Do you want to conduct a meeting where everyone is involved, everyone contributes? Would you rather your meeting deal with new ideas – what might be and will be – rather than become stuck on what is or what has been? Do you want a meeting where people look forward to the substantive program more than happy hour?

When Before & After facilitates a meeting we inject a positive, productive energy that engages your people, affirmatively and constructively, helping you achieve your meeting objective while delivering the desired results. The impetus of this energy comes from our experience in running high- ouput, free-thinking meetings, but most of the energy comes from the imaginations and resourcefulness of your people.

Before & After specializes in helping companies conduct true "working meetings" where real progress is made and things get done. Yes, many meetings are simply forums for a few to present to many, where agendas and results are preset. For these types of meetings outside facilitation provides marginal benefit. That is not our specialty. Because of our expertise in creative thinking and problem solving we excel in helping your group explore fresh ways to look at old or new challenges and opportunities.

While it might be obvious how fresh thinking helps when readdressing old problems, our methods are just as powerful when addressing new issues. With new challenges and opportunities, too many people simply rely on their previous experience in "similar" situations to drive their thinking. The fact is, a new situation, by definition, is different so it requires fresher thinking still (we call it rational disengagement).

While every meeting is different, we typically start with a mini version of our highly-acclaimed Do-It-Yourself Lobotomy™, to "grease minds" in the words of one of our meeting clients. We then often use group think instruments such as Force Field Analysis, GAP Analysis or our proprietary FlashFlood Brainstorming™ to attack the agenda and deliver results.

It you want to take full advantage of the incredible brain power of your meeting attendees, it helps to be guided by a facilitator who truly understands the human mind, group dynamics and how to stimulate brilliance in order to harvest the best ideas. Before & After has consistently delivered such results for years. The proof? Most of our assignments are for repeat customers.

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