Most of us multi-task, our minds full of the things we have to do, the things we are anxious about, the tasks we have not yet completed. So when we look as if we are engaged in conversation with another person, we can be distracted and not really paying attention. The exercises described here - Tips… Read more »
“Let’s Talk About It” directly addresses issues that lie at the heart of the Scottish Government’s Better Together: Patient Experience Programme. Karen Barrie is the National Development Manager for this Programme. She writes: I wanted to thank you so much for sending me a copy of this resource. I was extremely impressed by the pdf I… Read more »
The theme of our Autumn Newsletter is facilitation. To view follow this link.
When someone is given responsibility over others – as a supervisor or team leader or line manager – basic facilitation skills become very useful. Over the last three years we’ve been working with the Centre for Research on Families & Relationships (University of Edinburgh) on an NHS funded project designed to support leaders to develop… Read more »
As those facilitators among you will know, advance preparation is everything. Then, on the day, you have to arrive early enough to check the space (if you haven’t been able to do this beforehand) and make any changes you need. The next thing is how to prepare yourself. And then there’s preparation of the group. … Read more »