Chris Corrigan points to a collection of citizen participation resources, 63 approaches to helping groups converse and make decisions.
I’m with Chris when he says “As a facilitator I mostly design my own processes and tools for meetings depending on what the client wants” and like him, I like this community chest of ways of engaging people as a source of inspiration.
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
Managing in a world of uncertainty where people don’t live up to their stated values
I shot this in a single eight-minute take, which is in the spirit of an experience of Ralf Wetzel’s workshop, Leading from the Clown. Clown training is probably the deepest and most challenging work I’ve done. Enjoy.
A casual conversation in a pub makes me pay attention to thinking being embodied
Creating eye contact despite the limits of Zoom and Teams
The power of small gestures and noticing
Exploring the inner dialogue of facilitation
Getting away from grandiosity or solemnity. small p presence is about being open to the life around us
Facilitation is often about small, subtle acts of noticing and experimenting
Lilia at Mathemagenic posts on the task-based view of knowledge work. What intrigued me was this comparison between …the Swiss Army Knife: lots of carefully designed functions packed into one
Phil Dourado asked a really good question the other day. I wish I had some kind of answer. So, if 19 million people were moved by a piece of viral
I’m astonished at the glibness of those arguing for cutting the top rate of tax from 50% to 40%. There is a lazy tendency to imply that those earning lots
finding ways to come out of contorting ourselves in conversations
