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Two Powerful Workshops on Technical Communication at SMRP in October
The 31st Annual SMRP Conference joins maintenance, reliability, and physical asset management professionals from around the world on...
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Oct 5, 2023


Why Are Most Facilitators White College-Educated Women?
SessionLab recently released the outcome of the first comprehensive survey on the practice of facilitation, the State of Facilitation...
JD Solomon
Aug 8, 2023


SessionLab Releases 2023 Facilitation Survey
The 2023 SessionLab survey on facilitation is based on over 1100 responses from facilitators worldwide. Responses came from 93 countries,...
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Jul 29, 2023


Why Do Facilitators Overlook Onboarding and Socializing New Team Members?
People get promoted, change jobs, move, or change teams in other ways. When this happens, new members often join a team, and these...
JD Solomon
Jul 18, 2023


Improving Soft Skills Propels Your Career
These two books will improve your soft skills and empower your career. "The results of our work often depend on the quality of the...
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Jul 7, 2023


Improve Team Dynamics by Modifying This One Simple Technique
Fist to five is a simple and effective technique for improving team dynamics and gauging consensus. In this simple method, participants...
JD Solomon
Jun 19, 2023


Five Unique Attributes of the Fresh Book, Facilitating with FINESSE
Facilitating with FINESSE: A Guide to Successful Business Solutions is a practitioner's guide for ten common applications that...
JD Solomon
Jun 12, 2023


New Book: JD Solomon's Facilitating with FINESSE Is Available on Amazon
Facilitating with FINESSE: A Guide to Successful Business Solutions is now available on Amazon.
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Jun 7, 2023


May Updates from JD Solomon Solutions
Hot Topics Facilitation – How Young Professionals Can Build a Facilitation Team and Empower Their Careers Asset Management – Eight...
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May 20, 2023


How Young Professionals Can Build a Facilitation Team and Empower Their Careers
Young professionals bring the knowledge and insights needed for any organization to succeed. By 2025, half of the global workforce will...
JD Solomon
May 9, 2023


My Top 5 Tips for Facilitating Large Groups versus Small Groups
Facilitating large groups can be intimidating. As always, successful facilitation starts with doing the basics well. Special attention in...
JD Solomon
Apr 3, 2023


Great Facilitation Agendas: What Little League Baseball Taught Me
Baseball coaches and facilitators often share the common problem of developing an agenda. And if one meaning of facilitation is to make...
JD Solomon
Mar 7, 2023


Why an Old School Dashboard is Effective for a Facilitated Strategic Plan
I was recently wandering around the lobby at Grand Strand Medical Center when I suddenly ran into an oversized bulletin board. I expected...
JD Solomon
Jan 18, 2023


How To Improve Communication & Facilitation with the FINESSE Mental Model
After a guest lecture at a major US university, I recently had a follow-up conversation with a graduate student. The discussion centered...
JD Solomon
Jan 10, 2023


How to Improve Strategic Plan Facilitation by Reviewing Dashboard Design
The Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) business leader was frustrated. Three years ago, the organization moved to a new...
JD Solomon
Dec 30, 2022


How to Improve Facilitation of Public Workshop and Comment Sessions
Facilitating public workshops and comment sessions are typically conducted by public-sector organizations. These sessions are intended to...
JD Solomon
Nov 29, 2022


Facilitation Lessons Learned: One Board, Four Board Retreats, and Four Formats
Facilitators seldom have the opportunity to use four formats with the same board of directors for four consecutive years. Blame it on...
JD Solomon
Nov 9, 2022


SMRP, Fabulous Facilitation Workshop Coming to Raleigh on Oct 17
Facilitation is an essential skill for technical professionals working in group environments. Maintenance and reliability education does...
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Oct 9, 2022


Trust Proven Approaches to Produce the Best Facilitated Sessions
The stakes are high. The problem is difficult. We search for the facilitation approach that rises to the level of the problem. Not so...
JD Solomon
Oct 4, 2022


No Practical Difference Between Strategic Plan and Asset Management Policy
A common question is whether the Board of Directors should approve the Asset Management Policy. The short answer is yes. The longer...
JD Solomon
Aug 22, 2022
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