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Facilitation Stories

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Facilitation: the art of enabling a group of people to achieve a common goal. IAF England Wales brings you a show by facilitators, for facilitators and anyone interested in using facilitation for change. We'll share guest stories, experiences and methods. Plus, we'll bring you up to date on what's happening at our Meetups.

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FS68 Chapter Chat with Sara Tremi Proietti and Andrea Panzavolta from IAF Italy

June 18, 2024 06:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB

This episode is one of our quarterly “Chapter Chats” where the team talks to leaders of other IAF Chapters.  In this episode Helene and Nikki chat to Sara Tremmi Proietti and Andrea Panzavolta from IAF Italy.  They talk about How the chapter began in 2013 and the successive leaders since then; Initiatives to extend the reach of the chapter in Southern Italy: The co-leadership model used for the past two leadership terms;   “Our jobs are a little bit different. So it's very interesti...

FS67 - Public Dialogue with Suzannah Lansdell

May 21, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MB

In this episode Nikki talks to Suzannah Lansdell about Public Dialogue.  Suzannah is a  freelance facilitator who also advises organisations on how to do public and stakeholder dialogue, particularly in the science and technology sector for Sciencewise.   They talk about Public Dialogue as a process bringing together members of the public with specialists and policy makers to discuss complex and controversial topics and gather public insights on the issues without necessarily coming to fi...

FS 66 Facilitate 2024: Growing Together with Paul Brand

April 16, 2024 00:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

In this episode Helene talks to Paul Brand, Director of Risk Solutions and part of the IAF England and Wales Leadership Team, Board member and conference team member. They talk about  The IAF England and Wales facilitators and friends Facilitate 2024 Conference (April 26th & 27th 2024) and what it is all about. Who is on the organising team and what Paul's role has been What is different from last year's conference What kinds of sessions we can expect What he is looking forward to A ...

FS65 Chapter Chat with Bogdan Grigore IAF Romania

March 19, 2024 09:45 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

In epsode Bogdan tells us about himself as a facilitator and trainer, what it means to be a playful facilitator and his journey into facilitation.  He tells Nikki and Helene about how IAF Romania and how it all began, from joining IAF in 2018 to getting intouch with other facilitatrors in Romania. With the start of the pandemic 2 years later and everyone had more time he found out what was needed to start a chapter, and started IAF Romania with Bogdan as the Chair.  Since 2020 the chaote...

FS64 State of Facilitation Survey and Report with Deborah Rim Moiso

February 20, 2024 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MB

In this episode Helene talks to Deborah Deborah Rim Moiso from SessionLab about their recent survey and report. Deborah shares her experience as a freelance facilitator and discusses her mentoring program with IAF and her passion for facilitating multistakeholder projects on nature conservation, climate change, and youth training. She talks about how in 2022, the first global survey of facilitators was conducted by Session Lab, gathering data on who facilitators are, where they are, and...

FS63 Jamie Colston - Facilitating Systemic Constellations

January 11, 2024 14:02 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MB

In this episode Helene talks to Jamie Colston - father, facilitator, poet and systemic constellations practitioner about his work using Systemic Constellations, both Family Constellations and in organisations.  He talks about how he got into the work in the first place, the training he has done and the practise he does and some of what he has coming up next. He shares some examples of how he uses it and in terms of facilitation he suggests it is most akin to Open Space Technology.  You...

FS62 - Chapter Chat with Tamara Zivadinovic

December 11, 2023 17:34 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

Today we’re introducing a new quarterly feature “Chapter Chat”. As many listeners know, the England and Wales chapter is just one of the many IAF volunteer-led chapters globally, all working within 6 regions across 65 countries. While all chapters are united under the IAF vision and operate in accordance to the IAF Code of Ethics they are all run in a slightly different way, and reflect the context they’re working within. So alongside our episodes capturing individual facilitators’ stories...

FS61 Authentic Facilitation with Christine Bell

November 14, 2023 06:00 - 34 minutes - 27.3 MB

In this episode Helene talks to Christine Bell about a session they co-facilitated for Facilitation Week. They share some of the group’s thoughts on what authentic facilitation is as well as some of their own emerging questions on how to balance being authentic but remaining in control and whether authenticity can be learned or taught. They also reflect on their first experience of planning and facilitating together and how liberating it was to deliver a session with no required outputs ...

