Old habits and power structures prevent newly empowered individuals from comfortably sharing concerns and ideas. At the Team Decision Center, idea generation and evaluation are conducted anonymously, freeing participants to share their thoughts openly and honestly. Communications roadblocks fall away as even the quietest members of your group can give voice to their suggestions without fear of having the spotlight fall on them. Losing ideas is one problem you will leave behind when you enter the Team Decision Center. Because key group activities take place through the aid of computers, a running record of the meeting is created which can be stored and called up for later use.
Successful meetings require careful planning and skilled management.
Before your groups get together, our facilitator will meet with you to devise a plan of attack and establish realistic goals for your group's activities. During the meeting, the facilitator will keep your group on track, allowing everyone to focus fully on the tasks at hand. And afterwards, the facilitator will help you organize the results and determine the next step in your process. Located in The Penn State Conference Center Hotel, the facility offers fifteen workstations in the primary meeting space, with an additional twenty networked stations available to meet the needs of larger groups. Part of Penn State's Research Park, the conference center is located in State College, Pennsylvania.