Friendship Facilitator Mugs

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

Networking

"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.'

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

"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!"

'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?!'

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

"You can always count on me."

How to engage an audience

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

'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!'

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

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

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

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

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

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.'

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