FS60 Exploring Philosophical Inquiry with Rosie Carnall

October 10, 2023 06:00 - 26 minutes - 21.5 MB

In this episode Nikki talks to Rosie Carnall about Philosophical Inquiry.   It’s a way of engaging in a conversation explorating into philosophical questions.   Rosie has used Philosophical Inquiry in a range of situations, from Art Galleries, to pubs, to workplaces. Nikki and Rosie talk about how to choose stimuli for discussions and learning from a specific example of when Rosie ran the same session back to back, online and in person for a hybrid team.  The full transcript is below. ...

FS59 - A new Chapter

September 20, 2023 07:41 - 45 minutes - 36.3 MB

After over 100 episodes spanning 4 years, Pilar Orti is stepping down from her role as co-host on the Facilitation Stories podcast. In this special episode, Pilar joins regular co-hosts Helene Jewell and Nikki Wilson to reflect on her time on the show and what comes next.   How It All Began   The idea for Facilitation Stories emerged organically at an in-person meetup hosted by the England and Wales chapter of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) back in 2019. Pilar ha...

FS58 Facilitating Dialogue Spaces with Jindy Mann

August 08, 2023 06:56 - 28 minutes - 22.8 MB

Welcome to Facilitation Stories, brought to you by the England and Wales chapter of the International Association of Facilitators, also known as IAF.  In today’s episode Pilar Orti talks about running circles (spaces for dialogue) with Jindi Mann, founder and facilitator of Leader Brother Son and coach and organizational consultant at The Selfish Leader. Jindy recently ran the Men at Work survey as part of his work with Leader Brother Son, where he works with groups of men. The work has...

FS57 Open Source Facilitation with Perle Laouenan-Catchpole

July 11, 2023 07:03 - 16 minutes - 13 MB

In today's episode, Nikki talks to Perle Laouenan-Catchpole, an Amsterdam-based facilitator and experienced designer. Perle shares the origins of Perle's award-winning, open-source workshop that aids individuals in identifying their personal climate action. Perle discusses the importance of open source in facilitation work and the impact it has on personal growth, relationship-building and work perception. She firmly believes in the need for collaborative and shared resources in addressing...

FS56 Facilitating a Multi-Faceted Project with 4 Facilitators

June 13, 2023 09:28 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MB

In this episode, Pilar talks to fellow podcast team members Helene and Nikki, along with Penny Walker and Shanaka Dias about a global, hybrid process they facilitated together, running over 4 days with multiple languages and timezones. They reflect on planning in advance, adapting in the moment and working well as a team. The full transcript is below. All of the team can be found on LinkedIn: Penny Walker:            https://www.linkedin.com/in/pennywalker/ Shanaka Dias            ...

FS55 From Working for the European Commission to Independent Facilitator with Sue Bird

May 23, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

In this episode of Facilitation Stories Pilar is joined by Sue Bird, who is a European public affairs specialist and facilitator. Sue ran a session on facilitating for government at the recent IAF conference. She talks about how pleased she was to be able to attend the IAF England and Wales conference in Birmingham recently, and how it was great to be able to meet fellow facilitators and understand how they're running their business, how they do facilitation. She talks about how she does...

FS54 Falling Back in Love with Appreciative Inquiry with Ann Nkune

April 11, 2023 06:46 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

In today’s episode Nikki talks to Ann Nkune about her rediscovery of Appreciative Inquiry.  Ann is a facilitator working with charities, social enterprises and the public sector helping people to increase their impact and be sustainable. Her work over the last 10 years has been parent friendly start up and career development programmes for women operate in the environmental and social impact sector.  Ann describes a Linked In post that she recently wrote about Appreciative Inquiry (AI) whe...

FS53 A Co-facilitation story with Paul Kelly and Caroline Jessop

March 14, 2023 06:54 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

In this episode Pilar talks to Paul Kelly and Caroline Jessop about co-facilitation.  Caroline is a facilitator based just outside Winchester. She describes herself as a creative facilitator and enjoys the things that leave people upbeat and energised.   Paul is the founder of Pandek Group which is a Facilitation, Training and Coaching business based in the South West specialising in bridging the disconnect within organisations. He uses Lego Serious Play as one of his facilitation tools...

