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.

Virtual Facilitator Skills

• Rate Your Virtual Facilitation Skills

Facilitation Tips

• 10 Tips for Good Meeting Design
• 8 Tips for Brainstorming over the Internet
• 7 Tips for Facilitating with Technology
• 12 Tips for Facilitating Online Meetings

Brainstorming and Creative Thinking Techniques

• Example of Mind Map: from What Role Does Facilitation Play in the High School Classroom?
• Question CIrcle Process: from Innovating Large Conference Design
• Interview Question and Fishbowl Report Out Process: from Innovating Large Conference Design

Advancing Business Collaboration

• Bringing Strategic Planning Online (PDF)
• The Where Factor: New Environments for Innovative Thinking (PDF)
• Choosing the Right Collaboration Platform for Your Project (PDF)

Running Virtual Meetings / Teams

• 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
• Leading from a Distance: The Four Qualities of Good Distance Leaders (PDF)
• Virtual Learning Improves Performance (PDF)

For more great material on Facilitation, Meetings and Virtual Collaboration, visit our blog.

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