Constitution/Culture Tips
Don’t Give Advice – Share Your Experience
A core practice of the Forums I run is that we don’t give each other advice, but rather, we share our own experience around the ...
Monthly Reflection Tips
The Monthly Reflection Template
There are several formats that Forums use to do their monthly reflection. No one way is the correct way, and your Forum will collectively decide ...
Constitution/Culture Tips
Forum Roles
The best-run Forums are when everyone takes on a role to keep the Forum running smoothly. Typically, each person holds a role for one year ...
Parking Lot Tips
The Purpose of the Third Column in The Parking Lot
In a well-run Parking Lot doc, there are three columns that a topic is scored against. Importance – How important is this topic to you in ...
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A Forum’s Parking Lot will get messy and outdated if it’s not kept clean.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 ...