facilitation

Dealing with angry stakeholders

Dealing with angry stakeholders

Dealing with angry stakeholders can be a challenge As a facilitator, it’s important to have a clear plan when approaching a workshop or project where you anticipate that you’ll be dealing with angry stakeholders. This is real The following tips are based on a previous stakeholder engagement program run with […]

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Ground rules for groups

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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participant introductions

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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games in workshops

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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ideas for icebreakers

Ideas for icebreakers in workshops and meetings

Ideas for icebreakers for new and existing groups If you need ideas for icebreakers for your next meeting or workshop, you’re in the right place. This compilation of ideas for icebreakers has been put together in partnership with my long-time facilitation buddies Will Bessen and Margo O’Byrne. Ideas for icebreakers […]

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25 years in facilitation

25 years in facilitation – so much to be thankful for

January 2025 marks 25 years in the facilitation business for me Focusing on facilitation and stakeholder engagement, it’s been an entertaining and at times challenging experience. As an insight – my ‘office’ in January 2000 was in the sleepout of our two-bedroom house in suburban Perth. Initially there was no […]

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