Testing consensus using Roman voting: a black-and-white photograph of a racehorse jockey displaying both thumbs up. Photo attribution: Flickr user vegaseddie.
How can groups make decisions? First, publicly discover the degree of consensus on a proposal by using Roman voting.
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#facilitation #GroupWork #testing #consensus #HandVoting #RomanVoting
2 big plastic boxes with Lego
Zo. Alles gesorteerd wat moest gesorteerd worden en een lijstje voor een pick a brick bestelling. #LegoSeriousPlay #WorkshopPrep #Facilitation
assess consensus: a blurred photograph of an audience overlaid with an illustration of people humming at different volumes
Here's a novel semi-anonymous method to assess consensus on an issue with a large group. It needs no additional resources or training!
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#facilitation #consensus #SemiAnonymousVoting #novel #humming
We're quietly curating these connections. Curious to see what patterns emerge across the full collection.
Each story is at buff.ly/bG8QsWX and all the heuristics are on dddheuristics.com.
#CollaborativeModelling #SoftwareArchitecture #DomainDrivenDesign #Facilitation #VirtualDDD
⚠️AI is changing what leaders need to be good at.
It’s not just strategy or decision-making.
🎯It’s facilitating better conversations.
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#facilitation #ExecutiveCoaching #SME #FutureOfWork #leadershipskills #growthcoach #agileworksolutions #AILeadership
Illustration of a facilitator leaning against a wall while attendees answer questions amongst themselves.
Take the pressure off of yourself to facilitate or teach, and instead create situations that allow learning to occur.
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#Facilitation #LearningDesign #AdultLearning #GroupProcess
Photograph of Adrian Segar facilitating a workshop at the BEA World Festival in Rome, November 2023, with the title "…he might be the single most influential thinker in the world of participatory gatherings…"
A reflective look at David Adler’s profile of my facilitation work, exploring why emotional architecture—not spectacle—creates lasting change at conferences.
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#EventDesign #Facilitation #ParticipatoryEvents #ConferenceDesign #Design
Some models of change are better than others. Here are four change models. Three are simplistic and misleading; one is well worth studying.
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#facilitation #FacilitatingChange #change #ChangeModels #SatirChangeModel
All set for this week's @ica-uk.bsky.social ToP Group #Facilitation Methods training, at NCVO in London with @rosemaryforest.bsky.social #ToPfacilitation
We are proud to sponsor the fabulous #Facilitate2026 conference of our friends at @iafenglandwales.bsky.social this year!
Join IAF & ICA facilitators and friends next month in Birmingham to connect, share and learn together on all things #facilitation
knowing where you are: photograph of The Story Spine, charted on a flipchart by improv teacher Lisa Rowland. It's a blueprint for the dramatic structure of basic stories, whether those told in improv or elsewhere. STORY SPINE • Once upon a time • And every day… • Until one day… • Because of that… • Because of that… • Because of that… • Until finally… • And ever since that day… • The moral…
A story about the value of knowing where you are via a core ingredient of improv—The Story Spine—linked to a personal introspective question
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#FacilitatingChange #improv #StorySpine #facilitation
Couple of notebook pages, showing the use of space outside museum to talk about care and community. About three sketches of place and people.
Sometimes need to sketch the physicality of a workshop to understand what is being meant.
Sketches for Berlin workshop on new bilateral art projects with Millennials. Needing to use distance and boundaries to make some things explicit. #Facilitation
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#Facilitation #Workshops #SoftSkills #Leadership #Cardiff
It’s nearly time for Inclusive Facilitation Exchange 2026! Let’s Go! #facilitation #inclusion #neurodiversity #london #professionaldevelopment
"We had the right people. It still didn't work."
Almost always, the problem wasn't the people. It was the process design.
Our white paper breaks down why — and what to do differently.
#Facilitation #CDMPs #PublicPolicy
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"We had the right people. It still didn't work."
Almost always, the problem wasn't the people. It was the process design.
Our white paper breaks down why — and what to do differently.
