This personalised, hands-on approach will enhance your ability to design participatory sessions, confidently manage group dynamics, and produce valuable outcomes.
Who is this for?
This service is perfect for anyone who needs to bring people together to collaborate. If you are organising:
- Team cohesion meetings: I can help you break silos, ensure that individuals see themselves as complementary to each other, and find alignment on the big picture
- Board and governance body meetings: I can help you clarify objectives and design agendas so your members can effectively make decisions about your organisation’s governance, strategy, and overall health.
- Advocacy strategy sessions: I can help you engage stakeholders in visioning success, power mapping, and analysis to determine effective tactics.
- Strategy implementation retreats: I can help you guide teams through planning and execution with clarity and alignment.
- Social learning cohorts: I can help you design a curriculum that drives peer connection and allows topics to be explored in various contexts.
- Community and network convenings: I can help you design inclusive discussions to provide value and benefit and foster meaningful participation.
- Content and resource design sprints: I can help you guide participants through a structured, collaborative process to rapidly produce high-quality content while maintaining focus, momentum, and creativity.
- Research validation workshops: I can help you effectively engage participants with your analysis and insights and explore how they might use them in future advocacy efforts.
About Me
With nearly thirty years of experience supporting social justice movements in over 40 countries, I bring a wealth of knowledge on effectively convening. I have trained and coached over a thousand facilitators, assisting them in integrating participatory methods and adult learning strategies that enhance session outcomes and improve groups’ ability to collaborate effectively.
n the last decade, I have collaborated with numerous international teams to bolster remote cohesiveness, co-created IFRC’s Data Playbook through engagements with their global network of humanitarians, and shepherded MozFest’s and RightsCon’s initiatives to create participant-centric events. Most recently, I launched a resource called The Collective Power Playbook, which has a diverse and growing network of experienced facilitators contributing.
What is Included
This service is practical, collaborative, and customised to your needs, including:
- Determining realistic goals – I’ll help you decide what’s achievable with the time you have and who you are convening.
- Designing sessions together – We’ll co-design agendas that engage and empower participants.
- Strategies for managing group dynamics: I’ll give you tips on how to handle challenges and ensure inclusivity.
- Written facilitation plan – You’ll receive a tailored plan to confidently guide and implement your sessions.
- Debriefing your sessions – Reflect on what worked, what didn’t, and how to improve future sessions.
Whether you’re new to facilitation or a seasoned practitioner, I can provide you with the structure, feedback, and strategies to facilitate more effectively.
Dirk’s thought-provoking questions were game-changers for me. They pushed me to dig deeper and uncover insights that truly elevated my strategy. The depth of knowledge and guidance I gained from this experience is invaluable and has made a tangible difference in my approach. If you’re looking to level up, this is the kind of expertise you need to succeed!
Intensive support recipient
Ready to strengthen your ability to facilitate? Let’s connect and discuss the details. Send an email to info@fabriders.net or use the form below.