A morning with David Whyte
1 May 2016First, two confessions. I’d never read, or listened to any of David Whyte’s work. And I didn’t know what genius loci meant. Nor did I know to what extent both might influence me. After yesterday morning, neither is no longer true. I was impressed with the rhythm of David’s performance, the strength, and loudness, of the silences, and…
Bring your meetings to life in 2016 – February workshop dates announced
20 January 2016It’s a whole new year, and a great opportunity to come to one of my Creative Facilitation workshops – still at 2015 prices. Where? Parkville, Melbourne. When? February 25 and 26 How much? $440 per person for two days (if you book 3 or more people) or $700 for a single registration How many people? Maximum of…
Creative Facilitation in Melbourne Nov 26-27
4 October 2015You might be surprised by the variety and depth of ways to engage people,especially if you’re stuck in a meeting rut, listening to others drone on, and rarely having time to discuss what really matters. I make my living from facilitating, so I’m always on the lookout for new ideas and better, more creative, and…
Keeping it fresh
1 September 2015With lots of Creative Facilitation training under my belt, the challenge is to keep it fresh. The danger is complacency. Two things happened in today’s training that helped with the freshness. Actually, one happened even before I arrived. I’d decided I’d done enough preparation, so on the train to Melbourne, decided to read the paper…
Nothing is Written – Learning is an Adventure now available
1 June 2015To celebrate a whole new month Johnnie Moore and I are releasing the PDF of our new short book, Nothing is Written. It shares eight simple ideas that guide how we work. Nothing is Written Emotional connectedness Experiences over explanation Shared peril Avoiding the teacher trance The value of loose ends Getting out of our…
Learning is an adventure
30 May 2015Training is on my mind at the moment. I’ve always believed in the importance of helping others learn to do what I do with facilitation, and more, rather than build a dependence. The next couple of weeks are chocker block full of creative facilitation training – one of my favourite things to be doing. So…
Creative Facilitation – New stuff. Yay!
23 April 2015How does a facilitator announce new stuff? A musician brings out a new song or album, an artist has an exhibition of their latest paintings, a writer releases a new book or poem – and a facilitator announces…”I have new stuff to share with you.” Sounds a bit lame really. Nonetheless, I DO have new…
Learn facilitation?
7 January 2015Facilitating is like rock balancing – you never know if you can do it until you try. Everyone’s offering training at this time of the year (let’s face it, everyone’s offering training all year round!) How do you choose? Not sure, but here’s my advice: PICK ME! PICK ME! You can read all the details…
Creative Facilitation workshops in London Nov 6 & 7
1 October 2014After our success in Melbourne and Amsterdam, we’re now bringing our Creative Facilitation workshops to London. There’s two one-day workshops on November 6 and 7. Do one. Do both. They stand alone, and they complement each other. Bringing meetings to life: The Basics! We cover the basics of getting more from meetings, with lots of…
Research, MOOCS and what’s next?
29 September 2014While I blog to keep track of my own thinking and ideas, I’m conscious that there’s others out there who read what’s here. *waves* It was nearly exactly (I know, that’s nonsense and what I really mean to say is ‘almost’) a year since I decided to do some research, the reasons of which are…