Forum Overview
Why Cutting the Personal Stuff Will Quietly Kill Your Forum
A group I’m working with recently asked me to cut the one part of their meeting that keeps them alive. They didn’t phrase it that ...
Forum Overview
Why Business-Only Forums Struggle to Keep Members
Two days after his father entered the ICU, Marcus sat through a 2.5 hour Forum meeting, gave a crisp business update, but no one in ...
Forum Overview
The 2-Hour Business-Only Forum: Agenda, Template, and Trade-Offs
Marcus quit his Forum, not because it stopped working, but because he couldn’t find three hours a month to give it. He’d been a member ...
Forum Overview
The Best Forums Do These 7 Things in the 24 Hours After a Meeting
The Navy SEALs have a saying that the most dangerous part of any mission isn’t the mission itself, it’s the 30 minutes after the team ...
Moderator/Facilitation Tips
Three Moderator Moves That Instantly Improve Your Forum Meetings
The worst seven seconds of any Forum meeting happen right after the moderator says, “So… who wants to go first?” I watched it unfold last ...
Forum Overview
Why Forum Members Should Never Go Into Business Together
They Shook Hands After the Meeting. Six Months Later, They Weren’t Speaking. I watched a forum I had been working with for almost two years ...
Presentation Tips
How to Run a “What If…” Brainstorm Presentation at Your Forum
Sixteen words. That’s all it took to completely change how a Forum member approached his $3 million inventory problem. I was moderating a Forum brainstorm ...
Presentation Tips
How to Run the Experience Share Presentation Format (The Most Powerful Tool in Forum)
The first time I watched a Forum member try to solve someone else’s problem, I saw it backfire in spectacular fashion. The Experience A few ...
Presentation Tips
How to Run a Group Activity Deep Dive (Facilitated or DIY)
Not every deep dive needs a spotlight on one person, sometimes the most powerful growth happens when the whole group is in it together. A ...
Presentation Tips
How to Run a Topic Expert Deep Dive (Internal or External)
Not every Deep Dive needs to be about personal struggle because sometimes, it’s about gaining wisdom. A Forum I worked with last year was stuck ...