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My List of 158 Formats for Great Facilitation and Convening

A Special from GatheringArchitecture.com---The Reasons That Events Done Well Are More Critical Now Than Ever.

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David Adler
Aug 21, 2026
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A meeting is not a meeting is not a meeting. The room changes when the structure changes — which is why the same panel can put a hundred people to sleep while a well-run fishbowl or 1-2-4-All can unlock a decision in twenty minutes. Each format here is an operating system for a different kind of work: alignment, decision, conflict, learning, trade, or b…

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