Facilitation Stories

Lee Button is a freelance facilitator and Senior Partner at WeAreBPG. Lee tells us how he first came across facilitation, when he was part of a session run by someone who was leading a group process, enabling those present to create the content, and how that led to Lee taking his first steps in developing himself as a facilitator. Having some "stamp of approval" was important for Lee, so he describes how he went about his training, starting with The Patterson Centre in Chicago. On his return to

Helene Jewell and Pilar Orti discuss The IAF conference (18th/19th October 2019 in Birmingham) 2 days and an evening which included: Human map, Client Panel Interviewing, Parallel Sessions, Open Space (inspired), Dine Around  We hear from James at Session Lab @notjamessmart talking about the sessions he attended. Some of Helene’s and Pilar’s highlights: The panel interview – 3 clients from 3 different organisations, interviewed by Gary Austin with additional questions from the audience. It was

Get in touch! We’re @IAFEnglandWales or @Fac_stories on Twitter. Helene Jewell talks to Penny Walker Facilitator, Coach, Consultant and trainer in change for sustainable development. She's the author of two books and has contributed to a whole variety of other publications. Connect with Penny on Twitter @penny_walker_sd or through her website https://www.penny-walker.co.uk/ Penny tells Helene about how she started working as a facilitator, through her work with Friends of the Earth, the

Get in touch! We’re @IAFEnglandWales on Twitter.

In this first episode, we introduce the show and the IAF’s England and Wales Chapter. We also let you know you how you can get involved, because one of the aims of the show is also to help the community come together beyond the MeetUps, and for those of you who can't attend the Meetups, to find out what's going on in them!

 We talk about what do we mean by facilitation? It’s a lot of different things to different people but is essentially helping