Creativity • Integrity • Connection
Last week I attended a four-day course on domestic renewable energy technology. I am a member of the St Andrews Environment Network – a small community organisation that encourages people living in my locality to save energy and live more sustainably. The course content was really interesting and for me it was great to be […]
Both speakers at a recent event run by MDN (consultants working with voluntary sector organisations in the UK) emphasized the huge shift in the environment for non-profits in the UK. While they both started from the fact that the funding landscape is changing radically, they then followed different trains of thought – one looking at […]
After each training or workshop, I try to write up some key learning points for myself – how I’d run the course differently, what sessions worked well and which were less successful – and why. The difficulty is that each course varies so much depending on the participants, the questions they are bringing with them, […]
It’s been really interesting to spend a week with Article 19 in Kenya, facilitating a project management workshop for their Nairobi and Dakar staff along with their partner organisation IDPAC (Internal Displacement Policy and Advocacy Committee). We used the Internally Displaced People’s project as a case study during the week, which kept the course practical. […]
Katherine Stoessel, a core member since 2008, has left Framework to concentrate on her restorative justice work through her company Beyond Conflict. As Katherine explained, “Of late my work has focused more and more in the area of restorative approaches in the workplace, in educational and community settings, and the criminal justice field. As […]
Thirteen organisations working on peace building gathered together in Yerevan, Armenia between 4-6 May 2012 at the invitation of the German organisation EED to get to know each other and strengthen networking. I had been asked by the hosts, YMCA Europe, to co-facilitate the workshop. It was very interesting to compare the different approaches each […]
I was asked recently to run a workshop on self-assessment for members of the Humanitarian Centre in Cambridge. It was a great opportunity to re-think how self assessment works for smaller groups. Most (though not all) of the members are smaller organisations run by students or volunteers, and the Humanitarian Centre acts as a hot […]
I was lucky enough to take part in a mediation training course for primary school children last week. Over three days, a group of 12 children learnt how to resolve disputes between other pupils – not through arbitration or judging the rights and wrongs, but by mediation. It was inspiring. The course was run by […]
A couple of weeks ago I was working in The Netherlands with members of The Leprosy Mission (TLM). The occasion was a four-day workshop focusing on annual country learning reviews and how to make them more effective. I had the opportunity to co-facilitate the workshop with Jacqueline Verhagen from PSO. Working with another facilitator is […]
I have just finished the facilitation of INTRAC’s 5-day course on Advanced Partner Capacity Building, and, as always, I found it a very stimulating experience. The focus is on a values-based framework for the design and implementation of capacity building programmes, and this Advanced level always attracts people with a wealth of experience and plenty […]
I’m delighted to share that insights from the two virtual convenings I facilitated with SARELL are now being hosted as a case study on the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Digital hub. The convenings explored the nature of mistrust in social platforms, and proposed actionable strategies for rebuilding user wellbeing and trust
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