Meeting Facilitator Pillows

"First, as an ice breaker. . . how many of you have tattoos?"

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

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

"Look! There's an ELEPHANT in this room."

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

"It's not that we don't interact, it's that we don't NOT interact."

"Recognise you? Of course I do. You're the leader of that Trade Union I don't recognise."

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

'The secretary will now read back the hours of the last meeting.'

"That's his personal doodle trainer."

"Motion denied then"

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

"Hi, I'm your moderator and it's my job today to keep your meeting interesting!"

"Hey - let's not us re-invent wheel."

"Shall we start with an icebreaker?"

"Obviously some people here don't appreciate the gravity of our situation."

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.'

"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."

We Have A Lot To Cover.....

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

The first week of the brainstorming session went slowly.

We don't call these savage screaming fits. We call them confrontation verbal interfacing.

Substance Abuse Seminar: How Not To Get Hooked!

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.'

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

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

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!'