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How to double your survey responses
Overcoming the ‘your survey sucks’ blues Let’s be clear from the start. This isn’t a theory lesson. This is based on experience, hard-earned experience! You'll know that I'm heavily involved in the Facilitators Inner Circle, which provides fantastic (IMHO) resources who needs to run meetings and workshops. In the start-up...
Need to run a meeting and want to know where to start?
Three books that every budding meeting facilitator should read. If you need to run meetings or workshops with your colleagues, it's always reassuring to have some 'go to resources' to get you through. This is especially so if this is an occasional, rather than a regular task for you. You...
Designing a Presentation – How to Connect with Your Audience
Lots of people are nervous about public speaking. Being well prepared is the key way to better manage your nerves and be in control when you're in the spotlight. Knowing what pushes your buttons can help you design a presentation with real impact. Equally important is knowing what pushes the...
How to get Consensus when you have Conflict in a Meeting
Picture this...you’ve got two distinct groups in a meeting and the discussion is going off the rails. You can almost feel the physical 'jarring' as people take their own positions and stop listening. You can feel the anxiety growing and your pulse is thumping... How do you help the group...
How to Run a Project Planning Session When You’ve Never Done it Before
Supervisors, Team Leaders and Project Managers… this one’s for you! Picture this... You have just been asked to run a project planning session. You have never facilitated before and don't know where to start.. People working in teams get dropped into situations like this all the time. And they go...
Rural Leadership Programs in Australia – What’s on Offer?
Here is a brief video presentation that provides a summary of a project I recently undertook to identify leadership programs on offer across remote, rural and regional Australia. The project was initiated by the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal. (FRRR) In this presentation you'll find out how projects are...
Facilitation TV – 5 Things You Need to Know Before Agreeing to Facilitate a Workshop
Picture this...the phone rings...you've just been asked to facilitate a last minute problem solving workshop... It's OK, breathe-in and breathe-out slowly, there’s no need to panic. We’ve been there plenty of times and we’re actually starting to get the hang of it. It’s just like looking in your kitchen cupboard...
Should Cattle and Sheep Eat Small Trees? A Role for Forage Shrubs in Australia.
Insights from a project that tried to understand which forage shrubs species work best and where. The SERCS* project established demonstration sites in three states across Australia. It aimed to help farmers to better identify and understand the establishment methods and management techniques required for successful performance of forage shrubs...
Facilitation TV – What was your most monumental mistake in facilitation?
Working with teams can be tough. As a facilitator, no workshop will ever go 100% to plan. In fact, legendary facilitator, Bob Dick, calls his workshop agenda 'the fantasy for the day'. In Episode 3 of Facilitation TV my Facilitators Inner Circle colleague, Bevan Bessen and I discuss our own...
Facilitation TV – What would’ve liked to have known about facilitating teams – before you started?
Instant, ready to use, practical tips to assist you in facilitation and working with teams Still only got six minutes to spare in your busy day for? Need to develop your skills in facilitation and working with teams? Facilitation TV is your solution! In Episode 2 of Facilitation TV, I...
Why Gordon Ramsay is a Top Teacher
Gordon certainly has his critics. His frickin’ foul language can be a bit off-putting for some. Others think he’s too aggro. I think he’s got lots to teach us – especially about teams. We’ve been watching his ‘Costa del Mar Nightmares’ and loving it. I like the way we see...
Facilitation TV has Arrived!
Want practical tips to assist you in facilitation and working with teams? But only got six minutes to spare in your busy day? We've got a solution (in fact we'll have plenty for you...) Take a look at Episode 1 of Facilitation TV where I team up with my Facilitators...
How to Develop a Clear Unique Selling Proposition
What’s so special about you? Are you in business, working within government, not for profits or corporate organisations? I can guarantee that you have two common barriers that you’ll need to overcome in connecting with your clients: 1. The time that they have available to see the value in what...
Simple Event Design Tips
If you want to design effective events you need to learn how to grab and engage people! Here's four simple tips to help you run effective events: Be clear on the purpose of the event and make sure this guides your event design. This should also be clearly communicated...
Building a skilled leadership group – Webinar
It can be difficult for community groups to maintain and foster strong leadership teams and having the right mix of suitably skilled and qualified people on committees can be a critical long-term success factor. I recently joined FRRR CEO, Alexandra Gartmann, and Victorian Community Leadership Program Secretariat, Katrina Baddely, to...
Webinar – Seven Secrets to Marketing your Next Event
Thanks for joining! I really enjoyed the webinar and your fantastic questions. Remember we covered: The four-step structure to grab your target audience's attention and get them to take action, Some innovative approaches to your event marketing, and A range of cost-effective tools to break through the information clutter that...
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...