Archive - Facilitate Better with Jeffrey Cufaude

How to Share Conference Takeaways to Facilitate Change (Facilitation Friday #83)

Practical tips you can use or share with others at workshops or conferences you facilitate.

Aug 8 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

Simple Snowballs Can Jumpstart Energy and Exchange of Ideas (Facilitation Friday #82)

Every facilitator needs purposely playful activities and formats in their toolkit.

Aug 1 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

July 2025

Leverage Diverse Constraints to Promote More Innovative Results (Facilitation Friday #81)

Constraints often make it easier, not harder, to generate more interesting and innovative ideas.

Jul 25 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

Equip Participants to Be Better Strategic Thinkers (Facilitation Friday #80)

Don't assume people will just show up ready and able to do the work.

Jul 18 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

For Better Conversations, Extend Invitations to Contribute (Facilitation Friday #79)

Inviting others to contribute is a facilitative gift anyone can extend.

Jul 11 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

Mid-Year Check-In (Facilitation Friday #78)

A few questions for contemplation about the work of facilitation.

Jul 3 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

June 2025

Simple Questions to Help Participants Plug in to More Learning (Facilitation Friday #77)

Effective facilitation makes it easier for participants to discover the signals relevant to them among the general content noise.

Jun 27 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

Wisdom Walls Make Interesting Connections & Conversations Easier (Facilitation Friday #76)

Use this simple technique to accelerate learning and community in meetings, workshops, conferences, and informal professional development efforts.

Jun 20 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

Seven Powerful Prompts for More Strategic Conversations (Facilitation Friday #75)

Compelling quotes provide a helpful mental warm-up prior to strategy conversations.

Jun 13 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

Bridging Beliefs for Better Discussions in a Divided World (Facilitation Friday #74)

Better discussions or decisions often occur when participants' beliefs are made transparent.

Jun 6 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

May 2025

Use Word Clouds to Jumpstart Valuable Insights and Conversations (Facilitation Friday #73)

Word clouds are an underutilized tool that more meetings, workshops, and conferences should embrace.

May 30 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

In Successful Meetings, Everyone Does Their Part (Facilitation Friday #72)

Facilitators make a lasting contribution when we enable greater interdependence among participants and less dependence on us.

May 22 •

Jeffrey Cufaude

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