Timeboxing and Parking Lot Template

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Introducing Timeboxing and Parking Lots

Are you ready to elevate your workshops to the next level? The Connective Canvas Facilitation Toolkit is here to empower your facilitation journey, and we're excited to introduce Timeboxing and Parking Lots.

What's Inside Timeboxing and Parking Lots?

Timeboxing and Parking Lots are essential tools for managing time and maintaining focus during your workshops. These techniques help ensure that discussions stay on track and that important topics are addressed efficiently. Here's what you can expect:

Timeboxing: Allocate specific time slots for each agenda item or activity to ensure that your workshop stays on schedule. This technique helps maintain momentum and prevents any single topic from dominating the session.
Parking Lots: Create a designated space (physical or virtual) where off-topic ideas, questions, or issues can be "parked" for later discussion. This ensures that the main agenda stays focused while still capturing valuable input for future consideration.
Prioritisation: Use the Parking Lot to prioritise which parked items need to be addressed immediately and which can be deferred to a later time or follow-up session.
Flexibility: Adapt your timeboxing and parking strategies as needed to accommodate the dynamic flow of the workshop and the needs of the participants.
Follow-Up: Ensure that items in the Parking Lot are revisited and addressed after the workshop, demonstrating that all contributions are valued and considered.

Timeboxing and Parking Lots are perfect for:

Facilitators of all levels looking to enhance their skills and deliver impactful workshops.
Teams and organisations seeking to improve collaboration, communication, and problem-solving through effective facilitation.
Anyone who wants to design and run engaging and productive meetings, training sessions, or events.

Ready to take your workshops to the next level? Dive into Timeboxing and Parking Lots and discover a wealth of resources to elevate your facilitation practice.

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Paul Snedden

Founder@Connective Canvas

G'day, I'm Paul from the country where it's always tomorrow. You'd know it as Australia. I'm an Workshop Designer, Facilitator, Trainer and Coach, helping teams think differently to solve problems. I'm also a big believer in making work fun - one great way of doing that is by mixing up the normal drudgery of meetings. The templates I create here can be used to bring alignment and collaboration, but in fun ways using games, themes, movies, music. If you think it, you can do it.