Friendship Facilitator Gifts

'Nobody likes me. I need a media advisor.'

Networking

Have your people friend my people.

"Shall we start with an icebreaker?"

Inclusive speech

"As a friend, I pray you rest in peace. As a dog, I really want to dig you up."

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

Dolphin friendly tuna

The Importance of Planning Thoroughly in Advance

'All those in doubt, raise your eyebrows.'

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

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

"Cheers mate, you've done me a solid."

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

The first week of the brainstorming session went slowly.

'Come on, Walter, you're wasting out time! Stop using complete sentences!'

'As a token of friendship we present to you this sacred albino fawn.' 'We sailed all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, and all you have is light deer?!'

"You're wondering why I've called you here."

And when we came home, the entire anthill was gone... It was awful, Mom - but at least Harry and I still have each other...

"You can always count on me."

'Ted, isn't it about time you sorted out your deer-gut?'

How to engage an audience

'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.'

Start the session by doing something unusual.

'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!'

'Don't cry dear, I'll get you down safely...'

As the Chief Corporate Adrenal Gland of the company, Fred's recommendations were rarely a surprise.

'Don't take it the wrong way, we could always be friends'

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

The meeting will start a little late, intelligence is lost in the building somewhere.

The facilitator from hell.

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

'And now, Gentlemen, that we have our thinking caps on, let us continue.'

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