Meeting Facilitation From de Bono Consulting

When Should You Consider a de Bono Meeting Facilitator?

When your team needs to generate creative new ideas
Our meeting facilitators utilize Lateral Thinking and other Edward de Bono facilitation techniques to help your group move beyond predictable solutions to fresh ideas.

When your group doesn't wish to use an internal meeting facilitator
Depending on the issue, your team may not wish to use your in-house meeting facilitator because they are too close to the issue you are considering.

When a number of meetings have already been held on the issue and no progress had been made
Our meeting facilitator will utilize tools and techniques from Edward de Bono to help the group move to alternative solutions.

When your team is considering controversial issues and participants have a history of taking sides
Our de Bono meeting facilitator will have a neutral, fresh perspective and will guide and coach your group in applying de Bono thinking methods to the issues at hand.

When there is a feeling that the group dynamics, including ego and power plays, will prevent constructive discussion
Our meeting facilitator will use the de Bono thinking methods to elicit constructive output.

Using a de Bono Consulting Meeting Facilitator enables you to fully participate in your meeting without the need to concentrate on leading the meeting. Our certified meeting facilitators have vast experience in using many proven techniques for focused, productive, and innovative meetings.

Our Meeting Facilitator will:

• Help you clearly define and achieve your meeting objectives
• Work with you in advance of your meeting to design the thinking agenda so it contains all of the necessary thinking ingredients to enable success
• Lead the entire meeting, allowing all attendees to fully participate in the thinking process
• Ensure the agenda is clearly understood by each meeting participant
• Define and explain the Edward de Bono thinking techniques they will use throughout the meeting
• Keep participants focused on the defined objective, enabling parallel thinking
• Foster a meeting atmosphere that attendees will enjoy
• Leverage the diversity of thinking that leads to powerful solutions
• Clarify statements and suggestions to avoid confusion
• Ask probing questions or summarize the use of a specific tool
• Restate the focus to steer the direction of their questions
• Restate the de Bono thinking tool in use to remind participants of the focus at hand when necessary
• Control diversions and keep the process on track
• Monitor the agenda to ensure that time is used efficiently
• Lead attendees to supported, workable action plans
• Sign your confidentiality agreement to protect your company information

de Bono Consulting has a global network of highly experienced meeting facilitators who are located in 35 countries and speak 18 languages.

Call de Bono Consulting at 800.278.1292 for a customized meeting facilitation proposal.

Do You Want to Become an Expert Meeting Facilitator? Focus on Facilitation is an advanced training course for meeting facilitators, team leaders, and managers. This course shows you how to combine tools from three de Bono thinking systems to become an expert meeting facilitator for any kind of meeting. Engage participants and help them accomplish much more—before, during, and after attending meetings you lead.