Working with complexity and uncertainty seems to be a feature of everyday life in our organisations and projects. There are undoubtedly great, daunting challenges presented by working within systems that seem to be constantly changing and have many moving parts. Thankfully, there are also useful tools that can help us think through what is going […]
Michelle Cartín, Project Manager – events and congresses. Former Deputy Forum Manager, IUCN World Conservation Congress One of my most interesting and challenging roles was Pavilions Project Manager for the 2016 IUCN Congress, which attracted around 8,000 participants. The thematic pavilions, centred on themes from youth to marine conservation, are where delegates can explore the […]
You’re asked to help design an interactive and engaging conference of 200, 400, 1,500, or 10,000 people. Do you leap at the challenge or quake believing this is beyond your capacity? Rest assured: You can do much more than you might expect, whether in side events, workshops or on the ‘main stage’ in plenary. People […]
Brian McKenna, Deputy Director, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) In October, the RHSC held its 17th General Membership Meeting in Seattle for 330 participants from 43 countries. Evaluations from last year’s meeting told us participants wanted a more interactive event with more technical sessions and opportunities for discussion. We needed to be innovative – to […]
As event hosts and organisers do you focus all your energy on designing the official programme? If so, you’re missing out. Workshops large or small offer plenty of opportunity to network ‘around the edges’ of formal sessions – during coffee breaks, meal times or waiting for sessions to start. Think how many people pass each […]
Christian Kranicke, Founder and CEO, Leading Edge Advisors There are markets and countries where people have very limited access to basic financial services. With the technology available today this is simply inadmissible. I work to change this situation and empower individuals by building Digital Finance Solution (DFS) businesses in frontier economies and emerging markets. By […]
How do you keep a workshop of 30 people focussed and engaged when exploring a complex issue such as climate change or explaining dry internal procedures an organisation must adopt? What are some effective ways to highlight collaboration or performance issues and opportunities in a team’s work together? We as facilitators regularly face these types […]
Project Manager at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development My day-to-day work requires a lot of moderation, facilitation and – at times – mediation. Meetings, workshops, webinars or just plain conference calls fill my day – sometimes more than desired, which can be challenging. There is simply not enough time to get the actual […]
How many of you have been in meetings or workshops that veer off track and become ‘talk shops’ that have little chance of reaching the outcomes that were agreed at the start? Are you often left wondering how relevant a meeting’s topic is to your day-to-day work? As process facilitators we are called on to […]
Are you a big picture person or a stickler for detail? Do you prefer to work in a structured way or to let things evolve? Are you an introvert or extrovert? Do you like to be in control or prefer others to take the lead? Whatever your personality traits or preferences, each has an influence […]
Nora Cantini – learning and development professional Coming from the learning and development profession, I felt I knew myself quite well. I am not a particularly structured person; ideas tend to come to me as I go along, and in facilitation roles, I thrive more on the people interactions and less on the agenda details. […]
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Articles
- Using Systems Thinking to see the bigger picture30/03/2017 - 16:36
- What I learned at the Academy – Michelle Cartín16/02/2017 - 17:04
- Going large – interactive facilitation at big events16/02/2017 - 14:29
- Collaboration with Bright Green Learning – interview with Brian McKenna20/12/2016 - 17:21
- Up your networking during workshop downtime20/12/2016 - 17:17
- What I learned at the Academy – Christian Kranicke29/09/2016 - 10:39
- Game plan – using games for effective learning29/09/2016 - 10:28
- What I learned at the Academy – Uta Jungermann22/08/2016 - 10:19
- Staying on track to meet group objectives22/08/2016 - 10:09
- Preferences and practices12/05/2016 - 15:03
- What I learned at the Academy: Nora Cantini12/05/2016 - 14:58
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