MSU Extension Facilitation

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• The importance of the agenda

  Published on May 5, 2014
  The agenda indicates what will be done at the meeting.

• Proven leader can help move communities forward

  Published on May 5, 2014
  Paul Born's research on collective impact and building community includes suggestions for community leaders interested in working together to achieve meaningful goals.

• Basics of bylaws

  Published on May 1, 2014
  Understanding the fundamentals of the purpose of bylaws can help a group move forward more effectively.

• Healthy meetings: Get up and move

  Published on April 24, 2014
  Meetings and conferences can have a strain on your energy level. Small physical activity breaks can reenergize your brain and body.

• Why can’t we think clearly about climate change?

  Published on April 23, 2014
  Thinking errors and emotions affect whom and what we believe about climate change.

• Flexibility and creativity is crucial in meeting facilitation

  Published on April 15, 2014
  Agendas are helpful, but what do you do when the meeting goes off script?

• Workforce skills for Michigan residents in the 21st century: Part 2

  Published on March 31, 2014
  Educators partner together to develop and deliver programs targeted at building interpersonal skills, a workforce skill highly sought out in the 21st century.

• Workforce skills for Michigan residents in the 21st century: Part 1

  Published on March 31, 2014
  Educators partner together to develop and deliver programs targeted at building interpersonal skills, a workforce skill highly sought out in the 21st century.

• From ground rules to shared expectations

  Published on March 13, 2014
  Facilitators can encourage groups to move beyond identifying bad behaviors and toward positive outcomes.

• If you want to hear or be heard, check the acoustics

  Published on March 5, 2014
  “I love hearing my audience breathe.” - Adele