Facilitation
Using an independent facilitator to run your meeting means that you can be free to participate. You can focus on the topic at hand without being worried about keeping the meeting on track, managing different participants or being unfairly judged as having too much influence or bias on the process.
Using an independent facilitator also ensures that:
- You have a process design that identifies a clear purpose and outcomes
- All participants have the opportunity to contribute
- Your assumptions are ‘tested’ through having the situation viewed from a ‘fresh perspective’
How to quickly close a workshop
How to quickly close a workshop when you’re running out of time There are plenty of approaches regarding how to quickly close a workshop… Finishing a workshop on time is important to me – especially when people have to travel. At a two day planning workshop for an Emergency Services […]
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Good Facilitator : Bad facilitator
What does being a good facilitator look like? To become a good facilitator, it’s worth reflecting on where you are now and the traits you have. Let’s start by considering the ‘Wow, that was so good’ vs ‘There’s three hours of my life I’ll never have again’ aspects of facilitation […]
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What to do when you’re in the poo – the subtle art of not winging it as facilitator
Being labelled or known as a ‘facilitator’ can be a source of grief… Now, this may sound really weird coming from someone who’s been using facilitation as the basis of their business for 25+ years, but stick with me on this… In a previous life employed within a large organisation, […]
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Ground rules for groups
Ground rules for groups can be your friend in a time of need Ground rules for groups have their place if you envisage some challenges in managing a group, it’s a new group or you have not worked with them before. Also known as a group contract, this process encourages […]
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Facilitation 101 – Participant Introductions
Participant introductions can help you to kick off your workshop in style. Most of us like to know a bit more about the people we’re working with and a workshop situation is no different. Participant introductions can help people to find out what skills and experience lie within the group, […]
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Why games in workshops suck – and why they don’t
Using games in workshops – yes, no, maybe? Here are two very different examples of using games in workshops… In a previous life I appeared on a short-running TV game show called ‘Keynotes.’ The aim of the game was to complete the next line of a mystery song, often played […]
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