Are you destroying the success of your activities by the words you use to introduce them?
Are you destroying the success of your activities by the words you use to introduce them? I watched a facilitator introduce a fairly simple circle activity to a group during a conference. While asking for 20 or so volunteers from a group of around 30, he assured the...
How to get a conference off on the right foot
How to get a conference off on the right foot Letting people speak to each other at the beginning of a conference has many benefits. It gets us relaxed and contextualised. You start to know who the people are around you. They become both humanised and professional....
How a facilitator raises the prospects of better conversations
How a facilitator raises the prospects of better conversations We all want better conversations at work and in other aspects of our lives. Yet you have probably noticed that good conversations don’t break out automatically simply because people get together and talk....
How to tell if you are the facilitator
How to tell if you are the facilitator When you are young, your aunts and uncles will ask you what you want to be when you grow up. It’s a rare child who says, ‘I want to be a facilitator’. Facilitation is more something you gradually discover and can get drawn...