FS52 Learning to let go, Shoop and the IAF conference 2023

February 28, 2023 09:56 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB

In today's episode, Helene talks to Catherine Wilks about her experience of running a session at last year's conference. They talk about The Shoopery, working on instinct and play, adapting the plan as you go along, the power of letting go and the plans for the April 2023 conference.  Catherine was introduced to the IAF and the idea that she may actually be a facilitator by Cat Duncan Rees (IAF England and Wales Treasurer). She set up the Shoopery with Pip and Alfie. Having met at a Ment...

FS51 Exploring play in climate conversations with Lucy Hawthorne

January 17, 2023 06:35 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MB

In this episode Nikki talks to Lucy Hawthorne who for the past year has been experimenting with bringing playfulness to conversations about climate. Lucy is a facilitator by trade and an environmental campaigner by background and has been exploring the link between playfulness and climate action for around five years. In the latter stages of her campaigning work, Lucy was at her most successful, including involvement in the ban on fracking in the UK, but was also at her most jaded. She w...

FS50 Wrapping Up the Year Reflecting on Our Meetups

December 13, 2022 06:30 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MB

We wrap up the year talking to three hosts of our Meetups to find out what's been going on in their regions: what common themes have emerged throughout the year and their plans for 2023.  Join our Meetups in person, or online (you can join any region when you join online!).  https://www.meetup.com/iaf-facilitators-and-friends/ 01.41mins Helene Jewell tells Pilar Orti what’s been going on in the South West facilitators meetups. 12.38mins Megan Evans, co-host of the Wales/Cardiff meetu...

FS49 Two lenses on photography and facilitation

November 08, 2022 05:55 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MB

Today we have a treat for you: Nikki Wilson interviews two guests who use photography as part of their facilitation practice. Gianpietro Pucciariello and Chris Chinnock. Our first guest is Gianpietro Pucciariello, who returns to the show after appearing in episode 15. Gianpietro’s working life in the UK is divided into two: he’s a start up founder and a sole trader that covers many roles.  He supports mission-drive individuals and communities to building social environmental impact communi...

4 ways to get started in Facilitation

October 17, 2022 10:53

You know you are great at holding space for a group, getting people together and thinking productively, exploring challenges or organising by getting everyone involved.  Listening, challenging, adapting and inspiring are skills you have honed.     Maybe you have taken a facilitative approach to leadership, or in your organisation.  You’d love to move into facilitation as a career, in or outside of your current work, but where can you start?   Volunteer Its likely that you have take...

BONUS Incorporating asynchronous communication into team facilitation

October 17, 2022 10:44 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MB

Happy Facilitation Week everyone!  We are releasing this bonus episode to celebrate all things facilitation.  In this episode, which we've borrowed from the 21st Century Work Life podcast, Pilar talks to Simon Wilson about how he incorporates asynchronous communication into his facilitation processes - and the challenges this brings.  You can see the full show notes over at https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/asynchronous-collaboration-facilitation To get in touch with the...

FS48 How to have a conversation with clients about whether a workshop should be in person or online - with John Monks

October 11, 2022 06:07 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB

For this episode, Pilar is joined by John Monks to talk about how to have a conversation with a client about whether your event or workshop should be in person or online. John is a facilitator, and partner of Curve. He coaches CEOs, and has digested his practice of many years into the book Closer Apart: How to Design and Facilitate Brilliant Workshops Online, which he's co-written with Lizzie Shupak.  https://www.closerapartbook.com/ John’s always been passionate about helping people con...

FS47 Facilitators and the Sustainable Development Goals with Tanya Nash

September 13, 2022 06:16 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB

In this episode Nikki talks to Tanya Nash. Tanya is the Founder of Future Clarity.  She is a facilitator, coach, trainer and researcher and works with people in the sustainability field or organisations looking to make sustainability one of their core organising principles.     Tanya  is also one of the hosts of the IAF Wales and Cardiff meetup. Her and Nikki reflect on a discussion that took place at one of these meetups, focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).   The 1...

FS46 From Event Organiser to Facilitator of Facilitators

August 09, 2022 07:00 - 39 minutes - 31.3 MB

In today’s episode, Pilar talks to Myriam Hadnes, facilitator and host of the Workshops Work podcast and founder of the Never Done Before festival.  Myriam first realised she was a facilitator after she read Priay Parker’s "The Art of Gathering". Her perception of facilitation has broadened since then: she now thinks more of having the mindset of a facilitator as she’s doing less and less pure facilitation, and more training and nurturing of facilitators. Maybe it’s more a question of i...

