by Mireille Cassandra Harper (transcribed from pictures on Twitter by me) Note from James: I saw Mireille’s post on Twitter and decided to convert it from pictures to text, not only so to make it more accessible to blind and partically blind readers, but also so I would remember it…

I’m working on a new version of the unconference in a box I published on the UKGovcamp website. In this first post I tackle the question what is it? Let’s start with a 1 liner: An unconference is a participant led event full of discussions. Okay, solid start. Lets take…

The Future Leaders Scheme (FLS) is a corporate talent scheme run by the UK Civil Service. It’s competitive – thousands apply, hundreds get thru. On Friday 14 December 2019 all applicants found out via email if they’d been successful or not. This resulted in conversations on Twitter, including my own. …

A while ago I asked Sharon for some pointers on how to become a full-time facilitator. Here are the links she recommended I look at: Website of Andi Roberts PCC CPF, coach & facilitator http://masterfacilitator.com/ Blog post: So you want to do more facilitation? https://medium.com/21st-century-mindset/so-you-want-to-do-more-facilitation-53af9870f1e1 by Sharon Dale Website of ICA:UK, the participation and development charity https://www.ica-uk.org.uk/

Anyone is welcome, so long as you signup Full breakfast costs about £5 and cards are accepted If reception give you visitor / escorted badge, you must be escorted by someone with valid government ID We want discussions, not lectures or presentations. …

Today I helped run an open space (A.K.A. unconference) event for around 500 people. This is double the 250 maximum I’ve run before. Normally at open space events, people queue up and pitch the thing they want to discuss to the whole audience. …