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Letting Go – of fixed plans and more…
Just had delivered 100 lovely reprints of my book Easy, fully-illustrated and in colour. It presents 8 improvisation principles, under the acronym LIFEPASS.
Order your copy today – the perfect stocking filler!
Storytelling success for business leaders
Imagine having the ability to captivate your audience, whether it’s during a conference, team meeting or negotiating with clients.
After a sell-out September session, we are delighted to offer our popular half day ‘Storytelling for Leaders’ workshop for one final time this year, on Thursday 16th November.
The Secrets of Improv – in person
Are you ready to learn the core skills of improv performance to take on stage or apply in your life? If so, please join us in Oxford for “Improv in 6 Acts”. Over six weekly sessions, you’ll learn improv comedy and discover the fun of letting go of perfectionism, creating spontaneously and playfully building confidence.
How to add final value as a facilitator
How can we ensure that at the end of a workshop people fully appreciate the value of what they have experienced?
This matters a lot if we want participants to appreciate the progress that they are making, and it strengthens the prospects for sustainable change too…
Explosive dynamics! How would you design this tricky 2-hour session?
Would you like to sharpen your design skills and discover strategies for tricky groups?
Order your Inspirational Facilitator offline programme today for all the tips and techniques to give you the competitive edge!
Letting learners choose – the facilitator’s secret skill
Everyone likes to learn in their own way. You’re doubtless thrilled to hear that I’m improving my guitar playing - and I guarantee that no one has followed the same path as me on the app I’ve been using. What any player might appreciate about this particular learning...
How to create ‘Safe space’. It takes more than an announcement
You don’t create psychological safety simply by stating, ‘This is a safe space’. An announcement may indicate your intent, but it’s of minimal value unless supported by solid behaviour. Here are two actions that will go a long way towards substantiating your claim..
Just when you thought it was safe…
Each time we have a discussion among facilitators about what’s on the way out in the world of conferences, trainings and meetings, someone confidently predicts the end of tedious lectures accompanied by a Powerpoint presentation..
Create value from the difference between real time and facilitator time
There’s real time. And then there’s ‘facilitator time’. Real time ticks by steadily on the clock. Facilitator time is conjured up between you and your participants, and it’s as flexible as fresh clay..
What are the benefits of Applied Improvisation?
Thousands of people have testified to long-term, beneficial consequences of experiencing improvisation in a workshop or training programme. Read on to find out more..
Help! I’m alone on Zoom and they’re all in a real room together…
One of the most challenging tasks for a facilitator is when your participants are in a room together and you are the only person on Zoom…
How to make a useful difference with minimal micro-coaching
You are micro-coaching in those moments of glimpsed possibility during a conversation…
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