#Facilitation #CDMPs #PublicPolicy
www.ConfluencePSG.com/BreakingGridlock
Participatory voting introduction: a photograph of a red pill with a ✔︎ underneath it next to a blue pill with an ✖︎ underneath. Red pill blue pill image modified by yours truly, attribution W.carter under CC BY-SA 4.0 license
Participatory voting is useful as a way to obtain early information; a “straw poll” provides public information about viewpoints in the room
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#ParticipatoryVoting #voting #polling #facilitation #DecisionMaking #events #MeetingDesign #eventprofs
right way to vote: photograph of conference attendees sitting in front of tables, raising their hands to vote
What's the right way to vote? Asking your audience to raise hands may seem straightforward, but presenters often do this incorrectly.
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#meetings #events #EventDesign #voting #HandVoting #StandVoting #facilitation #eventprofs
Belonging Together #Communication & #Facilitation Training Course starts March 26: empowr-transformation.com/events/facil...
#facilitationtraining #consciouscommunication
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![It's nearly time for the Inclusive Facilitation Exchange - and I can't wait! Last year's [first] event was super special, and we learned so much together - even creating a product! 🎁 I'll be in London on Thursday and Friday to join the great practice sharing and community this year - and yes, I'll be bringing a few of the remaining Facilitation Scoping Wheel Card Decks. If you want a few - DM me or catch me at the event in London!
If you'd like to order decks for delivery - drop me a DM and see how you can boost alignment, confidence and outcomes for online, in-person and hybrid training and facilitated events 👋](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ecvufl5dfotjzlg6gvxfs4ru/bafkreif2gobp2hknrfx7euq46lpj5pnd3lfjuofdnlfeg5ollkwebcyzdm)
It's nearly time for the Inclusive Facilitation Exchange - and I can't wait! Last year's [first] event was super special, and we learned so much together - even creating a product! 🎁 I'll be in London on Thursday and Friday to join the great practice sharing and community this year - and yes, I'll be bringing a few of the remaining Facilitation Scoping Wheel Card Decks. If you want a few - DM me or catch me at the event in London! If you'd like to order decks for delivery - drop me a DM and see how you can boost alignment, confidence and outcomes for online, in-person and hybrid training and facilitated events 👋
Nearly time for the Inclusive Facilitation Exchange - and I can’t wait! I'm back in London Thurs/Fri this week for more great practice sharing with a super community. I’ll have a few Facilitation Scoping Wheel decks - DM or catch me there if you want one 👋 #Facilitation #Coaching #Agility #London
Working with both sides: A photograph of The Meeting for the Town/Community Center, Marlboro, VT. Photo by David Holzapfel. I'm the guy wearing a checked shirt.
As a facilitator, working with both sides of an issue with a group can be hard. Doing so challenges me to practice non-attachment.
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#facilitation #moderation #attachment #WinLose #WinWin #MeetingDesign #assnchat
Looking forward to co-hosting next month's IAF England & Wales London coffee meetup with AMC Newton FRSA, Wednesday 15 April in Kings Cross - do join us if you can for informal networking and #facilitation chat, all welcome! #IAFmeetup
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My February edition of the #FacilitationInspiration Newsletter is available on LinkedIn…
Theme is Where do we find inspiration 💡
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#Facilitation #Learning
magical question: A photograph of a yellow sticky note on a wall on which is written "I don't know".
Here's a magical question to ask when someone says 'I don't know'. Why does it (sometimes) work? I don't know!
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#facilitation #FacilitatingChange #IDontKnow #question
the second sort of escapologist: a photograph of a man upside down in a closed vertical glass case full of water. Image: Andrew Basso, The Escapologist. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus
I am the second sort of escapologist
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#facilitation #TwoKinds #FacilitatorAsEscapologist
5 weeks to go.
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Join us for the #facilitation learning event of the year - all welcome!
#Facilitate2026 #FacilitatorCommunity #DesigningSpace
Thanks Allison & Elana for hosting our next #facilitation meetup of @iafacilitators.bsky.social IAF Spain in Barcelona, 17.30 on 31 March - all welcome! #IAFmeetup www.linkedin.com/events/iaffa...
I’m at Inclusive Facilitation Exchange in London on Friday 20th March.
Anyone else in my network attending?
You’re not? You really should - it’s excellent. 👏
#Facilitation #IFE #InclusiveFacilitation #Community #London
facilitation rapt attention and love: photograph of two men wearing name badges sitting and talking indoors
The connection between facilitation, rapt attention, and love? I am drawn to facilitation for giving the gift of listening closely out of love.
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#facilitation #attention #listening #love
