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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Why outdated meeting structures will turn-off a big chunk of your participants You've no doubt noticed an increased mix of the BIG three age groups in your meetings and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...
Planning your next meeting – get the room set up right
Here are some key insights from a breakthrough session that I recently attended at the Australasian Facilitators Network Conference, held in Sydney. The session was run by Kingsley Nowell and titled, 'Behind the 'Seens' - Creating space in a sQuircle where division through fixed positions can be processed.' I knew...
What Star Wars Taught me about Event Design and How it Can Help You
Is the Force Strong in You? You may know that in my other life I 'help' (in very loose terms) my wife to run her cafe and catering business. The cafe is popular for being a 'second home' for our regulars, a place that they can feel comfortable. Last year...
Why you Need to Stand Out! Four Fab Ideas to Grab and Hold on to Your Clients
As a kid I was a rabid Aussie Rules player. I loved playing footy any chance I could get. I had dreams of playing in the local senior side and being the 'gun' footballer in the team. Trouble was I couldn't kick, my handballs mostly missed the mark and I...
Four Simple Tips for Designing and Running Effective Events
It’s time to crash through the brick wall that’s blocking your event! If you need to design or run meetings, workshops, seminars, site tours or field trips as part of your role, then read on... No matter how keen and motivated you are, sometimes you’ll run into the ‘Event Brick...
Eight Tips for Managing Meeting Participants
In some meetings we get people who are keen and enthusiastic and love to express their ideas – repeatedly. It’s always good to get participation and input, we need to make sure that all people are given the opportunity to participate. Below are some ideas (generated by members of the...
Meeting expectations – the story of ‘Robbie come back’
As a lad I was way ‘Aussie.’ An avid sports fan who played footy, cricket and basketball, no matter what the weather. Given my limited skills (and pace – short legs are great for flying, not much chop for sprints...) I often found myself playing in the backline in footy....
The Basics of Mentoring
Using mentoring in your organisation Mentoring is often clouded in mystery and regularly placed in the workplace 'too hard basket.' Essentially it's a one-to-one relationship between a more experienced and a less experienced employee which is based upon encouragement, constructive comments, openness, mutual trust, respect and a willingness to learn...
Facilitation and Community Engagement Tips
Fasten your seatbelt, we're blasting off into 2014. Now that you're firmly into work-mode, it's time to focus on what you really want from 2014. My recommendation is to make sure you have good resources behind you. As a starter, grab hold of your Summer 2014 Facilitation and Community Engagement...
How to run better meetings
Are meetings and decision making in your organisation just another form of torture? Or are they chaotic - like trying to follow the logic of the Rocky Horror Picture Show? And are they used in a perverse way to punish people for being innovative, having fresh ideas or tapping into...
Marketing for Community Development and Not-for-Profit staff
Hi folks, If you're in Sydney next week (attending the AFN conference no doubt) and want to get a simple, practical and ready to apply approach to improve your marketing and connect with your clients...read on. I'll be running a one day workshop on Wednesday 3rd December on behalf of...
Develop your CRC Business Plan in just 30 minutes
Develop a business plan in 30 minutes? No way! If you've missed out on the CRC Business Planning workshops earlier this year, stay calm - help is on the way. Business Planning is about to go online. Yep, through the magic of Westlink you'll be able to tune in Tuesdays...
Build your Facilitation Skills and Networks in Perth
It's easy to get stuck. Stuck behind your desk. Stuck in your job. Stuck with the same people. Stuck with the same way of working with groups. But there is a way out. And it's right on your doorstep. Fabulous Facilitation Friday is a full day event to showcase the...
How to Improve Team Effectiveness
New to team supervision or management? Wanting to refresh your skills? Or just wondering where to start? You've come to the right place! I'll be guiding you through the 'Five Quick Steps to Improve Team Effectiveness' on the 29th October in Perth. The program will show you how to: identify...
Graphic Facilitation Training
The Essentials of Visual Thinking and Graphic Facilitation Practice - 17th or 18th October Michelle Walker from Curious Minds Co is coming to Perth to run her one day workshop. The workshop will help you to develop: 1. An understanding of visual thinking and the graphics practice field 2. Knowledge...