Presentation Tips
The Debate Presentation Format
While most Forums use a traditional format for their presentations, there are a variety of other types of presentation formats that, if used, might produce ...
Coaching Tips
10 MORE Questions To Use During Presentation Coaching
To follow up on my last post with coaching question (https://tinyurl.com/umkbd3j), here are 10 more questions you can use when coaching someone for a presentation: ...
Forum Overview
Forums increase member Engagement/Retention
In Robert Putnam’s book, Better Together, which talks about the ingredients needed for a successful community, he says “In any large organization, people’s sense of loyalty, ...
Activities
End Of Year Reflection Activity
We have a much larger end of year reflection training we do with Forums, but a section I specifically enjoy and want to share with ...
Forum Overview
What is a Forum?
A Forum is synonymous with other names like Mastermind, Inner Circle, Pod, Circles, Teams, Cohort, Brain Trust, Etc. A Forum is a group of 6-8 ...
Coaching Tips
Coaching Curiosity
In the word question, there is a beautiful word—quest. I love that word.- Elie Wiesel When coaching someone for a presentation, keep the word “quest” ...
Moderator/Facilitation Tips
Opening Pulse
It’s good to start each Forum meeting with an opening pulse to get a sense of where everyone is at mentally, emotionally, and physically. The ...
Constitution/Culture Tips
Forum vs Mastermind vs Inner Circle vs Circles vs Teams vs Cohort vs Brain Trust vs Etc…
The work we are doing here has a lot of different names. Some orgs like YPO and EO call them Forums. Others choose to use ...
Activities
The Purpose Triangle – Why are you in this Forum?
It’s a great question and one that should be asked of new members, and repeated every so often with existing members, because motivations change. The ...
Retreats
Setting a Retreat Budget
Typically Forums do one multi-day retreat per year. But because each Forum mate tends to be in a different financial situation each year, setting a ...