Make It Visible

Forces

 Humans brains handle between 5 to 9 chunks of information at a time
 The Eye-Brain system handles a lot more but has no memory.
 Groups need a common record of a meeting and consensusses.
 Sometimes a group is dominated by one individual who does all the talking.

Solution

The talkative member of the group volunteers to act as recorder and stands by a chalkboard, flip chart, over-head-projector, or sits at a lap-top hooked to a projector. The recorder may not make suggestions. He/She can only ask for ideas, record and display them, and request confirmation and refinement.

After the meeting the group, or members of the group, can ask for some of the visual aids to be preserved, copied, and distributed to the people in the group as a record of the key decisions.