Category: Top Tips

Facilitation tip No.36 – Beginning a facilitation session

How you start a facilitation session matters.  It sets the tone, and establishes that you are the facilitator.  It helps participants to feel comfortable, and is a reminder that you are all looking forward to working together constructively. You will often start with introductions.  If time is short you might just want a quick round… Read more »

Top Tips for Chairing No.24

Years ago I was at a meeting of a local community committee.  It was in someone’s house, and an assortment of seats had been gathered together;  kitchen chairs, comfy chairs, stools etc.   By the time the committee Chair arrived, most of the seats had been taken, and she had to sit on a cushion on the… Read more »