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Guides, tips, and stories on collaborative decision-making, facilitation, and getting teams aligned.

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January 26, 2022Three easy ways to foster gratitude in the workplace

Boost morale and team culture with three simple ways to foster workplace gratitude using GroupMap — templates, live input, and tracking.

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January 25, 20225 great ground rules for effective meetings

We share our 5 best ground rules to help you deliver more effective meetings.

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January 24, 20225 effective facilitation tools to improve online meetings

Using the right tool for the job makes all the difference. We look at five simple facilitation tools that will take your online meeting...

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January 19, 2022Using Agile retrospective boards to run online meetings with your team

Run engaging online Agile meetings with digital retrospective boards — structure feedback, prioritize actions, and boost learning in GroupMap.

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January 4, 2022Facilitating more inclusive meetings for introverts

Useful techniques to make meetings more inclusive for introverts: use an agenda, keep meetings short, explore preferences and allocate tasks.

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January 3, 2022The 7 secrets of productive meetings

The seven secrets of productive meetings: ask if the meeting is needed, set ground rules, and use time limits, delegation and follow-through.

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January 3, 2022Easy ways to develop key collaboration skills

Collaboration skills are highly valued in the workplace. We look at four key collaboration skills and how you can easily develop them.

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December 23, 2021How online brainstorming templates, tools and techniques can improve your meetings

Discover online brainstorming tools, templates, and techniques that improve meeting structure, participation, and idea quality.

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November 21, 20216 facilitation techniques to inspire productivity in meetings

Meetings are important, so we share our 6 top tips to help you inspire productivity and make the most of your meeting time.

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November 21, 2021Want to facilitate an online class discussion?

We look at the importance of class discussion to the learning process and how to deliver it online.

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November 21, 20215 reasons why your team should start virtual brainstorming

We look at the impact of virtual brainstorming and how to do so successfully.

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November 20, 2021Why meeting agendas are important

Learn the importance of meeting agendas: set clear objectives, keep discussions on track, save time, and drive accountable outcomes.