workshops work 141 - Insights about Facilitation: Conversations at the NDB Festival
Friday 19 November, 2021 marked the second NeverDoneBefore Festival.
In keeping with the spirit of the day, I elected to do something unique and, admittedly, daunting: a live podcast recording with anyone and everyone who wished to participate. No agenda, no plans, no idea what we’d discuss.
Eight wonderful conversations with eight wonderful facilitators from across the globe followed. Now we’ve brought those conversations together, turning them into micro-interviews and dividing them across three short episodes, to paint a picture of the NDB 2021 experience.
Listen along to hear how these facilitators reflected their learnings against their own practice, assumptions, and plans for the future. It’s a NeverDoneBefore moment - captured in time, preserved in podcast form!
In this part, hear from:
- How facilitation is a dance between order and chaos, with Patrick Tiongson
- Why we need to learn to think in the long-term again, with Saar Ben-Attar
- How to intentionally design a workshop for slow thinking, with Jeremy Akers
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Questions and Answers
Part 1
[01:13] Patrick Tiongson: when did you start calling yourself a facilitator?
[03:29] To you, what is the difference between facilitation and moderating a conversation?
[06:33] As above, but Patrick asked me!
[11:31] When you look back at your experience as a moderator and a facilitator, what’s a lesson you’d like to share with the audience now?
[17:30] Saar Ben-Attar: How have you seen the online space facilitate conversations?
[21:29] Do you think our longing for creativity and serendipity has driven innovation in communications technology?
[24:33] Thinking long-term about events and trying to imagine the future of NeverDoneBefore.
[31:38] When you look back at your experience as a facilitator, what’s a lesson you’d like to share with the audience now?
[34:24] Jeremy Akers: You just hosted your first NeverDoneBefore workshop: The Slow Thinking Dojo. What did you learn and experiment with?
[36:10] What do you mean when you talk about participants being ready to “go for it”?
[36:57] What was the structure you designed to help participants go for it?
[41:06] What surprised you from a facilitation perspective?
Share your thoughts about our conversation!
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