by SharonSpeaks | Oct 5, 2020 | Meeting Facilitation
Before the pandemic I facilitated 50 interactive in person workshops throughout the United States each year. When everything moved to Zoom, I joined facilitators and teachers everywhere in trying to find creative ways to keep participants engaged. Thank goodness for...
by SharonSpeaks | May 8, 2020 | Meeting Facilitation
When the stay at home orders started, I forwarded my father this meme: A little dark humor that we both got a laugh out of since my dad is an introverted engineer from central casting. He’s married to an extreme extrovert and I seem to be trying to prove that the...
by SharonSpeaks | Apr 10, 2020 | Meeting Facilitation
My best friend called me up recently. Good news: she just started a new job and she isn’t being laid off right now. Bad news: she just started a new job and has no idea when she will ever get a chance to meet her coworkers in person. She’s not the only one. There are...
by SharonSpeaks | Jan 22, 2019 | Meeting Facilitation
You have circled around the same discussion multiple times. Your group’s energy is slowing down and at risk of stalling out. This meeting is going nowhere. There are simple techniques that can help you become unstuck. The simplest, most popular method is what we...
by SharonSpeaks | Dec 27, 2018 | Meeting Facilitation
Has your staff meeting gotten stale? Are you disconnected from the problem you are solving? Do you need a breath of fresh air to breathe new life into your group? There are many reasons why it may be the right time to take your next staff meeting out of the conference...
