A place to call your own

Monday, 06 February 2012
Space has many aspects, from the pragmatic to the profound. In this case, it’s about choosing and/or setting up a place that respects the time, effort and experience of the participants as well as the needs of the event.
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Tools of the trade: flip charts

Thursday, 29 December 2011
Flip charts (or butchers paper) are the second oldest form of ‘public memory’ after the blackboard. They are still going strong, even in this digital age. So what makes for effective and/or creative flip charts?
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On the dynamics of innovation

Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Edison famously said genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration. Let’s not waste all that good healthy sweat through poor tools and approaches for working together.
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Critical, crucial, difficult conversations

Tuesday, 29 November 2011
These intimidating conversations are characterised by high stakes, opposing opinions and strong emotions.
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So tell me, what is the real situation?

Friday, 29 April 2011
I’ve often been asked (in both working and training sessions) what do you do when… I always say there are two answers – the short one is... Read More...
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Cooking up a storm

Wednesday, 02 March 2011
Last year I spent several hours watching Master Chef, Jamie Oliver and the like. Then it struck me that running a meeting or a workshop is a lot like cooking.
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ToP training now accredited as a Grad Dip!

Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Technology of Participation™ training has been going for more than 20 years in Australia! And now it is accredited as well - with the new Vocational Graduate Diploma of Facilitative Leadership.
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Out of the box!

Thursday, 04 November 2010
For years I tended to just grab materials and equipment at the last minute as I went out the door to each facilitation or training gig. Then a colleague showed me his system for keeping a lid on the chaos and the churn under control.
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Toys of the Trade

Monday, 04 October 2010
Meetings are boring, right? Talk, talk, talk and no action? If that’s your experience, then someone has fallen down on the job. Perhaps the design was not carried out well. More likely, the default option just happened. Read More...
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Sound bites, spin, elections & outcomes

Friday, 03 September 2010
In case you hadn’t already noticed, we’ve been having an election here in Australia. Most of the “dialogue” consisted of attack ads, rather than well argued policies and initiatives. Hence the phrase: “race to the bottom”. Read More...
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