Stimulating thought through social media
Originally published 15 May 2015 My positive experiences and challenges faced through using Twitter as a tool to promote thinking In June 2011, I was persuaded...
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How can bits of plastic help with personal and organisational growth?
Originally published 24 Apr 2015 QA, is one of the UK’s leading learning providers. They recently invested in the MTa Team KIT and then blogged about their...
A facilitator’s objective and criteria for success?
Originally published 22 Apr 2015 Consider these situations: Situation 1: If a group I’ve been facilitating meets its objective I’m likely to feel positive...
Is it possible to develop team skills in just one hour?
Originally published 21 Apr 2015 Aim: The aim of the lesson was to produce a video of groups learning how to recognise and make greater use of their potential....
How to encourage learning and development, lessons from parenthood!
Originally published 20 Apr 2015 As a parent I wanted my children to make ‘best use’ of their potential. I had over 30 more years of experience in this world...
Pinpoint Facilitation's Technique Development Course
Originally published 20 Apr 2015 We have developed some fantastic friendships with other businesses including Oxfordshire based Pinpoint Facilitation, experts...
Shearing sheep and facilitating experiential learning are similar. Why?
Originally published 17 Apr 2015 I spent a couple of days working in a shearing shed recently, as a helper not a shearer I hasten to add. At first sight, the...
Planning: the key to effective facilitation or a recipe for disaster?
Originally published 17th April 2015 The lesson of the 5 P’s, ‘Poor Planning Provides Poor Performance’ often resounds around training rooms. It’s not...
Experiential Learning Case Study – Team and Leadership Activities
Originally published 15 Apr 2015 5P’s are one of Portugal’s leading providers of team building activities and events for group sizes of 10 to 300+. They...
Developing others' soft skills can be hard: why?
Originally published 12th April 2015 By Martin Thompson, MTa Founder For over 30 years I’ve been working in Organisational Development working with 1000s of...