Facilitation Stories

In this episode, Helene talks to Hilary Topp about one of her favourite facilitation methods, why (and how) she got into facilitation and her involvement with Citizens Assemblies. Hilary Topp is a facilitator and coach and host of the IAF meet ups in Midlands and the East of England and IAF England and Wales board member. She tells us how she first got into facilitation and that although she hasn'...

If you haven't yet done so, please take a few minutes now to complete our survey - to help to make IAF England & Wales and our facilitation meetups more valuable to you and to others in the coming year: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T9MSZZJ In this episode, we hear from our IAF England & Wales Meetup organisers, and attendees! Plus, an impromptu conversation with a new-ish IAF England & Wales mem...

Martin Gilbraith is a facilitato, trainer and consultant, and Chair of the IAF England and Wales board. He started hosting IAF meet ups about 5 years ago and has been facilitating since 1986. He is an IAF Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF),  an ICA Certified ToP Facilitator (CTF) and experienced lead trainer and licensed provider of 'ICA's 'ToP' facilitation training and a Certified Scrum Ma...

In this episode, Pilar talks to Gary Austin about what learning opportunities he's found during his 30 years as a facilitator. But before that, we have a roundup of what's happening at the different Meetups from: Susannah Raffe, @SusannahRaffe https://www.meetup.com/IAF-South-West-England-facilitators-and-friends/events/266488389/   Peter Nelson https://www.meetup.com/IAF-North-of-England-facilita...

Megan Evans is a consultant, facilitator and trainer and host of the IAF meet ups in Wales. Megan describes how she first got into facilitation quite a few years ago, experiencing it as a participant and then being "roped in". She was inspired by being asked what she and other people thought, and not just being told. Fascinated by the skills and style and started to get more and more involved in d...

Lee Button is a freelance facilitator and Senior Partner at WeAreBPG. Lee tells us how he first came across facilitation, when he was part of a session run by someone who was leading a group process, enabling those present to create the content, and how that led to Lee taking his first steps in developing himself as a facilitator. Having some "stamp of approval" was important for Lee, so he descri...

  Helene Jewell and Pilar Orti discuss The IAF conference (18th/19th October 2019 in Birmingham) 2 days and an evening which included: Human map, Client Panel Interviewing, Parallel Sessions, Open Space (inspired), Dine Around  We hear from James at Session Lab @notjamessmart talking about the sessions he attended. Some of Helene's and Pilar's highlights: The panel interview – 3 clients from 3 dif...

Get in touch! We're @IAFEnglandWales or @Fac_stories on Twitter. Helene Jewell talks to Penny Walker Facilitator, Coach, Consultant and trainer in change for sustainable development. She's the author of two books and has contributed to a whole variety of other publications. Connect with Penny on Twitter @penny_walker_sd or through her website https://www.penny-walker.co.uk/ Penny tells Helene abou...

Get in touch! We're @IAFEnglandWales on Twitter.

In this first episode, we introduce the show and the IAF's England and Wales Chapter. We also let you know you how you can get involved, because one of the aims of the show is also to help the community come together beyond the MeetUps, and for those of you who can't attend the Meetups, to find out what's going on in them!

 We talk about what do w...