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Adrian SegarASegar
2025-05-23

How to improve your facilitation practice using continual improvement. Practice -> Notice -> Respond -> Implement -> Test and repeat!

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improve your facilitation: a photograph of a Solution Room conference session, with participants talking animatedly in groups of eight at round tables
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-05-20

Sometimes, consensus is dangerous. Seeking it is hard for large groups. What's important is the journey towards consensus, not the destination.

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Adrian SegarASegar
2025-05-19

A personal story about the potential of group process to change lives in profound ways.

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the potential of group process: a circular photograph taken from above of a circle of people looking up toward the camera
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-05-11

Here are the differences between public, semi-anonymous, and anonymous voting, and when to use each type

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Public, semi-anonymous, and anonymous voting: a photograph of children raising their hands in a classroom. Photo attribution: Flickr user gpforeducation
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-04-28

How can we encourage attendees to take the risk to try something new? By having them do something new together in a safe environment.

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How to get attendees to risk doing something new at your event: a photograph of a sign on a beach that says "ATTENTION BEYOND THIS POINT YOU MAY ENCOUNTER NUDE BATHERS"
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-04-22

Discover what attendees want to talk about with Post It! for all the attendees at an event, breakout groups, or a single conference session

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what attendees want to talk about: a photograph of a portable cork board covered with flipchart paper containing many different written sticky notes. Photo attribution: Flickr user edmittance
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-04-21

A glossary of 38 conference participation techniques that I cover in my book "The Power of Participation".

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conference participation techniques: a black and white photograph of jazz dancers leaping in a dance studio. Photo attribution: Flickr user teo_ladodicivideo
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-04-12

I'm a big fan of the "pair share" facilitation technique. Besides stimulating active engagement, we can use it for group work practice too!

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Group work practice. An image of two people who are seated in adjacent chairs looking at each other. They are part of a circle of chairs filled with other people.
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-04-07

How does group size impact process design? It affects the tension between intimacy (going deep) and discovery (uncovering possibilities).

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Adrian SegarASegar
2025-03-27

"How old are you?" can be an awkward question. Here are safe ways for a group of meeting participants to share their "age".

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How old are you? Photograph of two old men standing and talking.
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-03-27

Make a spective the closing session of your conference. You'll unlock its full potential to build a community that endures.

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The bust of Two-faced Janus (Ianus Bifrons) at the Cameron's Gallery in Tsarskoye Selo 18th century. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-03-23

Sharing our experience of others directly with them can be incredibly powerful. I illustrate with a story about facilitating a group at a workshop.

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Adrian SegarASegar
2025-03-22

How to improve your facilitation practice using continual improvement. Practice -> Notice -> Respond -> Implement -> Test and repeat!

conferencesthatwork.com/index.

improve your facilitation: a photograph of a Solution Room conference session, with participants talking animatedly in groups of eight at round tables
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-03-21

Indaba — The logjam-breaking technique and simple consensus process that saved international climate change conferences.

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Indaba logjam breaking process: a photograph of delegates to the 2015 Climate Change Conference which led to the Paris Accords.
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-03-15

How to use sticky notes to crowdsource sessions and level of interest dot voting to choose the sessions your attendees need and want

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A photograph of a smiling conference participant who, with others, is dot voting on session topics written on large sticky notes posted on a wall
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-03-15

Sometimes, consensus is dangerous. Seeking it is hard for large groups. What's important is the journey towards consensus, not the destination.

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Adrian SegarASegar
2025-03-02

Three tips for facilitating group discussions by using a fishbowl format to create an effective focused discussion with a group

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tips for facilitating group discussions. A photograph of a fishbowl discussion. People sit in a large circle, listening, around a smaller circle of five filled chairs where a discussion is taking place.
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-02-26

A Thanksgiving moment reminded me that, when working with people, the "bottom" of the group also needs support.

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Photograph of an aluminum foil baking dish with the words "SUPPORT THE BOTTOM" embossed at its center.
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-02-16

Indaba — The logjam-breaking technique and simple consensus process that saved international climate change conferences.

conferencesthatwork.com/index.

Indaba logjam breaking process: a photograph of delegates to the 2015 Climate Change Conference which led to the Paris Accords.
Adrian SegarASegar
2025-02-16

Here are more reasons to "shut up and listen" and what happens if you don't — or do.

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An illustration of a close-up of a woman's mouth with a finger held to her lips. She is saying "Shut up and listen!"

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