Guila Muir

Developing trainers, presenters and facilitators to make a difference

Articles Tagged ‘meeting management’

What is a Trainer? What is a Facilitator?

Be honest! You can really confuse your participants if YOU aren’t clear which role you are playing…trainer or facilitator?

How to Keep Meetings Active and Productive

As a facilitator, you are responsible for achieving the meeting outcomes, maintaining full participation, and ending on time. How do you maintain meaningful, focused conversation throughout? These five tips will help. 1.  PlaybackReiterate what a participant has said as closely as you can. Try not to infer meaning.“Greg, I’m hearing you say that you want …
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Who Cares About Facilitation Skills?

by Guila Muir info@guilamuir.com Why Facilitation Skills are Important: A different kind of power

How to Prevent Meetings from Hell

With technology forcing constant change in our workplaces, the true “hot commodity” over the next twenty years will be meaningful, face to face contact. However, that contact must be productive. Increasing facilitation skills – of all employees – is key. Over 80% of my training participants tell me that the number of meetings they must …
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