Creative Facilitator Prints

'Let's get some play-doh and make happy masks.'

"Shall we start with an icebreaker?"

Inclusive speech

'Complete sentences?? Jeez, how verbose can you get?'

Networking

The Importance of Planning Thoroughly in Advance

'All those in doubt, raise your eyebrows.'

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

"This is the communications workshop, right? Let’s get started, I’m prepared!"

"This isn't the big city anymore, Jim. I'm the facilitator now."

'I thought people were quite receptive to the change seminar.'

The first week of the brainstorming session went slowly.

Do not think outside the box!

Substance Abuse Seminar: How Not To Get Hooked!

'Okay, let's go over this again: You tell me your great ideas, I repeat them back to you, then you tell me I have a great idea and I get all the credit for it!'

How to engage an audience

"Dave, we need to talk about office props and work productivity."

'I'm feeling a sense of conclusion here, so let's draw things to a close.'

'He has a very open mind. Everything goes in one ear and out the other.'

"We'll start with some 'ice breakers' and 'team building' games..."

Start the session by doing something unusual.

Keys to Success: Focus, Alertness, Concentration...

'This training session is all about challenging assumptions. For example you see someone looking depressed, dishevelled, unkempt it's easy to jump to conclusions. But they may not be a social worker, they may be a client!'

'Is that why our games of hide and seek are over so quickly?'

"We can't even agree what to argue about any more!"

"I hope I haven't taken you aback by asking you to attend the change seminar."

The facilitator from hell.

'Ladies and gentlemen, today we're going to get down to nuts and bolts.'

'This one writes some fine lyrics, and the other one has composed some beautiful music, but they just done't seem to hit it off as collaborators.'

'Do you get the feeling that, in educational workshops, there are way too many buzzwords thrown around?'

'Benson will you stop trying to dominate the meeting.'

"Well...this meeting is about...ummhh...structure and...ummhhh...preparation. Well...ummhh...at least I think so..."

'We're running late and I have much to cover. Can you hold your eight-part question for later?'

My, my, we're justs a little overprotective of our propriety knowledge, aren't we?

Today's seminar is going to be so much fun...