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How to Improve Community Engagement
I was at the People's Forum on Carbon Tax in Perth last night. Picture this. A room of 220 randomly chosen members of the public. The session was being televised live on Sky News. Each person wanted to ask a question of the Prime Minister, who was there for an...
Improve your facilitation skills
Your Winter Facilitation newsletter is now out! If you’re looking to improve your skills in: Facilitation Community engagement Building teams Effective promotion ..then you’re in the right place! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5yG1cUhc0 In your Winter Facilitation newsletter, find out about: How to double your survey response rate Measuring effectiveness of your community engagement...
Add to your Facilitation Skills
Your Winter Facilitation Newsletter is out soon! If you're looking to improve your skills in: Facilitation Community engagement Building teams Effective promotion ..then you're in the right place! In your Winter Newsletter, find out about: How to double your survey response rate Measuring effectiveness of your community engagement processes Team...
Challenges facing facilitators
At last! The moment you've been waiting for...with greater theatre than a Black Caviar finish at Royal Ascot... In a moment you can hear about the results from the Global Facilitation Survey. Here's a snapshot: Responses came primarily from Australia as well as New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, Vietnam and...
Stakeholder engagement case study
Hi folks, I've just returned from an IAP2 event held here in Perth. The event provided some great insights into a complex stakeholder engagement project relating to a major road project. I undertook an independent review of the engagement process for Main Roads WA. So here's a short presentation about...
Tips for dealing with difficult participants
One of the BIG questions I get asked when running the Crash Course in Facilitation is...."what are your tips for dealing with difficult participants?" Great question - and there's usually a multi-step answer. The first step is to understand 'difficult'. Is the participant going out of their way to be...
Global facilitation survey
Are you working with groups and teams? Facing challenges? It's time to talk. This Global Facilitation Survey will bring together the key challenges that facilitators like you are facing right around the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVibKqR0X-Q Please take just 11 minutes of your time to complete the survey. Once done you'll get...
Exploration and Discovery in Facilitation and Community Engagement
Thanks for your patience folks - it'll be worth the wait! In your autumn newsletter you'll be able to find out more on: My 'key tip' for Strategic Planning 101 Stakeholder Mapping in Community Engagement Building your team - getting the 'Yellow Card' Social Media and Linked In - is it...
Are your promotional efforts being hijacked?
What's wrong with this scene? I arrive at our local bakery right on 7.00am (its opening time) on a rescue mission. My instructions.. four loaves of white, four loaves of multigrain, both thickly sliced. The door is locked. The girl inside looks at me and continues to put the labels...
Outputs from the Effective Promotion workshop
Thanks for coming along to the CRC Cluster Workshop in Pemberton. And a BIG thanks for your fantastic contributions - what talent! I have no doubt that you're a worthy 'graduate' of the "Effective promotion using what's already in your kitchen cupboard" workshop. The challenge now is for you to set...
How to improve your listening
This video from Julian Treasure gives some excellent insights on how to improve your listening skills...and attitudes. Think of how you can apply (and practise) these skills to become a better facilitator! And when you do, let me know how it went - it will make a great article for...
Facilitation design basics
I'm here in the ever-growing Bunbury facilitating a two ultra-intensive Crash Course in Facilitation. A useful tool in the planning of the program has been POP. Purpose - what am I here to do? Outcome - at the end of the day, what needs to have happened? Process - how...
How to develop a simple promotional campaign
Here's a step by step outline of a recent promotional campaign. I developed it for my wife's cafe and catering business (Food for Me) in a little over an hour. I'll be providing more details in my next newsletter, so keep an eye out for it. Click this link to...
Advanced facilitation with story
In preparation for their "Advanced Facilitation Story Workshop" in Perth on May 26th and 27th Bob Dick and Andrew Rixon are hosting a FREE "Practical Story Facilitation" webinar which is scheduled for Friday 4th May from 2-3pm AEST or 12-1pm Perth time. Are you interested in any of the following?...
Evaluation of Stakeholder Engagement Guide
Hi folks - here's a useful Evaluation Guide for people working in Stakeholder Engagement in the public sector. Thanks to IAP2 for providing the link. PS - be patient - it takes up to a minute to download 😕
Autumn facilitation newsletter coming soon
Your copy of 'News you can Use' is hitting the presses soon. In the autumn edition you can get the inside running on: More facilitation myths Why all stakeholders are not equal The basics of going public - social media 101 Event planning - top tips for making it a...
Facilitation myths
I was lucky and honoured to be part of a panel of facilitators at the IAF conference. We were charged with the task of cracking open the lid on what we’ve often held dear as facilitation commandments. This was no ordinary panel either! Moderated by Andrew Rixon and including Noel...
First facilitation tip
As promised - my facilitation insights and tips from the International Association of Facilitators conference in Melbourne. Day 1 - full day workshop on designing processes for complex situations with Dorothy Strachan from Canada. Big facilitation insights for design: Think about who you're designing the process for. What is their...