by AfC_Author | Nov 14, 2019 | Facilitation, Jo Dufay, workshop
You know how it goes. The meeting starts and everyone is excited, apprehensive, curious. Problems are identified and the way forward is sought. Ideas bubble up and are captured on flip charts or Post-it notes. This divergent thinking is exciting and rewarding. Then it...
by AfC_Author | Mar 21, 2019 | Alexandra Dawe, Jo Dufay, team development
Many organisations occasionally need interim support, whether for a maternity, paternity or sickness cover, or while recruiting a new permanent member of staff. Hiring someone with relevant skills for an interim position can be a great opportunity to get a bit of...
by AfC_Author | Nov 22, 2018 | Facilitation, Jo Dufay
When facilitating meetings or trainings, I love using exercises that stimulate thinking in different ways, and which are fun for participants. Here’s one I invented! It’s good for evaluation, brainstorming or recalling information from previous sessions, you can...
by AfC_Author | Apr 10, 2018 | Jo Dufay
As a consultant, it’s my privilege to help clients with projects all over the world. But it’s not too often that I get to see the actual impact on the ground. I’ve just come back from Kenya, where I was helping World Animal Protection develop its global strategy on...
by AfC_Author | Mar 6, 2018 | Jo Dufay
One of the key reasons that campaigns lose is simply not knowing how to win, by setting off on a campaign with no clear path or vision about how the actual change will happen. In fact, for some campaigns it’s not even clear what change looks like! I recently ran a...
by AfC_Author | Mar 5, 2018 | Jo Dufay
Listening is one of the most powerful tools in the facilitation kit – hearing what’s been said, what isn’t being said and the spaces in between. However, it’s not just the facilitator who needs to listen – sometimes the participants in a meeting need some help really...
