facilitation
Online Monster Manual
The most comprehensive Online Training Monster Manual — over 80 tools to make your workshops and events more participatory and interactive! The Monster Manual features common tools like spectrum of allies, pillars of support, polls, and online spectrums. It includes...
Social Justice Toolbox
Twenty terrific workshop resources on privilege, ally-ship, race and racism. The Social Justice Toolbox is a resource hub for free, curated, ready-to-rock social justice activities and facilitation guides designed to help you make the most of your diversity workshops...
Leading groups online
The coronavirus pandemic has created new challenges for facilitators and educators. Across the globe, people are being asked to lead groups online: teachers, trainers, professors, event managers, organizers, activists. Jeanne Rewa and Daniel Hunter swiftly wrote this...
‘Mining the gold of conflict’ (videos)
Myrna Lewis’ TEDx talk on the capacity for Deep Democracy methods to: tap into the emotional undercurrents and wisdom of a group recognise and overcome resistance to decision making hear all the voices in a group draw out diverse opinions confidently step into...
Collective Intelligence Collaboratory | CICO
Making sense of the huge array of organizations, software and concepts pushing to “change the world” is nearly impossible, as long as we remain unable to compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. We are putting together a highly improbable mix of people...
SessionLab: Workshop planning made simple
Resources for collaborative workshop design including a great collection of icebreakers and energisers, diagnosis tools and process ideas.
Facilitating an inclusive (indigenous, feminist) Q&A session
Replicating here a useful Twitter thread from @tuckeve 1/ Ever since I was in graduate school, I thought I hated giving public talks. But I soon realized it’s not the presentation, but the Q & A that can feel so awful. Academic audiences can be arrogant, hostile,...
Wise Democracy Card Decks
Printed card decks for the Wise Democracy Pattern Language (version 2.0) are now available for purchase in boxed sets with 96 pattern cards and educational inserts. They are backed up by an encyclopedic wise democracy website packed with methods and practical advice...
Running Effective Campaign Debriefs
Every campaign is a learning opportunity. Make the most of this by planning for the post-campaign period and setting up debriefs. Holly Hammond offers some useful tips for campaigners and facilitators…
Our Wise Democracy Pattern Language
This is exciting. Tom Atlee and the Co-Intelligence Institute team have developed a terrific collection of 96 patterns they describe as… “features or design principles that we believe would show up repeatedly in a democracy characterized by collective...
How to create a time-saving meeting agenda
An effective meeting starts with a meeting agenda. An agenda serves as the outline of important meeting information, and what will be covered. It provides clear direction for meetings and can save you several hours per month. If you want to learn what makes a meeting...
C4C Fundraising and communication fellowship | Jan-May 2019, Melbourne
Climate for Change are looking for a new group of up to 25 committed volunteers to join in 2019. You will learn and work with a small, hard-working team to design and implement an ambitious real-life fundraising project in a fun and supportive environment. This is a...
Foundations of a healthy group culture
Creative, empowering and diverse processes can be used to work with a group to establish their personal and group needs, values, principles and ethics then come to shared understandings and agreements. The analogy of the seed is part of a meta process Robin is...
Groupwork Institute of Australia’s collaborative leadership short course | various dates in 2018
As a leader, you need to both identify and make the most of the wisdom and experience in your organisation or team. With so many operational issues to address and negotiate, however, the emotional content is often overlooked. The advantage of an emotionally resilient...
Advanced Diploma of Group Facilitation 2018
Working well with groups to harness the wisdom of everyone present, for the best outcome, requires more than experience in the role of running a meeting or leading a team. Development of effective communication and leadership skills, self-awareness and actively...
Accessibility guidelines for workshop facilitators
People with obvious and not-so-obvious disabilities need accommodation in order to participate fully. As a presenter, you may or may not be aware of a participant’s need for accommodations. In addition to accommodating the accessibility needs of participants who...
Three traps to avoid at your next meeting | Ed McKinley
Ed (GroupWork Institute of Australia) reflects: There’s a lot to be gained in digging a bit deeper into why you may be finding your meetings frustrating. People instantly get it when we encourage structure around meetings by emphasising the importance of Beginning,...