Meeting Facilitation
We
facilitate meetings including
brainstorming forums, strategy sessions,
and formal company events. Facilitate,
as originally defined, means, "to make
easy or less difficult." Our goal in a
facilitation role is to eliminate
obstacles, encourage collaboration, and
drive towards productive outcomes. We do
this with a three-pronged strategy.
- Pre-meeting
- Meeting
- Post-meeting
Pre-meeting
Our goal is to stimulate
thinking and lay the foundation for the
discussions ahead. We do this through
agenda setting and establishing clear
expectations and goals. Walking into the
meeting, everyone will have an idea of
the key topics and issues on everyone’s
mind, and a general idea of what success
looks like from each person’s vantage
point.
Meeting
During the meeting, we
serve as facilitator encouraging
knowledge sharing, providing an
objective view, and guiding
conversation. We lay out the goals and
expectations. We ask provocative
questions to stimulate conversation. We
manage the balance between broad thought
and tactical input. In the end, we
co-design an action plan laying out the
strategy and future steps.
Post-meeting
We provide a sense of completion and
accomplishment, as well as energy for
what lies ahead. We provide a
comprehensive report of the team’s
activities and agreed upon strategy. We
encourage follow-through on action items
and offer additional recommendations for
continued success.
