This very practical course is intended to help people who facilitate meetings, involvement events, discussion or focus groups, seminars or workshops to create the conditions that will enable people to contribute and find the whole experience rewarding.

Why attend?

Have you ever left a meeting or event wishing more people had spoken up about an issue or concern? Various reasons can prevent people from doing so. As a facilitator you want all participants to feel that they were able to make a worthwhile contribution.  Very often more is required than just saying ‘feel free’ to speak up, or saying ‘what do you think?’

The course has lots of practical tips for how to encourage people to say what is on their minds.

Similarly some people are excluded from events (for example disabled people, older people and people from ethnic minorities) because their different needs are not taken into account in how the meeting is run.

The course will give you lots of ideas about how to organise and run accessible and inclusive meetings in ways that enable all the people present to be involved, so that meetings are more creative, productive and enjoyable.
 

Who should attend?

If you facilitate or chair meetings, involvement events, discussion or focus groups, seminars or workshops where it is important that participants do some or most of the talking, and wish to learn how to maximise people’s contribution, this course is for you.

Find out more on the Diverse Cymru website.