Forum Overview
Effective Forum Meeting Scheduling
Trying to schedule a meeting date/time that works for everyone is a never-ending battle and time suck. The worst way to schedule meetings is to ...
Announcement
QUESTION – Should Our Forum Meet Virtually?
Without a doubt, I think established Forums should be meeting virtually via video to keep things going during this time. Forums that were great prior, ...
Presentation Tips
The Expedited-Presentation Format
Sometimes a person doesn’t need a full hour to present on their challenge, or a Forum might have multiple people who want to present during ...
Activities
COVID-19 Forum Conversation
To say these times are unprecedented is an understatement. I’m engaged in countless heartbreaking conversations with small business owners being impacted by the current situation. ...
Parking Lot Tips
3 Ways To Clean Up The Parking Lot
A Forum’s Parking Lot will get messy and outdated if it’s not kept clean. Here are three ways you can help to keep your Parking ...
Activities
The Failure Resume
We spend a lot of time focuses on our successes, but as Bill Gates says, “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important ...
Retreats
One-Day Retreat Agenda
A common practice of many Forums is to host a one-day retreat per year. While nothing about a one-day retreat is set in stone, here ...
Forum Overview
16 Signs Your Forum Is In Trouble
1) Members are late to Forum meetings 2) Meetings don’t start on time (see #1) > https://tinyurl.com/tss8hbl 3) Members offer advice instead of speaking from the ...
Forum Overview
What Should Our Forum Name Be?
At the launch of every new Forum, a great debate erupts as to what the group should name their Forum. Surprisingly, picking a name tends ...
Forum Overview
Ideal Forum Size
Anthropologist Robin Dunbar is famous for theorizing that our brains have a max cognitive limit to the number of people with whom we can maintain ...