Are you fed-up with participating in unproductive meetings that waste time, energy and enthusiasm? We believe everyone deserves well-facilitated meetings and events that make the most of everyone’s knowledge in the room - or the video call. Overcoming old patterns and habits for group interactions can be challenging, but by making small changes to how people are set up to work together you can create surprising improvements!.

In this workshop, we will share facilitation techniques for nudging group interactions towards increased participation, self-organization, and better decision-making. Together we’ll explore what it means to ‘hold space’ and give control back to the group while maintaining focus on getting things done together. In addition to learning about facilitation itself, you’ll learn in two additional ways - in the morning, by being facilitated by us - and in the afternoon, by understanding how we facilitated you, and why it works. You’ll also receive a resource list, so you can follow up on the methods that interest you.

Whether you lead meetings or just participate: you can influence your group’s interactions by introducing simple facilitation hacks. You will leave with a concrete next step, and a set of activities and techniques to start using right away, to enliven your meetings and achieve more satisfying outcomes.