Andrew Huffer

Andrew Huffer has over 30 years experience in facilitation and stakeholder engagement, constantly working with organisations, businesses, managers and communities and at a state, national and international level. You’ll find that his approach is simple and clear, which will help you and your team to make sound decisions and implement lasting solutions.

Making meetings work

Scary data! Time spent in meetings has been rising by 8% to 10% annually since 2000 (Bain & Co.) with middle managers spending 21 hours a week in meetings and senior managers spending up to 28 hours per week in meetings! Research highlighted in Harvard Business Review shows that 15% […]

Using Alumni Programs to Generate New Clients

 Recent survey work I’ve assisted has shown that providers of Rural Leadership Programs are getting up to 30% of their new registrations via referrals from their alumni programs. The programs don’t need to be overly complex either. Examples include: Facebook pages Quarterly email updates  Networking events  Blogs I’m interested to […]

Tips for gaining cross-generational engagement

Why outdated meeting structures will turn-off a big chunk of your participants You’ve no doubt noticed an increased mix of the BIG three age groups in your meetings and workplaces. Here’s three issues that you’ll need to consider in your meeting and workshop designs from now on. Issue One The […]

Facilitators – Beware of the Shiny Object!

Beware of the Shiny Object I’ve really enjoyed partnering with APEN to run the 2014 Roadshow. This involved delivering ten workshops on ‘Designing Effective Events’ throughout Australia and New Zealand. The workshop helped participants to get their message to ‘stick’ through understanding the basic Adult Learning principles to successfully engage […]

What tomato sauce can teach you about marketing

Yep it was a moment of stunned amazement as the truth dawned. Picture the scene on Saturday night… Six year old Joel was at our kitchen bench eagerly awaiting his barbequed sausage for tea. He was excited, he was expectant, he was hungry! Then came the earth shattering question…”Do you […]

Easy Tips for Designing Effective Events

If you want to design effective events you need to learn how to grab and engage people! Are you trying to find your way through the jungle of event design? Here’s four simple tips to help you run effective events:    Be clear on the purpose of the event and […]

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