New to facilitation and workshops?

1. What’s really a workshop?

A workshop is a structured, organised way for teams to collaborate, that ensures solid outcomes, all the while avoiding the usual pitfalls of teamwork, such as team politics, asymmetrical knowledge, and differences in working styles. Group collaboration is an inherently challenging thing for people to do, and without the right set of tools or practices i…

2 years ago · Jose Manuel Redondo Lopera

2. What does facilitation mean?

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🤔 What does F A C I L I T A T I O N actually mean

Photo by Jason Goodman on Unsplash Facilitation is a process of enabling groups to work cooperatively and effectively together and which emphasises the involvement of all participants in a meaningful way. The word ‘facilitator’ comes from the Latin facilitas, which roughly means ‘easiness’. Thus a facilitator is someone who works to make meetings and grou…

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3. Meetings and workshops: what’s the difference?

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Meetings ("talkshops") vs. workshops

Have you ever attended a meeting or workshop that was a complete waste of time? Maybe the goal wasn’t clear, there was no agenda, the activities seemed meaningless, or it just didn’t feel like anything was getting accomplished. Or, have you ever been asked to facilitate a workshop you felt was unnecessary? Perhaps y…

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4. How to successfully design any workshop

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How to successfully design ANY workshop

Any workshop goes always through 4 steps or phases (6 C’s) and 3 states and behaviours. Once you known them, you can successfully design and facilitate any workshop whatsoever with total confidence and make it work…

2 years ago · 22 likes · 1 comment · Jose Manuel Redondo Lopera

5. Best workshop exercises Dave Gray and I know

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Best workshop exercises we know II

Dave Gray writes the Gamestorming newsletter, and I write the Facili-station newsletter. We thought you might enjoy reading a conversation between the two of us about our favourite workshop exercises. We will each write three letters, responding to each other’s thoughts…

2 years ago · 7 likes · Jose Manuel Redondo Lopera and Dave Gray

6. How to take off your workshop

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How to take off your workshop like a champ

Photo by Jonathan Ridley on Unsplash 1. Intro and warm up A vital part to your workshop’s success is getting people to feel engaged and switched on right from the start. If you don’t make sure your participants get an energetic start from the get-go, you’ll risk people getting bored before you’ve even started…

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7. How to give clear instructions in a workshop

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How to give clear instructions in a workshop

Photo by FORTYTWO on Unsplash What → Why → How This sounds obvious, but is easily forgotten or overlooked. Thanks for reading Facili-station! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The best way to give instructions that people will actually understand is to use the following formula when explaining any exercise in your workshop…

2 years ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · Jose Manuel Redondo Lopera

8. When and how do you introduce workshops and meetings ground rules

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When and how do you introduce workshops and meetings ground rules

Ground rules are important because they help to establish the right expectations for the participants of a workshop or meeting. This helps to ensure that everyone is on the same page and reduces the risk of the gathering turning unproductive or running out of hand…

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9. Workshop and meeting ground rules: tons of examples here for you to use

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Workshop and meeting ground rules

Ground rules are guidelines that participants in a meeting or workshop agree to follow in order to make the meeting or workshop more productive and enjoyable. Common ground rules include things like being respectful of other participants, not interrupting, and staying on topic…

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10. Multipurpose workshop exercise

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Best workshop exercises we know IV

2 years ago · 10 likes · 2 comments · Jose Manuel Redondo Lopera and Dave Gray

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New to facilitation and workshops?

Top 10 articles you need to read in Facilistation

1. What’s really a workshop?

2. What does facilitation mean?

3. Meetings and workshops: what’s the difference?

4. How to successfully design any workshop

5. Best workshop exercises Dave Gray and I know

6. How to take off your workshop

7. How to give clear instructions in a workshop

8. When and how do you introduce workshops and meetings ground rules

9. Workshop and meeting ground rules: tons of examples here for you to use

10. Multipurpose workshop exercise

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