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Purposeful Warm-up Questions
Why “Today’s Warm-Up Question Is…” Makes You Look Like an Amateur When it comes to Forum meetings, we all know the drill: kick things off ...
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3 Tricks to Keep Your Team Engaged During Virtual Forum Meetings
Let’s be honest, virtual meetings can be a battleground for attention. With the allure of multiple screens, endless notifications, and the comfy couch just a ...
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Use State Changes To Transform Your Meeting Energy from Stagnant to Stimulating
Transforming a typical forum meeting from a marathon of static engagement into a dynamic, energized event is critical for maintaining focus and participation. Traditional forum ...
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3 AI Tools To Level Up Your Next Forum Meeting
Forum meetings are an excellent way for entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals to collaborate and share their expertise. However, organizing a successful mastermind meeting can ...
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The Essential Five Forum Emails
Every Forum has a different communication rhythm between meetings. Some email and group chat frequently, which is a best practice, while others only email what ...
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The Ideal Moderator
I used to think that anyone could rotate into the moderator position for a Forum, and because of the systems I put in place, things ...
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Pre-Setting The Speaking Order
I know it sounds strange, but a lot of time and group energy is wasted in determining who goes next during a meeting. This is ...
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A Pre-Forum Teaser Update
Because Forums typically only meet once a month, many things happen throughout the month that members might not know about with each other. To build ...
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Leveraging Virtual Break Out Rooms
The typical flow of a Forum meeting is for everyone to be together in one large group for the full 3-4 hours. Normally, during in-person ...
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Silencing A Chatty McChatster
Every Forum has one, or two, people who like to talk. These people often dominate the conversation and take up more than their allotted time. ...