Now, more than ever, face-to-face and virtual meetings need to be run efficiently to achieve agreed-upon objectives. Skilled meeting facilitation makes all the difference, and is at the heart of what The Grove brings to all of its work.

Facilitation provides focus, supports effective participation, and, in The Grove’s case, incorporates big-picture visuals that allow everyone to see and understand what is happening. Grove facilitators have experience in the high-tech, consumer-product, energy, professional-services and biotech industries, as well as federal, state and local agencies, non-profit organizations and foundations.

Because The Grove’s methodology (reflected in The Grove Facilitation Model) is highly visual in nature, our facilitation services often include the use of professional graphic recorders to assist in capturing critical information during meetings. This recording stimulates creative contribution and big-picture thinking among participants, while producing an engaging record to share with others. We are leaders in this field and can draw from a large network of graphic-recording practitioners.

The Grove regularly supports clients with the following services:

• Designing meetings and special group processes
  
• Guidance on preparation of presentation media and murals
  
• Arranging and facilitating Web and teleconferences
  
• Graphic facilitation and graphic recording assistance during meetings
  
• Meeting documentation services when data capture and dissemination is desired
• Coaching of facilitators and recorders during large-group processes
  

“The value of The Grove’s method of working is that the 40 people in this room represent at least 400 other people in the organization who are not here. The graphics let you tell the story to the people who need this information, so even though they were not part of the meeting, they get the benefit of following the thought process that led to the strategy conclusions. Dynamic graphic records tell the story of the meeting. Also, after we communicated the work at the strategic offsite we displayed the graphic record in the hallways where employees gathered to have in-depth conversations about the work.”

—Boris Teksler
HP Labs