by Paul Z Jackson | Sep 12, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Facilitation, Improvisation, Presentation
My colleague was inspired to invent a new introductory game for our London improvisation group session the other night. She saw a new electric scooter hire service and fancied giving it a try. So, at the beginning of the workshop, she asked everyone to describe to a partner how they had got to the session that evening and what way they would have liked to have arrived.
by Paul Z Jackson | Jan 4, 2019 | Blog, Presentation, Storytelling |
Lubricate your presentations with collaborative humour When people don’t laugh at my jokes – and by people in this context I mostly mean my children – I don’t get offended. I remind myself that I was a comedy professional. Yes, the BBC employed me for five years, and...
by Paul Z Jackson | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog, Presentation |
My Powerpoint’s not working – quelle surprise! In many organisations, there are excellent people who give ordinary presentations. That is a terrible waste of potential. Often they are doing silly things that can easily be fixed. For example, at a recent...
by Paul Z Jackson | Sep 3, 2018 | Blog, Facilitation, Presentation |
How many words does a picture prompt? I’ve seen this technique used recently a few times to stimulate participants’ thinking on the topic of the day. The facilitator shows an interesting picture – on a screen – and asks the audience to express...
by Paul Z Jackson | Aug 21, 2018 | Blog, Presentation |
How to avoid boring your audience with dull, dull process changes? You have a short slot in a conference session, let’s say 10-20 minutes, to introduce an important new process in your organisation. Everyone needs to know about it, and that’s why you’ve been allocated...
by Paul Z Jackson | Jul 26, 2018 | Blog, Facilitation, Improvisation, Presentation |
Playing with time when facilitating a session When facilitating a session, time is often the dimension that gets away from us and is the undoing of an otherwise wonderful event. You are facilitating a session It’s an important topic – that’s why it’s on the...