FS45 What we've learned from running a hybrid conference

July 19, 2022 07:30 - 26 minutes - 21 MB

In this episode Nikki talks to Helene about the recent “Re-Facilitation Conference”. This was a hybrid conference with around half of the participants meeting in person and half Zooming in.  The conference had three streams - one fully in person, one fully virtual and one designed to be hybrid, joined by people in the room and those joining virtually. They start by talking about the evolving team including a core group of Hilary Topp, Camilla Gordon, Cat Duncan-Rees, Adrian Ashton, Paul Ke...

FS44 Understanding How Neurodiversity Affects Workshop Participants' Experience

May 10, 2022 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

In today’s episode Pilar talks to facilitator Paul Kelly.  He’s going to be running two sessions at the IAFEW Re-Facilitation conference on 13th-14th May 2022 in Birmingham and online. His first session will be on “Collaborative Consensus”and the second will be a facilitated discussion around neurodiversity. (A note to readers on the website: we have some gremlins playing around with our text here. Apologies while we sort it out, and oh the irony given the topic of this episode...) Paul ...

FS43 Facilitation in the Agricultural Sector

April 12, 2022 07:30 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MB

In this episode of Facilitation Stores, host Helene Jewell is joined by guest Lisa Morgans Lisa is a vet, researcher and facilitator. She is Head of Livestock at Innovation for Agriculture – an independent knowledge exchange charity based in England that works to bridge the science-practice gap and support farmers as they transition to a more sustainable, resilient and productive farming system. Lisa has a PhD in participatory action research and before that worked as a veterinary surgeon in...

FS42 Designing the Space for Others to Learn in Conferences

March 15, 2022 07:15 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

In this episode Pilar welcomes two guests. First she talks to Adrian Ashton.  They start talking about Adrian’s relationship with facilitation and how over time he’s become more involved with the IAF and hosts the North of England meetup.  He talks about some of the highlights of running the group.  They’ve experimented a lot with location, themes, topics and guests.  Adrian highlights the variety of people that join the meetups but that it’s always a safe and relaxed space to reflect toge...

FS41 Making Workshops Work with Penny Pullan

February 15, 2022 05:40 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

In this episode Pilar talks to Penny Pullan, Director of “Making Projects Work” and author of “Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Success with Remote or Hybrid Work and Teams”, just out in its second edition, and in 2021,  “Making Workshops Work: Creative Collaboration for Our Time”. Penny explains that Making Workshops Work was originally contracted and due to be published in 2016 but then the pandemic hit and she focused on writing the book to help people, not necessarily certi...

A note to say we're still around and haven't podfaded...

January 20, 2022 17:52 - 1 minute - 2.96 MB

Just saying hello, we'll be back with a proper episode soon. Let us know you're listening!  We're @fac_stories on Twitter Check out facilitationstories.com

FS40 The Endorsed Facilitator programme and the Challenges of Inclusivity

November 30, 2021 06:30 - 25 minutes - 25.5 MB

In this episode, Pilar talks to Anish Hindocha, who has recently taken the IAF Endorsed Facilitator assessment process. They talk about Anish’s experience through the process and then move on to talk about the challenges of being truly inclusive.  (You can check out an earlier conversation they had, in episode 08 of Facilitation Stories. https://facilitationstories.com/fs08-what-happens-at-our-meetups-and-first-steps-in-facilitation ) Anish is a change consultant with a passion for cu...

FS39 Growing as a Facilitator through the CPF Certification Process

November 09, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 26.1 MB

In this episode, Pilar interviews Helene Jewell CPF about her experience of going through the CPF Certification Process as someone already experienced in facilitation. Helene has been working for 7/8 years as a freelancer, with a background in international development and Speech and Language Therapy where she started doing training and working with groups. Pilar asks Helene what she did to develop and continue learning before becoming certified.  Helene talks about the ICA UK training...

