60 acast.com <![CDATA[Stop: 'going to meetings']]> http://www.thefacilitationpartnership.com en The Facilitation Partnership successful meetings, meetings ,business ,meeting culture,corporate,change culture,leadership,facilitation The Facilitation Partnership Instead, start having the right conversations with the right people at the right time. Can’t live with meetings and can’t live without them. What should you do? 


Stop ‘going to meetings’, the conversational-style podcast series that aims to help you bring about lasting, positive change for every meeting you’re involved with. Listen if you want to:

  • Sharpen your perspective on meetings
  • See meetings through a new lens
  • Understand your own responsibility and impact in each conversation
  • Work smarter and encourage others to do the same.


So many of us are frustrated with the quality and quantity of meeting conversations these days, which means meetings inevitably ‘get the blame’. This is reinforced by any number of surveys reporting meetings that are too boring, they’re not productive or too many meetings spent planning other meetings. The accusations are a credible protest about time wasting, clogged-up diaries and little time to do the actual work.


Hosted by Helen Chapman and co-hosted by Amy Webb, this pair are the perfect duo to blend experience and provocation with fresh-eyed curiosity on a subject they both share a passion for: getting the best from people and their meeting conversations. Together, they provide insight to help you make choices about the shifts you need to make.

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]]> Can’t live with meetings and can’t live without them. What should you do? 


Stop ‘going to meetings’, the conversational-style podcast series that aims to help you bring about lasting, positive change for every meeting you’re involved with. Listen if you want to:

  • Sharpen your perspective on meetings
  • See meetings through a new lens
  • Understand your own responsibility and impact in each conversation
  • Work smarter and encourage others to do the same.


So many of us are frustrated with the quality and quantity of meeting conversations these days, which means meetings inevitably ‘get the blame’. This is reinforced by any number of surveys reporting meetings that are too boring, they’re not productive or too many meetings spent planning other meetings. The accusations are a credible protest about time wasting, clogged-up diaries and little time to do the actual work.


Hosted by Helen Chapman and co-hosted by Amy Webb, this pair are the perfect duo to blend experience and provocation with fresh-eyed curiosity on a subject they both share a passion for: getting the best from people and their meeting conversations. Together, they provide insight to help you make choices about the shifts you need to make.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> false Ellie Chapman info+60d0935a43ce340012caad8a@mg-eu.acast.com 60d0935a43ce340012caad8a stop-going-to-meetings serial https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60d0935a43ce340012caad8a/1624349656852-929ea97cc96e24ab8275f4d3ecf0c114.jpeg http://www.thefacilitationpartnership.com <![CDATA[Stop: 'going to meetings']]> A quest for understanding A quest for understanding Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:07:56 GMT 32:16 610a912c2c6472001371f690 false https://www.thefacilitationpartnership.com/podcast-episodes 610a912c2c6472001371f690 60d0935a43ce340012caad8a a-quest-for-understanding full 1 5 “Seek first to understand and then aim to be understood” Stephen Covey

 

The content or subject matter in a meeting, such as data, facts, information and insights is the equivalent of sharing ‘knowledge currency’.  

 

In this podcast chat with Helen Chapman and Amy Webb, we observe how we often fall short of reaching the true value potential of information exchange. Even the sexiest PowerPoint deck can fall flat. The conversation covers how sharing a deck is usually a one-way process of presenter to listener. PowerPoint is a great and trusted friend, but has its place and is limited when it comes to true knowledge sharing and understanding, even if it is accompanied by a Q&A.


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]]> “Seek first to understand and then aim to be understood” Stephen Covey

 

The content or subject matter in a meeting, such as data, facts, information and insights is the equivalent of sharing ‘knowledge currency’.  

 

In this podcast chat with Helen Chapman and Amy Webb, we observe how we often fall short of reaching the true value potential of information exchange. Even the sexiest PowerPoint deck can fall flat. The conversation covers how sharing a deck is usually a one-way process of presenter to listener. PowerPoint is a great and trusted friend, but has its place and is limited when it comes to true knowledge sharing and understanding, even if it is accompanied by a Q&A.


Email us here - hello@thefacilitationpartnership.com

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn

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]]> Labels and things Labels and things Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:05:04 GMT 32:41 60faa2628476120012a3fc24 false https://www.thefacilitationpartnership.com/podcast-episodes 60faa2628476120012a3fc24 60d0935a43ce340012caad8a labels-and-things When did you last put a label on someone in a meeting? full 1 4 When did you last put a label on someone in a meeting? For instance, ‘She’s an extrovert and never stops talking’ or ‘He’s the joker who laughs-off tricky situations’.

 

Labels come from mostly unconscious judgement which then shows itself in behaviour. Do you cut some people short, while having plenty of time for others? Perhaps you switch off when the person who contributes most begins to speak? Or maybe you listen intently when the most senior person in the room has something to say?

 

This podcast explores our human tendency to judge and in their conversation, Helen Chapman and Amy Webb explore doing something different to get the most from others in meetings.


Email us here - hello@thefacilitationpartnership.com

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn


Cool stuff links:

•   The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown

•   Myers Briggs

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]]> When did you last put a label on someone in a meeting? For instance, ‘She’s an extrovert and never stops talking’ or ‘He’s the joker who laughs-off tricky situations’.

