Facilitation

Articles on Facilitation: practical ideas and guides for facilitators running collaborative sessions with GroupMap.

The This or That icebreaker game in play in GroupMap, with participants placed along a spectrum between board games and video games
September 15, 202615+ cool icebreaker games you can run at your next meeting

Ready to add energy, get the room moving and talking? Warm up the whole room before you run your agenda with this collection of icebreaker games.

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August 24, 2026Meet Atlas: the AI facilitator built into your GroupMap session

GroupMap's AI facilitator. It reads what your team just wrote, so you can question, challenge and build on the ideas mid-session. Visible to you alone, never to the group.

IAF Facilitation Impact Awards 2026 virtual ceremony showing award winners, hosts, and facilitators from around the world
August 7, 20266 facilitation techniques we heard from IAF award winners

22 award-winning organizations shared the facilitation techniques that actually work. Here's what we heard from the IAF's winners.

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December 28, 2024Online workshop facilitation tools for 2026

Build your 2026 toolkit with online workshop facilitation tools: plan agendas, engage participants, and capture actions with AI efficiently.

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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 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 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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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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June 21, 2021Keeping groupthink out and teamwork in

Learn how to avoid groupthink with proven facilitation tactics that spark diverse ideas and better decisions while boosting teamwork.

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June 19, 20215 ways to level up your meeting facilitation skills

Boost your meeting facilitation skills with five techniques and tools. Build confidence, engage participants, and lead outcomes that last.

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February 24, 2021Zoom break out rooms and GroupMap for remote meetings

Run smoother workshops in Zoom using GroupMap inside breakout rooms — capture ideas, prioritize votes, and sync results back to plenary.

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July 6, 2020Workshop facilitation feature spotlight: Tagging ideas

Tagging ideas from your GroupMap brainstorming session so that you can filter and identify key focus areas is one engaging workshop tool.

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June 24, 2020Tips for online stakeholder engagement

Facilitator Andrew Huffer shares three tips for online stakeholder engagement: keep participants above the line, give equal airtime, have templates ready.

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August 14, 2019IAF facilitator shares workshop and online facilitation techniques for effective brainstorming

The best group brainstorming needs the right mix of techniques, skills and tools. See how this IAF facilitator runs his workshops.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.