Facilitator Toolkit

Working with clients around the world, we've used and developed material that we'd like to share with our visitors. Feel free to download, print or distribute this information to help you facilitate and design high performance face-to-face and virtual events. We ask only that you correctly identify the source (Facilitate.com, Inc.) and where appropriate, provide a link back to our web site.

Business Collaboration

Bringing Strategic Planning Online
(PDF)

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• Question CIrcle Process (PDF): from Innovating Large Conference Design
• Choosing the Right Collaboration Platform for Your Project (PDF)

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Virtual Meetings/Teams

6 Ways To Make Pre-Work Compelling
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• Virtual Brainstorming: a New Approach to Creative Thinking (PDF)
• Interview: Getting Great Results from Virtual Meetings (PDF)
• 6 Critical Success Factors for Running a Successful Virtual Meeting (PDF)
• Facing Down Your Fears About Facilitating a Virtual Meeting (PDF)
• Virtual Learning Improves Performance (PDF)

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Creative Thinking

The Where Factor: New Environments for Innovative Thinking (PDF)

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• Example of Mind Map (PDF)
• Interview Question and Fishbowl Report Out Process (PDF): from Innovating Large Conference Design

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Interactive Webinars

Designing Interactive Webinars - White Paper (PDF)

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• Collaborative Learning in the Virtual Workplace (2009 feature article in CLO Magazine)

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Facilitation Tips

10 Tips for Good Meeting Design

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• 8 Tips for Brainstorming over the Internet
• 7 Tips for Facilitating with Technology
• 12 Tips for Facilitating Online Meetings

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Reference Library

• How do Collaborative Meeting Systems Affect The Bottom Line? (PDF) Dr. Donna L. McAlister Kizzier, Morehead University
• A New Approach to Meeting Design: Engaging Event Participants to Generate Bottom-line Results (PDF) Ron Springer, Esprit Productions
• Synergy: Using Collaborative Software to Facilitate Asynchronous Group Activities On-Line (PDF) Paddy Anstey, Nigel Curson & Gurpreet Gill, University of East Anglia
• Business Meetings: The Case For Face To Face (PDF) Forbes Insights http://www.forbes.com/forbesinsights
• Leading from a Distance: The Four Qualities of Good Distance Leaders (PDF) Cynthia Frogatt, Frogatt Consulting
• Effectiveness of Six Meeting Venues to Solve Problems and Generate Unique Ideas (PDF) Dr. Donna L. McAlister Kizzier, Morehead University