The Meeting Host's Toolbox

Teamwork & CooperationEfficiency & Time ManagementAll employees≈ 15 min

Key skill: Meeting facilitation

Summary

Build a facilitator's toolbox to energize your meetings: sticky notes, kraft paper, flip chart, stickers, timer, and online collaboration tools, to spark creativity, interaction, and collective decision-making.

Target audience

Anyone who facilitates or takes part in meetings

Learning objectives

Facilitate creative, productive meetings using a variety of engaging tools
Use sticky notes (physical or virtual) to encourage synthesis and interaction
Facilitate a brainstorming session through to a decision using sticky notes
Create visual outputs to spark creativity

Module outline

ArticlesThe magic of online collaboration tools: an introduction to Klaxoon, Mural, Lucidspark, Miro, Microsoft Whiteboard, ClickUp, and more · Try out innovative digital tools · A detailed look at Klaxoon's features and tips for using it
Expert videoAn introduction to the essential tools for facilitating creative, productive meetings (sticky notes, flip chart, timer, and more)
AnchoringA quiz and true/false questions to deepen the topic and anchor what you've learned
Memo cardA downloadable coaching memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment

Models & methods

Sticky notes (one idea, one color); kraft paper; stickers; a timer; online collaboration tools.

Research-based

The creativity room at Google's European headquarters in Dublin; the book cited: Le Guide de survie aux réunions (40 techniques).