Do you manage global teams that need to bridge not only distance and time zones but cultural backgrounds? Have you heard buzz about the latest Forbes Insight study on the case for in-person business meetings? Do you think it’s feasible to collaborate on the selection of an organization’s next CEO without ever meeting face to face?
Find answers and stimulating commentary on these and other topics in September’s issue of FacilitateProceedings:
We’ve gotten lots of great reviews from our latest white paper about the 8 design principles for creating interactive webinars that keep participants on the edge of their seats and away from their emails. Download it here: Designing Interactive Webinars.
The Training of Facilitators (TOF) for Results-focused Project Design and Management for the Pacific Islands (Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa, and Timor Leste) will be held from 6-15 October 2009 at the Conference Room of the Iririki Hotel Island Resort (http://www.iririki.com/), Port Vila, Vanuatu. This is the sixth in the series of seven planned for 2009 and will be delivered in English. Continue reading PPMS-TOF Goes to the Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 6-15 October 2009
The Training of Facilitators (TOF) scheduled from 8-16 September at the Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey, aims at strengthening the facilitation skills in participatory and results-focused project design and management. It brings together participants from government planning agencies in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. The team of facilitators comprise Andrea Iffland from ADB headquarters, Pet Misa from the Philippines, Alissa Klima from Uzbekistan and Nana Kvanchiany from Tajikistan. Continue reading First Hub Training in Turkey under way for Caucasus countries
The Project Performance Management Unit (PPMS) of the Central Operations and Services Office(COSO) has mounted a TOF wall (now called The ToF Wall) in the seventh floor SouthWest Wing of the COSO area of the ADB building. As its first installment, the Wall shows six panels including one measuring 33 by 60 inches that contains photos of the participants and the facilitators in action. Continue reading THE WALL
A participatory workshop’s first day is usually reserved for Learning More from Your Participants. Facilitators use icebreakers to achieve this. Icebreakers are techniques used to reduce tension and anxiety, make everyone comfortable to accept and share new information, and also stimulate contribution and commitment to the workshop’s objectives. Continue reading The YONOO Game
Do you manage global teams that need to bridge not only distance and time zones but cultural backgrounds? Have you heard buzz about the latest Forbes Insight study on the case for in-person business meetings? Do you think it’s feasible to collaborate on the selection of an organization’s next CEO without ever meeting face to face?
