A lessons-learned workshop for a geographically dispersed political electorate offered a useful test case in designing for inclusion, energy...
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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵? This was the focus of a recent...
Expert facilitation is a key to participatory democracy
Participatory Democracy is front of mind after a talk by @Simon Wright of Trust Democracy this week! Have you seen recent advertisements promoting...
What is ToP Facilitation?
I keep getting the question. The furrowed brow. What? ToP? Here it is. Its long name - hard to say - is The Technology of Participation. A body of...
The Good, the Bad and the Tricky… finding the right process facilitator
What on earth actually IS a facilitator?
When I tell people I am a facilitator, more often than not I have to follow it up with some examples. This is because the term, a bit like being a...
Some More Tips for Facilitating Effectively Online
It’s the first week of our (slightly more relaxed!) Level 3 covid-19 lockdown here in NZ. And whilst quite a few people are back at work, physical...
Facilitating Online- What I’ve Learned as a Facilitator from ‘Lockdown’ the Past Two Weeks
It's week two of lockdown here in NZ, and I have done more online facilitation in the past ten days than in the entire 25 years prior that I have...








