Imagine this: You’re in the middle of a tough facilitation. It seems to be going fairly well. You’ve managed to keep the outrage from boiling over. So far. Suddenly, an angry person leaps up, face red, voice raised, and screams “This is rubbish! You lot aren’t...
Sometimes engagement can be tough but Mo the Motel Cat reminded me that in many ways, the toughest engagement is the most important.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What do you do when the room you're facilitating is overflowing with emotion? How much emotional resilience do you need in engagement? Imagine this. A community member has bravely taken the microphone. They’re shaking but determined...
When delivering a workshop or focus group it can be a challenge to hear from all voices in the room. One way to encourage everyone to have their say this is to use a few tried and tested methods that are engaging and will help bring life to your facilitation. Card...
Working across a range of projects for different sectors and organisations, Articulous is often called in to assist as an independent third party on often controversial and contentious issues as it doesn’t have a vested interest in the outcome. As an independent third...
If you’ve ever been to a facilitated workshop or event you’ll be familiar with the role of the facilitator: the person who welcomes everyone, encourages participation in engagement activities, introduces guests, highlights the key messages of the speakers, asks...
Here at Articulous we facilitate a LOT of meetings and workshops. Thankfully we love doing this, especially when the content is complex or contentious. We have been tweeting a selection of our favourite twenty tips for making sure that your facilitation session runs as smoothly as possible, especially when using an external facilitator with a number of external participants.
When engagement gets tricky: tips to get you across the line A question we hear time and time again from our clients is how to tackle difficult engagement. Whether it be highly emotional issues, opposing viewpoints, lack of strategic direction, or differing levels of...
What are the elements that make for a good communicator, or conversely, a poor one? Why is it that some have the gift of presenting and some do not? How do presenters stand out when most follow a very similar formula?
