Session recordings

Throughout 2022, we held a series of themed sessions exploring different dimensions of facilitation in practice. You can watch recordings of these sessions on our YouTube channel or via the embedded playlist below.

Featured recording: Facilitation and ethical AI

2022 Sessions playlist

And also please enjoy this visualisation from Ben Crothers of the discussion from the Making Waves session.

Meet your 2024/25 Committee

Andrew Huffer (Chair) |  WA
Director, Andrew Huffer and Associates
M +61 0429 470 285
LI https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewhuffer/ 
W www.andrewhuffer.com.au

David Spark (Vice-Chair)  |  VIC
Director, SPARKWIZE Learning and Development 
M +61 0405 291 000
W TBA
LI hhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/davidharryspark

Dave Lavers (Secretary)  |  ACT
Independent Facilitator
M  +61 0488 906 241
LI  linkedin.com/in/dave-lavers-cpf-cppd-37383159

Anton Pemmer (Treasurer)  |  ACT
Director, INOV8YOU
M +61 0417 236 409
LI linkedin.com/in/antonpemmer 
W www.inov8u.com.au

Dr Cathryn Lloyd |  QLD
Founder/Director, Maverick Minds
M +61 0406 007 753
LI linkedin.com/in/drcathrynlloyd
W www.maverickminds.com.au

Brad Rilatt  |  NSW
Founder & Managing Director, Leadership Gold
M +61 0418 433 703
W www.leadershipgold.com.au
LI http://linkedin.com/in/brad-rilatt-10b962

IAF Online Workshops - Call for Facilitators

We are excited to showcase the expertise of our members and guests and to offer opportunities to develop skills and competencies as a facilitator community.

Online Workshop Series

IAF Oceania online workshops regularly attract between 20 and 50 participants and are aimed at facilitators and those working in related fields such as training, organizational development and consulting. Workshops should model positive facilitation behaviors and use experiential and interactive strategies to keep participants engaged. These workshops are not a speech or presentation; we are looking for highly engaging, interactive sessions – the kind that motivates participants to pay close attention and stay engaged.

Participants expect the content of sessions to be relevant to their work as facilitators. Many seek a key take-away that they can use immediately, while others may carefully consider what you’ve presented and adapt it to their particular situation.

Content Focus for 2024-2025 Series

Content for IAF Oceania workshops may cover a wide range of skills, techniques, and processes related to facilitation. In response to member interest and as facilitators committed to helping groups reflect, converge, and act, we encourage sessions that focus on:

• How to do things virtually: We are interested in both overview workshops on using techniques to design, develop, and deliver interactive online sessions, such as virtual graphic recording, and deep dives into specific tools to facilitate topical workshops, such as strategic planning.
• Methodologies and techniques related to: facilitation skills, conflict management, decision-making, design thinking, organizational assessments, process improvement, problem-solving, strategic planning, storytelling, and team building.
• Rethinking our roles and behaviors in furthering racial, social and environmental justice: We welcome our membership’s inspiration and recommendations on achieving this objective and developing our skills as facilitators to create change.
• Managing your facilitation business: About half of our members are external facilitators running their own facilitation practices. We are open to workshops to help these facilitators focus on important aspects of the business of facilitation, such as getting more facilitation clients, marketing their skills and services, and helping their facilitation business grow. Topics that can be applied to both internal and external facilitators would be highly desirable.

Session Format

Sessions will be 90 minute in duration and generally are generally held (TBC) on the fourth Wednesday of the month starting at 6pm AEST. Following the workshop opening, facilitators will have 75 minutes for facilitating their session. All workshops will be held via Zoom.

Support

We will provide a tech host and moderator. The facilitator should expect to meet with the IAF Oceania team at least once in the month before the workshop to walk through process and finalise tech requirements.

Submission process

Proposals are to be submitted on the IAF Oceania Online Workshop Proposal Form.

If you have any questions, please contact us at australia@iaf-world.org