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

GroupMap project dashboard showing objective, deliverables, scope and risk maps
August 8, 2019Strategy and time-saving tips for your next continuous improvement meeting.

A Continuous Improvement Manager for a food manufacturing company shares her tips for running efficient meetings with GroupMap.

Four people collaborating around a laptop and papers at a workshop
May 26, 2019Online brainstorming tools for engaging workshops — talk versus tech.

Running a business meeting or workshop? An online tool can save you a bunch of time and money while allowing everyone in the team to have their say.

Two women holding tablets showing GroupMap mind maps at a workshop
May 23, 2019Innovative group response system used as scenario planning software to explore the future of Australia's health

We share how Curtin Research Group turned to GroupMap to support their scenario planning. Their collaborative online brainstorming session.

People use online voting to find the best ideas from brainstorming
February 20, 2016How meeting professionals engage their audience — workshop ideas.

Easily create visual templates for people to add ideas and vote for the best ones in real time. GroupMap is an award winning digital facilitation tool.

Illustration of five people with colorful speech bubbles sharing opinions
September 26, 2015Is group brainstorming really a complete waste of time?

We explore the pros and cons of group brainstorming to assess if it's really worth it.

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September 1, 2015A critical thinking exercise — which would you rather battle?

Boost reasoning with a critical thinking graphic organizer that guides analysis and comparison. Free exercise and tips for teachers.

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June 18, 2015Graphic organizers training at the AICT

Graphic Organizers are a great way to visually capture, order and prioritize ideas to facilitate discussion, decision making and interaction.

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June 18, 2015Meeting facilitation tools to give quiet team members a voice

Meeting facilitation tools can provide a secret weapon in business strategy by giving introverts a voice in team decision making.

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June 15, 2015Graphic organizers used to explore future jobs with 200 students

Students brainstormed future jobs on graphic organizers, voted for the most creative, then explored the skills, knowledge and attributes that job needs.

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April 6, 2015Graphic organizers at the TeachMeet SciTech event

Graphic Organizers to help improve scientific inquiry at the SciTech TeachMeet Event.

Cartoon of coworkers at a coffee machine joking about a scrum retrospective
January 3, 2014How do I make my agile retrospective more effective?

Retrospectives are a popular way of building strong, productive teams. Here we share our top tips for making your retrospective more effective.

GroupMap exhibition booth at a technology conference
August 24, 2013GroupMap exhibits innovative collaboration software at Gartner IT symposium.

GroupMap was one of six Australian companies to showcase at the 2013 Gartner IT symposium