Meeting Facilitators Pillows

'Whatever you do, never say anything about being warm.'

"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.

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

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

Substance Abuse Seminar: How Not To Get Hooked!

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

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!'

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

'How are we supposed to think the unthinkable if we have to drink the drinkable?'

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

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.'

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

"NAY!!"

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

'Knock it off. That's just the kind of backward thinking I was talking about.'