I’ve made a few changes to the pages on this site about what I do. This gives more emphasis to the idea of Faciliation for Surprise. Quoting myself…
What characterises good facilitation is that people get surprised
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.
I occasionally grumble about Writers Block but today I’m suffering from something at once more down-to-earth – but with its own neurotic spin off. A blocked loo. Just typing that
Here are three pictures I found on the first page of a Google Image search for “facilitation”. I have no idea how good or bad (or staged) these particular meetings
James reflect’s on Nike’s expensive attempt to build a community, Joga. Compare this to Arseblog a blog written by a single Irishman armed with a fan’s insight into the anxieties
Dave Pollard’s weekly round up of links reminded me (via Sheri Herndon) of this bit of wisdom from Meg Wheatley: In order to improve the health of a system connect