Back to the Room

October 30, 2021 09:07

With many people returning to face-to-face facilitation after months sat staring at a Zoom screen, we thought we’d share some of our top tips. Thanks to Gary, Helene, Suzanne, Camilla, Cat, Lee and Hilary from the IAF England and Wales Leadership Team for these great tips and to Suzanne for pulling it all together. Equipment and stationary  Give everyone an unopened, still wrapped pack of their own post-its. Use wipes to clean sharpies or give out new sharpies/markers. Covid safe venue...

FS38 David Bishop Introduces the New Ireland Chapter

October 12, 2021 06:30 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB

Today’s host is Nikki Wilson, talking to guest David Bishop, bilingual trainer and facilitator, based in France. David’s adventures in facilitation started about 10 years ago, when he was training managers on presentation and negotiation skills. His own practice took him towards being a meeting host, and a facilitator (though he wasn’t aware of that term at the time). He’s been with IAF for 3 years, which he joined because he wanted to support the great work they were doing. Celeste Br...

Sketchnotes Created During The Power of Facilitation Panel Discussion

September 15, 2021 12:00

If you listened to our last episode, the panel discussion by some of the co-authors of The Power of Facilitation, you might be interested in the sketchnotes created by Chitra Chandrashekar, as she listened to others and reflected on what was being said. Big thanks to Chitra, and if you want to check out more of her work, head over to: www.mographies.com Or connect with her on social media: Facebook & Instagram: @mographies Twitter: @architrac

FS37 The Power of Facilitation - a panel discussion

September 14, 2021 06:00 - 58 minutes - 48.6 MB

In this episode, Pilar talks to three of the co-authors of the book The Power of Facilitation, which was released this summer of 2021. Our conversation today is a little bit different, as it's an edited recording of the meetup that took place on 7 July 2021, a panel discussion with the authors, with contributions from the other attendees. The three panelists you'll hear from are Martin Gilbraith, who co-authored The Power of Partnership Between Facilitation and Communication with Michael A...

FS36 From Scottish Retreats to Unleashing Potential through Liberating Structures

August 10, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutes - 19.2 MB

We have two guests joining our host Nikki Wilson in this episode: Steve Yorkstone, talking about IAF Scotland and Ewen Le Borgne, who talks about process literacy with Liberating Structures. Steve Yorkstone, tells us about how he got involved with the IAF and how he's ended up running the IAF Scotland chapter.  Since he's taken the baton, Steve has set up a website for the chapter, where people can sign up to the mailing list and receive updates about what's going on.  https://www.i...

How to Make Your Virtual Event a Success

August 03, 2021 14:43

Suzanne Bennett, Board member of the International Association of Facilitators England and Wales chapter kicks off our blog with 5 hacks to make the most out of your virtual event. (Please note, this is a text blog post, with no audio attached to it.) This post has some hacks to help make your virtual session more inclusive. The virtual world doesn’t have ramps to the front door or vegan lunches but there are other factors to consider. Here are the top five. 1. Allow plenty planning time...

FS35 Facilitating Outdoors

July 13, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 22.7 MB

In this episode Helene talks to Alex Williams Lead Trainer and Facilitator for nature-based learning at Muddy Feet.   All Alex and her team’s facilitation is outside, taking groups of all ages out to urban and rural wild spaces encouraging nature connection.    Helene asks why Alex chooses to work outdoors.  This is largely as the focus of the work is linking people to their environment.  It started when Alex did Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in the Philippines .  There all plan...

FS34 Facilitation Worldwide with Vinay Kumar

June 08, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 35 MB

In today’s episode, Pilar and Helene both join a conversation with Vinay Kumar.  Vinay is Chair of IAF Global, based in Bangalore, India. He is a Certified Professional Facilitator, Coach, Organisational Development Consultant, Founder of C2C and host of podcast “Shiny Happy People”. They start by discussing how in 2006 Vinay began calling himself a Facilitator and became interested in the IAF.  They talk about what changed in his practice as a result of starting to call himself a Facilita...

FS33 Changes to our Meetup Groups

June 02, 2021 10:16 - 10 minutes - 10.4 MB

This is a short, bonus episode to let you know about how we've changed the organisation of our Meetups over at Meetup.com. See below for more details.  Join us here: https://www.meetup.com/IAF-facilitators-and-friends/ Next set of meetups: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 Midlands facilitators monthly online coffee meet-up https://www.meetup.com/IAF-facilitators-and-friends/events/jswzjsyccjblb/ Wednesday, June 9, 2021 South West facilitators monthly coffee meetup https://www.meetup....

