand: Corwin
• Manufacturer: Corwin

School Smart Chart Tablet, 24 x 32 Inches, 1-1/2 Inch Ruling, 1/2 Inch Skip Line, 25 Sheets

Align your lessons with some help from School Smart's chart tablet. Sturdy pad is spiral bound with 25 white sulphite sheets inside with 1-1/2 inch rule sides, 3/4 inch dotted lines, and 1/2 skip line. Slim cardboard backing is easy to mount on hard surfaces like walls or doors. Lined paper helps keep kids' work neat, as well as evenly spaced and sized. Recommended to use this pad with washable markers, dry erase markers, or crayons to prevent potential bleed-through. Note that capital and lower case letter shown in image is only the cover; lined pages inside are all blank for full writing or ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B003U6N1DE
• UPC: 885634252496
• ASIN: B003U6N1DE
• Brand: School Smart
• Size: 24 x 32 Inches
• Manufacturer: School Specialty

Woodstock Chimes - The ORIGINAL Guaranteed Musically Tuned Chime, Zenergy - Solo, Silver

• ASIN: B0000775G0
• UPC: 700254697932
• ASIN: B0000775G0
• Brand: Woodstock Chimes
• Size: Basic pack
• Manufacturer: Woodstock Chimes

Woodstock Chimes - The ORIGINAL Guaranteed Musically Tuned Chime, Zenergy - Trio

• ASIN: B0000775FZ
• UPC: 885266855188
• ASIN: B0000775FZ
• Brand: Woodstock Chimes
• Manufacturer: Woodstock Chimes

Post-it Super Sticky Easel Pad, 25 x 30 Inches, 30 Sheets/Pad, 2 Pads (560), Large White Grid Premium Self Stick Flip Chart Paper, Super Sticking Power

It’s an amazing feeling when your team just clicks—everyone feels a shared drive toward success. But, how do you ignite that feeling on every team? Capture the spark at your next meeting with Post it Super Sticky Easel Pads. Adhesive backed sheets stick and restick to hold up to 2X longer* to most wall surfaces, unlike flip chart paper. The paper resists marker bleed through so you can capture input by writing directly on the sheet. Use with Post it Super Sticky Notes to organize ideas. Download the free Post it App to instantly capture and save your work so you can share notes with the te... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00006I9V8
• UPC: 400218060931
• ASIN: B00006I9V8
• Brand: Post-it
• Size: 2 Pads
• Manufacturer: 3M Office Products

Meditation Chime, Ehome Solo Percussion Instrument with Mallet for Prayer, Yoga, Eastern Energies, Musical Chime Toys for Children, Teachers' Classroom Reminder Bell...

Zen Meditation-Find your Inner Peace Ding, with a simple strike of the wooden mallet a wondrous tone is released, lasting to 10 seconds echo, the swirling resolution never seems to end. A calming way to begin your meditation, makes you get away of noisy city life, clearly hear the sound of your heartbeat, a good tool for Yoga meditation. Attention Attracting Percussion Instrument The chime emits crisp and beautiful sound, wakes up your ears, triggers sensitive hearing of a new born baby, helps children cultivate their musical talent The calm yet attention-getting bell, gently strike produces s... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06XCRZMYH
• ASIN: B06XCRZMYH
• Brand: Ehome
• Manufacturer: PercussionInstruments

Mindfulness Tools: Deck 1: Simple, Yet Powerful, Illustrated Mindfulness Cards

A deck of twelve cards with simple instructions and visual cues (drawn by Tasha Lansbury) for using mindfulness to lift you up, calm you down, keep you centered, and help you feel good! These mindfulness tools are perfect for when you are experiencing a tough day or get stuck in negative thought patterns. Some of the tools included in the deck: Pause Check In Do No More Harm Let 'Em In Collect Happiness Celebrate! And more Created by Tasha Lansbury, LICSW Tasha is an enthusiastic psychotherapist with several decades of experience. She has spent her career merging the art and science of tradi... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079R8C1ND
• UPC: 752830044388
• ASIN: B079R8C1ND
• Brand: Mindfulness Tools by Tasha
• Manufacturer: Tasha Lansbury

Woodstock Zenergy Solo Mini Wind Chime

This petite chime has a powerful tone. One tap can call a room to order. We live in a vast ocean of sound. But what is the sound made by a single drop of water? Just a gentle tap with the mallet and the Zenergy Chime emits a powerful tone of singular beauty that lasts and lasts. Sounds like this are often used in meditation and healing, because they help us to focus and redirect our attention to the sounds within. The resonating sound not only calms and refocuses the individual, but can also focus a group. As such, it's an effective way to start a class, meeting, yoga practice or call guests... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00AU4C43C
• UPC: 028375227211
• ASIN: B00AU4C43C
• Brand: Woodstock Chimes
• Manufacturer: Woodstock Chimes

Supporting Students, Meeting Standards : Best Practices for Engaged Learning in First, Second, and Third Grades

Teaching Enthusiastic, Independent Learners This resource for f?irst, second, and third grade teachers describes best practices for promoting learning and development while helping students meet standards. You will ?find information, ideas, experiences, and activities that

• UPC: 738471631

Paid To Speak: Best Practices For Building A Successful Speaking Business - eBook

Covering every aspect of launching, building, and maintaining a successful speaking career, Paid to Speak is a must-read for professional speakerswhether keynote speaker, motivator, coach, trainer, facilitator, or consultantas well as those aspiring to a

• UPC: 814481010

Client Encounters of the Technical Kind: How to Win, Support and Challenge Customers ... Methodically, with Icon9's Tools & Best Practices for Field E

There's more to technical work than technology, as anyone in contact with clients will know, and this book helps 'Customer-Facing Engineers' with the challenge. Based on work with leading high-tech companies, it gives a clear

• UPC: 53649341

The Handbook of Communication Training : A Best Practices Framework for Assessing and Developing Competence

9781138736528

• UPC: 327512010

Digital Forensics Processing and Procedures : Meeting the Requirements of ISO 17020, ISO 17025, ISO 27001 and Best Practice Requirements

9781597497428

• UPC: 21101341