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Professional Meeting Facilitation Overview
When to use a professional meeting facilitator:
Professional facilitators are generally most useful when the stakes are relatively high
in terms of what might be lost or not gained by a less than fully productive meeting or
decision-making process. The following graphic shows that need depends on circumstance.
If these circumstances are present to any real extent, you can
most probably save time, money, and grief by hiring a professional meeting facilitator for
leadership.
What a professional facilitator does for you:
A professional facilitator is there to help you meet your specific meeting objectives.
These may, for example, include elements of the following:
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Allow management and staff to focus on the important matters without having to worry
about the details of running the meeting |
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Provide organization and structure for you |
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Minimize or even defuse interpersonal conflict while addressing hot issues |
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Maximize the probability that meeting objectives will be met on time |
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Help groups reach understanding and/or consensus |
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Solve problems |
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Managing the meeting climate for the right balance of humor and seriousness |
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Provide a neutral party to moderate discussions or help see the big picture |
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Train how to run optimal meetings |
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Some of the tools and skills of a
professional facilitator:
The skilled facilitator has a toolbox of methods that can be used as appropriate. For
example:
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Meeting and time management skills |
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Creative Problem Solving methods |
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Training games and activities that teach and get results |
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Mediation tools and skills |
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Small and large-group discussion techniques |
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Team building methods |
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Decision making and consensus building methods |
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