FS32 Back to Facilitating Face to Face

May 11, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutes - 27.9 MB

In today’s episode, host Helene Jewell talks about returning back to face-to-face facilitation after a year spent moving facilitation online due to the pandemic. Helene first talks to Camilla Gordon, freelance facilitator, trainer and consultant, and a winner of an IAF Facilitation Impact Award, about her experiences about face-to-face facilitation in the past year. Camilla talks openly about her need to be with clients face to face, as she wasn’t built for an office job, or to be stuck ...

FS31 Clean Language & Metaphor

April 13, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes - 31.7 MB

FS31 Clean Language and Metaphor In today’s episode, host Nikki Wilson takes a deep dive into clean language and metaphor, and talks to three guests about their uses of them in their facilitation practice. First Nikki talks to Judy Rees about how she discovered clean language and metaphor and how they feature in her work today. Judy started exploring the use of metaphor as a child, when her father was studying its use in education. Following reading the book “Metaphors We Live By” by G...

FS30 The IAF's CPF Certification Process and How It Has Been Adapted Online

March 09, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 36.1 MB

In today's episode, Helene Jewell talks to Lindsay Sumner and Simon Wilson about the IAF's Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) assessment process and how it has moved online. Lindsay Sumner (CPF M) is the  IAF Director of Certification Operations. She shares with Helene her own certification process, which was a testing one! The process continues to test facilitators skills and processes. There is writing, interviewing and observation involved.  CPF is an in-depth peer review of t...

FS29 Planning, Working and Leading Adventures Together

February 09, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 28.4 MB

This episode features three initiatives from members of the IAF England and Wales Chapter. First, Nikki speaks to Mike Clargo about “Leading by Adventure”, a series of weekly adventures of around 15 minutes each, to offer people a different perspective.  They talk about where the idea came from, and how Mike was struck with the thought that we need something to support us to engage with change as a game, having fun, while building skills for the future.  Mike tells Nikki about some of th...

FS28 Exploring Metaphorum with Judy Rees

January 12, 2021 06:30 - 20 minutes - 18.1 MB

FS28 Exploring Metaphorum with Judy Rees – Show Notes Today’s episode starts with an overview of upcoming IAF meetups from Pilar, with a specific invitation to join a Networking and Learning Meetup at 9.30am GMT on 20th January, hosted by Helene Jewell and Sue Windley following up on a session Helene ran in International Facilitation Week on making online events accessible. https://www.meetup.com/IAF-South-West-England-facilitators-and-friends/events/fpkdvrycccbrb/ We then move on to...

FS27 Facilitation for Online Celebrations

December 15, 2020 07:48 - 37 minutes - 31.9 MB

Helene Jewell hosts this episode about the skill of online facilitation and the importance of Facilitation to make your celebrations go with (or without) a pop!   We also have two voices from our virtual coffee meet-ups: Gordon Mullan and Jane Mitchell share their thoughts about online facilitation following the IAF conference in October. And Helene introduces the new England and Wales IAF Board, and thanks the outgoing Chair and Treasurer! Two Twitter handles for the coffee inserts: @go...

FS26 We Review the IAFEW Annual Conference - Online

November 17, 2020 06:30 - 1 hour - 51.2 MB

In this episode Pilar talks to the rest of the podcast team (Vic Hopkins based on the Cambridge Suffolk border, Nikki Wilson in Danbury in Essex, Helene Jewell in Bristol and Cat based in the North West) as they celebrate and reflect on the IAF England and Wales on line facilitation conference. We also hear from Penny Walker, Chris Massey, Jamie Colston and Fiona McBride – it’s a great episode! The team start off with a big cheer for Susannah Raffe who lead the conference organising team. ...

FS25 Our Conference Has Gone Online and We're Being More Pirate!

October 18, 2020 16:05 - 33 minutes - 29.1 MB

In today's episode, Helene Jewell talks to TWO guests! First to Susannah Raffe and then to Cat Duncan-Rees and the episode focuses on the IAFEW Conference 19 - 23 October 2020. These show notes include a transcript, below usual summary.  On Twitter, we are @fac_stories and @HeleneJewell https://curatorsofchange.com/ You can register now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-conference-2020-the-power-and-practice-of-facilitation-registration-97307526431 There are concessions availa...

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