by Paul Z Jackson | Nov 26, 2020 | Blog, Creativity, Facilitation
Your team has been working hard in a difficult and novel working environment, and you’d like to reward them for their efforts. In your next online team meeting you want to involve them in deciding on a treat.
You ask them for ideas, but it’s a struggle to get them to put forward suggestions..
by Paul Z Jackson | Nov 26, 2020 | Blog, Creativity, Facilitation, Virtual
We’re told that people are getting ‘Zoom Fatigue’, which results in meetings that lack energy and get too little accomplished. If you’re struggling to get what you need from your virtual meetings, it’s useful to know that a well-structured design can deliver results and leave people wanting to come back.
by Paul Z Jackson | May 28, 2020 | Blog, Creativity, Facilitation, Virtual
If you put your participants into breakout rooms, you can’t expect great conversations online to break out automatically. This is where you need to take even more care in an online world than when facilitating at a f-2-f conference or workshop..
by Paul Z Jackson | May 15, 2020 | Blog, Creativity, Improvisation
This week a group of us re-watched, via Facebook, one of the most impactful talks ever given at an Applied Improvisation Network Conference. Pablo Suarez spoke about adapting what we know (i.e. improvisation) to the field of disaster preparedness.
What dogmas do you think can be let go from classic improv-theatre?
by Paul Z Jackson | Apr 16, 2020 | Blog, Creativity, Facilitation
During a recent webinar on facilitation trends, I asked a group of practitioners for their tips on making space safer. Here are our top ten..
by Paul Z Jackson | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog, Creativity, Improvisation
If you are stuck with a problem or want to generate new ideas for a project, here’s a great activity to prompt fresh thinking..