Paul Levy came up with a word in a comment to his post about “icebreakers”.
Some briefs might translate as “can you facilitate for these people to do what I want” in which case you need a facipulator, not a facilitator.
Magic, relationship and changing status
leaving your props behind
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
When facilitating, more and more I want to sense the next move at my fingertips
Letting go in order to get in flow…
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
Start Before You’re Ready | Steven Pressfield Online "Remember, the enemy is not the work. It’s not the difficulty of the work. The enemy is Resistance."
I wanted to log a couple of thoughts about our expectations of how groups will work together. It relates to what I’ve blogged before about closing the field: it’s easy
Yesterday I went to the bloggers’ screening of Hallam Foe orchestrated by Hugh Macleod. It was a really good evening and as JP Rangaswami says, very bloggy in nature. I
