Intersol/Facilitation/FacilitatePro/Overview

Parking Lot

 * Customisation - look and feel
 * Naming Conventions
 * Conference Screen - Intersol vs. User ID
 * have a place on the server where we can put documents

Tips & Tricks

 * enter Topic info as a Question?
 * always use the links on the application to move back and forth, not the refresh button on your browser
 * number the topics with 10, 20, 30, to allow for reordering, etc.
 * change the Topic Mode to be the Group Chat Mode
 * Click on the Enter Box, and then that makes NO Link - i.e., creating inactive links
 * sneak way in: on the Facilitator's screen is to click on the flipchart... you can get in... (and change the topic mode as Group Chat (you can then see the group chatty icon - for orientation of the Facilitator)
 * Pencil - Editing
 * Flipchart - Working on the Flipchart
 * Creating the Question / Opportunity for Reprhasing
 * Before we let our participants loose on the Question - ask it, answer it before the participants do (leave at least one (1) good answer in the question:
 * You may rephrase the question - Caveat: don't lead the participants down one path, because you're guiding...
 * test the question
 * modelling the answer - type of info you need, and the detail you require
 * An Agenda Topic = Flipchart
 * ALWAYS PRESS "SAVE & REFRESH" -
 * the flipchart will update when you add an idea; add a comment or "save and refresh"

Settings
(default is the way the participants see it)
 * Facilitator Settings - allow you to move into 'Facilitator Mode'
 * Brainstorm QuickCat, then Press 'Save and Enter' to change the Mode.
 * Facilitate Pro - Default Settings - Page 59

Voting
(screenshot by screenshot in books pp. 41 and 42 - ONCE YOU HAVE DISTRIBUTED THE BALLOTS, LOOK FOR 'SUCCESS'
 * decide in ADVANCE how you want to Vote
 * Select the Method of Voting
 * Custom - Express 100 Point Sliding Scale
 * as an organization - Intersol - could create some profiles, and make them available to everyone in Facilitate Express
 * then click on distribute ballots button
 * MAKE SURE THE TOPIC IS CHANGED - FROM BRAINSTORM TO VOTE IN MINI CONTROL PANE.
 * when ready, click "Save and Enter"
 * do you want to keep the marked up ballots - most time, you will want you to consciously delete.
 * AN EXCEPTION: PRE-TEST QUESTIONS - you may want to save pre-test questions.... and responses (votes)
 * Click Tabulate Data - in most cases
 * Click Tabulate Data - in most cases

for Randy

 * add descriptions of Purpose, Objectives, etc. as links

Demo Day

 * Alain's Demo
 * Hilary's Demo
 * Julia's comments