by Anuschka | 15 February 2023 | Blog, Facilitation, Method of the Month, Methods
Magic can happen when groups meet and focus on a shared goal. But, way too often, we find ourselves in meetings where folks are all over the place. Not taking time early to create alignment and focus can sour group work long-term. So let’s do this...
by Anuschka | 7 February 2022 | Blog, Facilitation, General, Miscellaneous
Do you know Myriam Hadnes? If not, and you are into facilitation, you are missing out! Myriam is a facilitator, behavioural economist, curator, podcast host, and more based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I first came across her testimony via her fantastic podcast...
by Anuschka | 8 February 2021 | Blog, Facilitation, Services, Training
I started running workshops and seminars on a European level in late 2016. It was then when I realised that not everyone has the same understanding of workshop materials. It was for the Network Against Far-Right Extremism for Young European Socialists in Belfast,...
by Anuschka | 30 January 2021 | Blog, Facilitation, Method of the Month, Methods, Training, Visual Practice
We all know that stale feeling, after just having participated in a meeting which went south. People talked over each other, someone took up way too much space, or the schedule’s timing was not respected, and you did not know what to do about. This lack of control and...
by Anuschka | 9 April 2020 | Facilitation, General, How to..., Planning, Services, Theory, Training
From Learning Journey to Thematic Building Blocks – Part 3 of the ‘How to Plan a Training’ series Ever wondered how to narrow down all the content you want to cover in a seminar or training? How to use good aims and objectives to develop topics and...
by Anuschka | 1 April 2020 | Facilitation, Theory
In my initial Training of Trainer by the International Union of Socialist Youth, our trainers put a bunch of cards on the ground. On these cards, they had written titles like ‘mother’, ‘football coach’, and ‘teacher’. They told us to choose one of them and that it...
