Following on from my previous posting On Distinguishing for facilitators, two important distinctions we explore in the Stage 2: Essence of Facilitation training programme are safety and trust. Trust and Safety are necessary for a group to succeed. Both also need to be maintained throughout the stages of a group’s development (see Tuckman & Jensen’s … Continue reading Safety On
Honoured to present my co-authored paper with Bikash Pokhrel this week and to facilitate the discussion on digital government challenges in developing countries at the Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS-57) hosted at the Hilton in Honolulu by the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Sharing insights drawn from … Continue reading Facilitating Digital Government in Developing Nations
Simone Maus is an Australian based Facilitator and Zenergy Global Facilitation programme leader who has lead dozens of our in-person and online training programmes. She has recently released an information packed set of free videos that answer many questions about Facilitation, some of which you may not even know you had!
FREE DOWNLOAD Management Zen is a Spanish translation of our first book, The Zen of Groups - A handbook for people meeting with purpose ( 1992). Management Zen was originally published in Argentina and has been out of print for a number of years. Spanish speakers may enjoy reading this version. Do download and use.The … Continue reading The Zen of Groups – Spanish translation
To effectively facilitate peer support and development groups requires a combination of intentionality, structure, purpose and a supportive culture. Peer support and development support groups work best when they are relatively small and contain six or less people in size. A small group of people that you consider are your peers can come together around … Continue reading Facilitating Peer Support Groups and Peer Development Groups
Kelly Townsend, one of our program leaders and mentors has just launched her own website “Freedom Through Connection” which has been her personal purpose for the last 15 years.
Zenergy Director Dr Stephen Thorpe has launched a pioneering IT Project Management Masters Degree at AUT. The programme includes group facilitation skills as 1 of the 3 core papers.
Here is a description of one of the processes used at a Saturday morning session for a community gathering as part of a Matariki gathering. The purpose of the morning: to grow and deepen our community/neighbourhood. By Dale Hunter.
Late last year, we were contacted by a local government team who was experiencing issues with the way they were working together. Once we understood more about their situation, we suggested using the Zenergy FACTS model as a diagnostic tool. By Kelly Townsend.
It has been estimated that unnecessary meetings cost $37Billion annually. What can we do about it? Create Purpose! By Simone Maus.