 

Labels come from mostly unconscious judgement which then shows itself in behaviour. Do you cut some people short, while having plenty of time for others? Perhaps you switch off when the person who contributes most begins to speak? Or maybe you listen intently when the most senior person in the room has something to say?

 

This podcast explores our human tendency to judge and in their conversation, Helen Chapman and Amy Webb explore doing something different to get the most from others in meetings.


Email us here - hello@thefacilitationpartnership.com

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn


Cool stuff links:

•   The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown

•   Myers Briggs

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]]> Working visually in meetings Working visually in meetings Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:52:29 GMT 39:16 60f164ed0626bc0012136cee false https://www.thefacilitationpartnership.com/podcast-episodes 60f164ed0626bc0012136cee 60d0935a43ce340012caad8a working-visually-in-meetings full 1 3 Visual note-taking in meetings is nothing new. For decades, skilled people have used the language of shorthand to create a record of the things being discussed and agreed in meetings.


Today, while shorthand is still very valuable for many, there are more ways to work visually in meetings. The open conversation between Helen Chapman and Amy Webb explores new and modern methods of taking notes and describes the compelling value in doing so.


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]]> Visual note-taking in meetings is nothing new. For decades, skilled people have used the language of shorthand to create a record of the things being discussed and agreed in meetings.


Today, while shorthand is still very valuable for many, there are more ways to work visually in meetings. The open conversation between Helen Chapman and Amy Webb explores new and modern methods of taking notes and describes the compelling value in doing so.


Email us here - hello@thefacilitationpartnership.com

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn

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]]> Unstable meetings and wandering minds Unstable meetings and wandering minds Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:27:41 GMT 34:31 60e41742f57f9700192b0a34 false https://www.thefacilitationpartnership.com/podcast-episodes 60e41742f57f9700192b0a34 60d0935a43ce340012caad8a unstable-meetings-and-wandering-minds To control or not control; that is the question full 1 2 If you have a purposeful agenda, you’ve booked a meeting space and have the right group of attendees, you’ve probably got a good cornerstone for your meeting. 


This podcast discusses the problems that can arise when things happen that are out of your control. Even in a short, one-hour meeting there are many moving parts: time, energy and understanding, to name just a few. Add to that, the unpredictable nature of the human mind and before you know it, the meeting turns out to be nothing like you planned. 


This candid and open conversation with Helen Chapman and Amy Webb expands on what to do with instability, how to adjust the reins to apply more control or undo the laces a little to allow focussed flexibility in.


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Cool stuff links:

People Etcetera by Elma Mitchell



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]]> If you have a purposeful agenda, you’ve booked a meeting space and have the right group of attendees, you’ve probably got a good cornerstone for your meeting. 


This podcast discusses the problems that can arise when things happen that are out of your control. Even in a short, one-hour meeting there are many moving parts: time, energy and understanding, to name just a few. Add to that, the unpredictable nature of the human mind and before you know it, the meeting turns out to be nothing like you planned. 


This candid and open conversation with Helen Chapman and Amy Webb expands on what to do with instability, how to adjust the reins to apply more control or undo the laces a little to allow focussed flexibility in.


Email us here - hello@thefacilitationpartnership.com

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn


Cool stuff links:

People Etcetera by Elma Mitchell



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]]> Through the screen: online meetings Through the screen: online meetings Wed, 23 Jun 2021 08:03:40 GMT 38:23 60d16d4b14c83400123ee8ad false https://shows.acast.com/stop-going-to-meetings/episodes/through-the-screen-online-meetings 60d16d4b14c83400123ee8ad 60d0935a43ce340012caad8a through-the-screen-online-meetings full 1 1 They’re not ‘virtual’ they actually exist. In this first episode, Helen Chapman and Amy Webb discuss the idea that you can break through and make online meetings brilliant, engaging and valuable; even those that span geographic time zones. When you think about it, humans and their behaviour are at the heart of every meeting, online or not, and it’s human behaviour that’s struggling to keep up. 


This warm and open conversation evolves to cover online meetings, working from home, the emergence of tech platforms, playing jazz and hybrid meetings.


Email us here - hello@thefacilitationpartnership.com

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn


Cool stuff links:

BBC News - No full-time return to the office for over a million

Microsoft - Research Proves Your Brain Needs Breaks

Online tools: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Miro, Mural, Mentimeter



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]]> They’re not ‘virtual’ they actually exist. In this first episode, Helen Chapman and Amy Webb discuss the idea that you can break through and make online meetings brilliant, engaging and valuable; even those that span geographic time zones. When you think about it, humans and their behaviour are at the heart of every meeting, online or not, and it’s human behaviour that’s struggling to keep up. 


This warm and open conversation evolves to cover online meetings, working from home, the emergence of tech platforms, playing jazz and hybrid meetings.


Email us here - hello@thefacilitationpartnership.com

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn


Cool stuff links:

BBC News - No full-time return to the office for over a million

Microsoft - Research Proves Your Brain Needs Breaks

Online tools: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Miro, Mural, Mentimeter



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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