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Some of the best training courses are those where you learn just as much as the participants! Recently, I was training a Group Facilitation Methods course for ICA:UK and a participant let us know (via the comments and requests section of the application form) that their gender identity was non-binary. In discussions with the participant […]
Earlier this year I completed an extremely interesting assignment with the Dutch organisation PAX for Peace. PAX approached INTRAC to ask for help with devising and piloting an action learning programme. INTRAC asked me if I would be interested to work with PAX on this and I jumped at the chance. In January 2017 I […]
Earlier this month we received the very sad news that Tim Pickles died very unexpectedly on 1 February 2018. Tim was a member of Framework from 1989-2000 and played a very influential role in the collective’s development. As an early adopter of information technology, it was Tim who anticipated the importance of Framework having a […]
Happy New Year wishes from all of us at Framework. We hope 2018 brings you health, fulfilment and happiness in a more peaceful and socially just world.
How to work with and support CSOs in Afghanistan is highly challenging and the utmost care needs to be taken in order not to jeopardize the safety of CSO staff and their operations. There are severe limitations in Afghanistan on the freedom of expression and, while it is easy enough under the law to establish […]
I am currently pondering the development of a training, or perhaps a participatory learning process on how to work with and support CSOs in fragile states and insecure environments. From my experience of working in such places, one of the biggest issues facing CSOs is finding or creating a safe space in which to […]
Orla is heading to the ‘Big Smoke’ to train one of her favourite courses: Group Facilitation Methods This ICA:UK’s core course, taken by more than 200 people each year. You will learn the theory of the Technology of Participation methods and practice using them in a supportive learning environment. The course is interactive and fun, and […]
Facing Reality | Claiming Leadership | Restoring Sanity We are proud to co-sponsor a rare one day seminar on November 9th 2017 by Meg Wheatley, a woman who has inspired a generation of leaders to step forward and serve. She will lead a deep then-and-now inquiry into how we move forward in these troubled times. […]
Internationally, across the public, private and voluntary sector, we spend up to 17 hours a week in meetings. 32% of all meetings are virtual (38% for employees under 35 years old) 67% of employees report that more than half the meetings they attend are not of value! Yet what proportion of our training and facilitation […]
I’m delighted to share that insights from the two virtual convenings I facilitated with SARELL are now being hosted as a case study on the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Digital hub. The convenings explored the nature of mistrust in social platforms, and proposed actionable strategies for rebuilding user wellbeing and trust
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