What is it About?

More and more insight and innovation work is done in workshops. Often these workshops are made up of large groups with mixed audiences. This day is based on the Award Winning work in ‘Theory and Practice in the Large Group’ (2003).

Who is it for?

It is aimed at practitioners who want to get beyond the Q&A procedures of most qualitative research. If you want to expand your capabilities in working with people, this is for you. It will help you to do it differently!

What does it cover?

The day covers essential needs and key processes and exercises for large group and workshop environments.

  • What is it like to be in a large group? What strategies do people adopt?
  • What do you need to do/how to be as a facilitator?
  • 10 Essential Steps in a Large Group Workshop
  • Finding Answers without Questions: ‘Don’t tell me, show me!’
  • New Techniques: Tantrum, the Blindfold Game, Situational Sculpts, Creative Visualisation, Imagibuilding
How you will benefit

The day will help you to:

  • Understand the dynamics and requirements of large groups
  • Learn the roles of structure and creativity in these settings
  • Acquire a diagnostic model to construct the steps in large group processes
  • Learn action techniques and ways of finding answers without questions
  • Gain experience of holding your form and facilitating a large group
  • Try your hand at unique and unusual processes
The Course Leaders

The course was developed and is delivered by Roy Langmaid and Nicky Forsythe.

It is based on their experiences with co-creation and large group work described in the Breakthrough Zone (Wiley, 2003).

Venue

St Luke’s Community Centre
90 Central St,London,EC1V 8AJ


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