Quick answer
Facilitating meetings: keep it on purpose, give everyone air, capture decisions live, and manage the clock — a facilitator serves the outcome, not the agenda.
The craft
Restate the goal, manage airtime (invite the quiet, park the long), park digressions visibly, summarize decisions as they’re made.
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Managing people
The dominator gets ‘hold on, let’s hear others’; the silent get invited directly; the digresser gets the parking lot.
The tools
Visible agenda, parking lot, live notes, a timer — the artifacts that keep it honest.
The close
Last 5 minutes: decisions read back, owners named, next steps — the part that makes it real.
Bottom line
Facilitating meetings: keep it on purpose, give everyone air, capture decisions live, and manage the clock — a facilitator serves the outcome, not the agenda.
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