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Facilitation
To Demo or Not to Demo? That Is the Question
Facilitators must choose how to demo activities: themselves, a volunteer, or through instruction. Each shapes learning differently, with benefits and risks. The key is matching approach to purpose, group readiness and outcome.
How to be AI-literate
Being AI literate means using it for clarity, planning and synthesis, while recognising its limits. It’s about understanding strengths and risks, and keeping human judgement, responsibility and decision-making central.
Say Less, Do More – The Art of Incremental Briefing
Say less, do more: facilitators can build trust and creativity by giving minimal instructions upfront, then guiding step by step as participants learn through action.
Making better decisions – flying from a foundation of resourcefulness
Are you ever at the beginning of a meeting, all too aware of a burning problem, and filled with a desire to do something, your firefighting instinct pulsating?
How about changing up the narrative and easing into the conversation?
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Have you tried this Handful of Reflections?
We’ve been discussing the importance of ending sessions well, and one of my favourite tactics is to facilitate a sharing of personal reflections.
How about this activity for facilitating with Flow?
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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?
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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..
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