Agenda Mapping

a guide to developing a collaborative agenda

Task Communication Strategies
Identify Issue of Open ended question
- What brings you here today?
Focus - How can we best spend our time?
- What are you thinking we should talk about today?

Demonstrate Reflection:
- OK, so you would like to work on/talk about…
Understanding - It sounds like you are interested in discussing…
- You are really wanting to talk about or start working on…

Brainstorm Open ended questions & reflections:

- What are some types of things that would be helpful to talk about regarding
Agenda & Map that?
Out Agenda - What smaller steps could we talk about that would be helpful?
- What parts of that could we talk about today?
Add your items after you ask permission or provide explanation:
- Would it be OK if I added something?
- I am thinking of something, can I add?
Identify Most Summarize conversation and request person to narrow down choices:
- So we came up with a pretty good list [summarize all of the items].
Important What sticks out to you?
Issues, Priority What would be helpful to talk about?
Issues, Relevant Which ones of these seem really important or relevant?
Issues, etc. Use scaling questions (for each top 3 items):
- On a scale of 1 -10 where ten is most important, how important is this
change?
- On a scale of 1 -10 where ten is most confident, how confident are you in
making this change?

Finalize Agenda Summarize issues with a focus on important issues

Ask Permission or give explanation if you need to add an item
Gather commitment through collaborative decision making

Jesse Berg, LMSW, MINT www.intrinsicchange.com

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Demonstrate Demonstrate Demonstrate
2 Understanding 2 Understanding 2 Understanding
Brainstorm Agenda Brainstorm Agenda Brainstorm Agenda
3 & Map Out Agenda 3 & Map Out Agenda 3 & Map Out Agenda

Identify Priority Identify Priority Identify Priority

4 Issues 4 Issues 4 Issues
Ask Before Adding Ask Before Adding Ask Before Adding
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Identify Issue of Identify Issue of Identify Issue of
1 Focus 1 Focus 1 Focus
Demonstrate Demonstrate Demonstrate
2 Understanding 2 Understanding 2 Understanding
Brainstorm Agenda Brainstorm Agenda Brainstorm Agenda
3 & Map Out Agenda 3 & Map Out Agenda 3 & Map Out Agenda

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Ask Before Adding Ask Before Adding Ask Before Adding
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Finalize Agenda Finalize Agenda Finalize Agenda
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Agenda Setting Agenda Setting Agenda Setting

Identify Issue of Identify Issue of Identify Issue of
1 Focus 1 Focus 1 Focus
Demonstrate Demonstrate Demonstrate
2 Understanding 2 Understanding 2 Understanding
Brainstorm Agenda Brainstorm Agenda Brainstorm Agenda
3 & Map Out Agenda 3 & Map Out Agenda 3 & Map Out Agenda

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6 Jesse Berg, LMSW, MINT
6 www.intrinsicchange.com 6
Jesse Berg, LMSW, MINT www.intrinsicchange.com