Guide to Meetings

Chapter 4. How to Record Ideas? Plan for Graphic Facilitation

Chapter 4 Outline

1. Deciding whether to record ideas

   • What is meeting facilitation?

   • What are the benefits?

   • Why prepare in advance?

2. Choosing equipment for graphic facilitation

   • Flipcharts

   • Traditional black or white boards

   • Electronic boards

   • Electronic “live boards”

   • Projectors

   • Handouts

   • Computer projectors

3. Planning design and headings in advance

   • Using a visual framework to facilitate discussion

   • Using color

   • Composing chart headings in advance

One of the most important ways to enhance group discussion is to record participants’ comments publicly. This technique is known as “graphic facilitation,” because you use graphics—such as notes on flipcharts or boards—in addition to words (known as “verbal facilitation”). ...