25th Aug 2017
Facing Reality | Claiming Leadership | Restoring Sanity We are proud to co-sponsor a rare one day seminar on November 9th 2017 by Meg Wheatley, a woman who has inspired a generation of leaders to step forward and serve. She
24th Jul 2017
Internationally, across the public, private and voluntary sector, we spend up to 17 hours a week in meetings. 32% of all meetings are virtual (38% for employees under 35 years old) 67% of employees report that more than half the
10th Jul 2017
We are looking for new members to join us in Framework. If you share our values and can demonstrate this through your current work; if you have approximately 10 years of experience in your field, ideally with consultancy experience; and if your field
25th May 2017
Since March 2016 Brenda and I have been working as mentors in the INTRAC / NAMA Foundation initiative called Consultants for Change (C4C). C4C aims to develop the ability of a cohort of committed individuals to provide sustainable consultancy and support services
8th May 2017
Orla is delighted to have become an INTRAC associate. She is lead trainer on the forthcoming online M&E course. This marries her skills in monitoring and evaluation, and online facilitation, beautifully, and she’s really looking forward to the next course,
4th Mar 2017
What would it mean to have a play ethic? It’s not the opposite of a work ethic – you can have both at once. But you can’t be depressed and feel like playing, so researcher Stuart Brown says it’s the
21st Nov 2016
If you are interested to see the great organisations we have been working with over the past year, please check out our animated client timeline here.
21st Nov 2016
There’s a great review by Bruce of the book The Consultant’s Journey (Roger Harrison) over on Bruce’s blog, Motive Means and Opportunity
7th Nov 2016
There are still spaces available on ICA:UK’s Group Facilitation Methods training in Manchester on 17th -18th November, with Orla as the trainer. Booking link here http://www.ica-uk.org.uk/facilitation-training/group-facilitation-methods-gfm
19th Oct 2016
I have participated in International Facilitation Week virtually for several years by presenting at (and occasionally helping to organise) the Virtual Facilitation Unconference. Though there isn’t a virtual conference in 2016, there are some really interesting virtual events scheduled globally –
Saturday 11 January 2020
Avoid this, by learning how to design and facilitate engaging, inclusive and productive online workshops. The long standing online training in virtual facilitation, on which Orla has been collaborating for the past 5 years, starts again on 16th January, and
