For many organizations, meetings are as inevitable as the Monday blues. Making meetings as productive as possible is like finding the perfect coffee blend – it can significantly boost organizational productivity and your brain power for the day! This guidebook offers the essential techniques used by professionals for meeting planning and facilitation. While facilitation is as much an art as it is a science, getting familiar with these concepts can help even novice facilitators plan and conduct more effective meetings. A common misconception is that good results will magically appear just by getting all the experts together in the same room and talk over things over a cup of coffee. While getting the right people together is certainly important, it’s the facilitation that brews the perfect blend of ideas and actions. Efficiency, time management and staying on task remains crucial to get the best out of those meeting moments.