Groups that agree on their meeting code of conduct, or session norms, are more productive and achieve better results.
TIP: To facilitate the task of gaining agreement on meeting agreements, you might try one of these four facilitation strategies:
1. FAST: Offer a starting list of possible ground rules, and refine as needed.
2. FULLY OWNED:Help a group develop their own norms by asking, "Think of the characteristics of effective meetings. What can we do to support each other in achieving this?"
3. FULL PARTICIPATION: Create a level playing field between participants of different ranks by targeting norms that encourage everyone to leave their ranks at the door.
4. FUN: A team that will work together over time to playfully list the behaviours they don't want to see ☺!
Read more about session norms..... And to learn more tips: register for The Confident Facilitator, October 25-27, 2010 (Vancouver)
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This is a great one to post on the wall! We are highly functioning in meetings, but we have a brief mention to begin of (1) the balance between being nicey-nice (head nodders) and agressive and (2) mentioning when our "duck is quacking" (which indicates to others you're getting hot under the collar. It's such an important piece inviting others to be themselves.
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