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Facilitators as timekeepers

Facilitators design meeting activities within time slots to cover instructions, activities, and wrap-ups. Keeping the activities within the allotted time keeps the meeting on track. When an activity goes over its’ planned time it often results in the compression...

Have you ever heard of erasure poetry?

I heard about Erasure Poetry on a blog I follow this morning. According to Wikipedia, “Erasure Poetry is also known as blackout poetry, is a form of found poetry wherein a poet takes an existing text and erases, blacks out, or otherwise obscures a large portion...

There’s an art to designing a meeting and/or workshop.

It’s a balancing act to have the right discussions that result in the¬†desired outcomes. Trying to fit 5 lbs. of stuff into a 3 lb. bag will only end up with a mess and a lot of stuff on the floor. Here are 5 ways to prevent adding too much into a meeting or...

Agile Retrospectives

I’ve been reading the book Agile Retrospectives and have been posting on the topic of Retrospectives in LI lately. I love the idea of pausing for reflection in both our work lives and personal lives. Until we pause, we are often too busy to really think about...