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...
What to look out for on the edge of your vision
What to look out for on the edge of your vision One of the most important skills of a facilitator is having good peripheralvision – an awareness of those things happening just out of your focus.This is a handy ability in life, too, of course, and it protects us...
Does everyone need coffee right now?
Does everyone need coffee right now? Is it even possible to get it? I watched an ugly facilitation moment the other day, in which participants who were deeply involved in an activity were wrenched out of it by a facilitator who seemed to think it important that...
The point is not powerpoint
The point is not the powerpoint There were at least 20 presentations during the conference I attended last week, and in half of them the PowerPoint was not starting on time. That’s to say that the audience watched the presenter fumbling with...Forthcoming Events
