Month: February 2023

Pepe Nummi – Beyond Brainstorming – Idealogue Method

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Pepe Nummi

Beyond Brainstorming –
Idealogue Method
MARCH 1, 2023
TRACK B

12:15 PM to 1:00 PM EST

Beyond Brainstorming – Idealogue Method
In this session you learn a North European facilitation method called Idealogue.

The idealogue method is an improved alternative to traditional brainstorming methods and doesn’t just allow for ideas to be created and shared, but also helps facilitate the understanding of shared ideas, creating group consensus.
 

Traditional brainstorming methods have proven effective in generating and sharing ideas, but often times a person is most concerned with making sure that their ideas are being heard, and understood. Instead of focusing on others, they are focused on making others hear their own ideas, with the result being that they find it challenging to connect their ideas with others and to form a common understanding. Idealogue is a group tool that not only helps people to understand ideas, but to also connect them to other ideas and to reach group consensus on what the best ideas are.

     

    About Pepe Nummi 

    Pepe Nummi from Finland began his leadership career in 1990 and has worked as a facilitator since 1998. Pepe is a facilitation trailblazer. He has served as the inaugural chairman of the Finnish Association of Facilitators, and is a co-founder of Grape People, a facilitation training company. On top of all this, Pepe is the developer of the Idealogue Method, and is the author of The Handbook of Facilitation (2007), The Handbook of Virtual Facilitation (2012), Beyond Brainstorming – Idealogue (2016), The Handbook of Facilitative Leadership (2018) and The Handbook of Professional Facilitation (2021). Over the course of his long career, Pepe has provided facilitation services in over 20 countries and has trained over 15,000 facilitators.

    You can connect with Pepe here:

    LinkedIn 

    Grape People 

    Marsha Acker – How to Read the Room and Change the Outcome

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    Marsha Acker

    How to Read the Room and
    Change the Outcome
    MARCH 1, 2023
    TRACK A

    12:15 PM to 1:00 PM EST

    How to Read the Room and Change the Outcome
    Invisible group dynamics undermine relationships and performance, being able to see and name the dynamics empowers teams to change the outcome.
    Research consistently demonstrates that team effectiveness is highly dependent upon the quality of the communication between team members. Yet it’s easy to get into the flow of daily work and be really focused on the ‘what’ in our conversations without much attention to the quality of ‘how’ we’re communicating.

    How teams are having (or not having) conversations is a primary contributor to many of the challenges teams face. The structure of the conversation is often the source of conflict and breakdown in the team dynamics.

    How can facilitators unlock the collective intelligence that exists within teams and help them see the structural pattern of their conversations, so they can change it, in order to have the conversations they need to have?

    We’ll explore the use of Structural Dynamics for learning to ‘read the room’ using four elements for all face-to-face communication.

    Outcomes:

    • Learn a language for how to ‘read the room’ and describe the structure of what’s happening in conversations
    • Explore the four elements of all face-to-face communications
    • Learn the benefits of each element and the traps of ‘stuck patterns’
    • Learn techniques that can be used to create more effective conversations

     

    About Marsha Acker

    MARSHA ACKER, CPCC, PCC, CPF, is the host of the Defining Moments of Leadership podcast, the founder and CEO of TeamCatapult, and the author of the groundbreaking book The Art and Science of Facilitation and the just released book – Build Your Model for Leading Change.

    Marsha is known internationally as a facilitator of meaningful conversations, a host of dialogue, and a passionate agilest. She coaches leadership teams in growing their collective leadership and building the capability of achieving true, sustainable behavior change through dialogue.

    You can connect with her here:

    LinkedIn

    Defining Moments of Leadership Podcast

    The Art and Science of Facilitation 

    Build Your Model for Leading Change