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A facilitation conference is being designed for you!
Looking for the facilitation conference in 2023? If you use facilitation in your role we have an early Christmas present just for you! And we think it’s totally fine to start unwrapping this one early… Picture a place where you can: Become 500% confident in your facilitation skills Know where...
Team Awareness
As you know, it’s vital that your team members have a strong self-awareness along with a good understanding of each other. The CLICK! colours toolkit is a simple tool that produces fantastic results for your team. Andrew is an accredited CLICK! Facilitator and has used the toolkit to work with...
How to get traction on your project or strategic plan
Being able to get traction on your project or strategic plan can be the fuel that keeps you moving I’m here with a ‘good’ interrupt, to give you some tools to review progress on any project or strategic plan that you may have been involved in over the last 12...
The future of meetings
I'm 500% looking forward to this International Association of Facilitators (IAF) Oceania workshop "Exploring the Future of Meetings" on 22 September from 5-6pm AEST. Join the moderator Allison Hornery and the dynamic panel of Vanessa Moss, Elizabeth Tasker and Viveka Weiley 🦉 as they take a fun and rapid fire...
NOT another improving teamwork article
Let’s deal with the improving teamwork blister right now At last count there’s 12 zillion, 301 blogs on improving teamwork and stuff that you can get moving with. I could include a list of links to each, but your IT peeps would be even less cheerful than usual… To get...
How to Make Strategic Planning an Enjoyable Experience
Making strategic planning an enjoyable experience has been a constant challenge for me When strategic planning works, I feel like I have my ideal job. You may have felt the same after a workshop when: Participants tell you how much they enjoyed their workshop You’re still feeling chuffed about how...
Western Australian Soil Health Strategy Webinar
A webinar regarding the draft Western Australian Soil Health Strategy was held on the 27th January, 2021. It aimed to provide participants with a deeper understanding of the reasoning behind the draft strategy goals in order to provide feedback via the online survey. You can watch the webinar replay below....
Twenty-one years – what happened?
Wow! It’s now been 21 years since I started my consultancy business. I’m feeling very privileged and grateful to still be around and continuing to work with fabulous people just like you… Here's a snapshot of my thoughts across the last 21 years and what we might see from here....
How to give people in online groups space to think
What you can do before and during a workshop to give people in online groups a space to think Let’s look at this from a couple of perspectives, from helping online groups with their pre-workshop preparation, as well as what we can do within the workshop. Pre-workshop thinking In terms...
How to use a pair of shoes to increase online engagement
How to tap into the diversity of the group and increase online engagement In a recent post, The Three Point Check In, I shared a framework I've found particularly useful in helping to facilitate in the online space and increase online engagement. It comes from the work of Sam Kaner...
The Three Point Check-In Facilitation Model
How to get the best out of yourself and your groups I want to share a framework I found particularly useful in helping to facilitate in the online space. It comes from the work of Sam Kaner from San Francisco. I've done some training with Sam, and he's got some...
Why I’m running 60km during Movember
Let's jump in and support Movember G'day folks - it's time to support Movember! I try not to be too needy and rarely ask you for anything (just to occasionally laugh at my jokes!) But now I'm on to the serious subject of Movember. It's all about awareness and supporting...
How to better understand participant needs
A quick read for you today... Me and my bestie, Cynthia Mahoney have just finished our inaugural, first ever, premiere program of 'Facilitate Standout Online Success'. It generated some fantastic sharing of ideas, tips and processes to use with groups online. (BTW - Many of the principles can be used...
Key areas to focus on when presenting online
I’ve just wrapped up a coaching project, working with clients presenting online at a national conference. We learnt a lot about the small and big differences between the live and virtual environments - here are just a few brief insights to help you when you’re next presenting online. What works...
Farm Business Planning. What’s More Important – the Journey or the Destination?
This is a summary of my recent interview with ABC Radio, talking about my take on the Farm Business Resilience (FBR) program. The interviewer wanted my perspective on the Federal Government announcement about the Future Drought Fund and its plans to spend $20 million in the first year to help...
Three fast tips for online stakeholder engagement.
Today I want to give you my three fast tips for online stakeholder engagement. I've been doing lots of online stakeholder engagement work lately and I've learned some valuable things that I want to share with you now, specifically in regard to running online workshops. Tip 1 - Encourage responsibility...
Turning Points – a powerful connective and reflective process
How to use Turning Points for instructive insights I was first introduced to the Turning Points exercise by Bob Dick at an advanced facilitation workshop. In simple terms Turning Points can be used to improve trust within the team through reflection and safe disclosure. I’ve also used it as a...
How to help your clients. Shifting beyond business as usual to the ‘here and now.’
Top tips on how to help your clients in a changing environment Now more than ever it's important to be thinking about how to help your clients beyond the scope of your 'normal' work. As I’ve mentioned before, I occasionally ‘volunteer’ at my wife’s café, here in Perth. We’re thankful...