Businesses around the globe have trusted professional facilitators or consultants to set up, organize, and run their company meetings for decades…

With physical distancing and self-isolation now a necessity, most employees are currently working from home. For those familiar with working remotely, this will be a pretty seamless transition, but…

Brainstorming, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is: “a group problem-solving technique that involves the spontaneous contribution of ideas from all members of the group” (source) Alex F. Osborn, who worked in advertising, made the term mainstream in the 1940s and…

Being stuck in a room trying to think of an idea right before a deadline approaches is awful! But, it’s what most of us end up doing when we brainstorm. We definitely don’t come up with our best ideas brainstorming…

As a meeting facilitator, speaking well is important, however, that alone won’t win over a room of people. You also need to be aware of how your body language comes across to those who are attending the meeting. Five body…

During a traditional meeting, it can be tough to choose which content is most important to discuss and move forward with. Team members can verbally say what they think is important and vote by raising their hands…

Let’s face it, organization — especially after a meeting — is usually a chore. We organize all the time at home, so why do we need to take so much time to organize at work too? The fact is, however, that meetings require organization, and most workplaces…

This week, we are going to focus on how running a meeting in Stormboard can actually save you time and make your team more productive. Typically, a traditional meeting is run like this…

Let’s be honest, setting up and preparing for a meeting can be a huge chore. You know the drill— you end up shuffling through your notes or searching through emails for meeting minutes from the last time your team met that are nowhere to be found…

Lean Startups have flourished in recent years, mainly because it’s a great business model for small businesses and larger companies alike. What is a Lean Startup, exactly? Just like in the Agile methodology of Lean Development, Lean Startups aim to…

When the Christmas season rolls around, people are bombarded with never-ending shopping lists, holiday parties, long work hours, and so on. It’s a hectic time of year, especially when your work team sets out to plan their annual party. Getting…

Sticky notes, whiteboards, index cards, Storm, Substorms — we use a lot of lingo here at Stormboard, but the one word that we want to make sure you understand is “Storm”. What is a Storm? A Storm is what we…

The core principles of Kanban are the same no matter what industry you are in — visualize the work that needs to be done, limit the work in progress, focus on continuous flow, and constantly improve the process. Before we…

Whether you are brainstorming with your team, designing a product, or holding an annual general meeting, you will be adding ideas to your Storm using a Stormboard sticky note. And, while you may already know how…

In theory, meetings are meant to make the workplace more efficient — it’s all about sharing ideas, collaboration, and increasing productivity. But, the reality is that they tend to be a terrible use of time, a waste of resources, and can even stall productivity…

You’ve discovered an exciting new collaboration product at a conference, convention, online, through a colleague, or saw it advertised on a bus bench on your way to the office. You’re inspired, excited, and can see how this product could make…

Thanks to technology that allows for digital collaboration, the remote employee workforce is growing rapidly. According to the American Time Use Survey, among workers age 25 and over, 43% of those with an advanced degree perform some, if not all,…

Let’s be honest, meetings suck. Or, as author Cameron Herold puts it in his book Meetings Suck: Turning One of The Most Loathed Elements of Business Into The Most Valuable, “[a]ctually, meetings don’t suck. We suck at running meetings…” If they…

Creative ideas don’t just appear out of nowhere — here are 7 Steps To More Effective And Creative Brainstorming, designed to help you kickstart your mind and get ideas flowing.

Alex Osborn was really onto something in the 1950s when he first introduced brainstorming, but since then social experts have spent many words trying to prove that the social limits of a brainstorm hinder its productive capabilities. So what happens…