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Public service is our vocation and we work exclusively with publicly funded organisations, public utilities, and NGOs. We understand the values that drive the cultures of publicly funded organisations and we want to help them to live up to their promise.
Facilitation: setting the ‘right’ tone
A successful workshop depends on the quality of participant contributions. The facilitator needs to create the right environment and support for participants quickly, and then stay out of the way so participants can contribute their best towards a shared goal.
In this short video, we briefly discuss how facilitators can set the ‘right’ tone early by managing the persona and perceived status they project into the room, and creating the right environment for sensitive discussions ... or sensitive participants.
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In this short video, we briefly discuss how facilitators can set the ‘right’ tone early by managing the persona and perceived status they project into the room, and creating the right environment for sensitive discussions ... or sensitive participants.
Subscribe to be notified when we publish new free information resources, roughly every two weeks.
Check out the links below to learn more about this topic and other H4 Consulting resources, or to join our mailing list:
www.h4consulting.com.au/resources
h4consulting-premium.thinkific.com
#workshop #facilitation
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