Creativity • Integrity • Connection
When starting to write this blog I did a quick google search for why project management matters in development work. Lots of the answers referred to aspects of good project management, for example ensuring that risks are mitigated, encouraging teamwork, staying on budget, and mapping out schedules and deadlines. For me, these are all important […]
Many people are unfamiliar with the role of a producer in virtual events, but having a producer can make all the difference between a wildly successful event and one that bombs. I describe the key features of the producer role in my guest blog post for ICA:UK here. With thanks to bruce@legophotofy.com for the images.
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 […]
Orla is delighted to have become an INTRAC associate. She is lead trainer on the forthcoming online M&E course. This marries her skills in monitoring and evaluation, and online facilitation, beautifully, and she’s really looking forward to the next course, which starts on June 12th. This 4 week (part time) course is aimed at participants […]
To celebrate our 30th birthday, we have trawled through our filing cabinets and uploaded some of our favourite tools and reports to the the resources page. Come and see us at Stand 12 at the Bond Conference on 29/2-1/3/2016 to discuss them with us! Feel free to use them, share them and modify for non-commercial purposes. […]
One of my intentions this year is to pay much greater attention to “connection”, one of our Framework values. Part of that is taking part in conversations happening both in my areas of expertise, and in the broader world of international development, civil society. What better way to both connect *and* procrastinate than to generate […]
Here’s some of the resources we shared at our recent retreat. They are not all directly work related but they are all stimulating! We were totally inspired and awed by the trailer for Human, by Yann Arthus Bertrand (who did the photos of the Earth from the air). The website Rasterbator allows you […]
Courtesy of Olivier Serrat, the third of four presentations to accompany the series of training modules I developed for the Asian Development Bank is now available for free download. Entitled Reflective Practice, it focuses on how each of us can develop as reflective practitioners.
The second of four organisational learning PowerPoint presentations originally developed for the Asian Development Bank is now available for download here Learning in Teams. The presentation is designed to accompany the facilitator training guide and participant’s workbook for a Learning in Teams workshop.
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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