The role of a facilitator: The secret ingredient is vibes

Do you think of yourself as a facilitator? If you’ve ever organised a meeting, you’ve occupied that role whether you recognised it or not. But you probably haven't been trained to facilitate - this post will help you play this role more...

Top tips from a Miro brainstorming pro

Expert facilitator, Rachel Davis, gives her top tips for designing, building and facilitating a virtual brainstorming session with Butter and Miro.

Brainstorm your way to Workshop Success with Rose, Thorn, Bud

Rachel guides the Pip Decks community through a fantastic session of building the Rose, Thorn, Bud brainstorming session on Miro, with design and facilitation pro tips throughout.

Six effective ways to make a decision as a group

Group work. It can be so rewarding. Group decision making however, is not always easy. Here are some neat tricks to help you prioritise ideas or problems to help make a decision as a group.

How to take minutes in a meeting (that are actually useful!)

The monumental task of recording the meeting has fallen to you. Learn how to take minutes in a meeting far in advance, and be prepared, too.

Brand Workshop: How to Stand Out in a Crowd

Identifying where you stand out in a crowd is fundamental to your branding and brand strategy process. Let’s be honest, you’re not going to be the only company in your space, and sometimes it’s easier to put your head in...

The best Workshop Tactics cards we can’t live without

These are the most valuable workshops you can repeatedly run with any team, in any context. You can even use them on your own - if you do find yourself literally stranded on an island!

3 Playful Techniques to Level-up your Workshops (Video Tutorial)

During this session, Simon White talks us through how we can bring play into workshops using 3 fun and simple techniques.

How to become a confident workshop facilitator

Over the years, I have faced countless questions about that underlying confidence required to do what I do. It is a challenge - how do you get to the point where you feel able to step over that line onto...

How to prepare yourself for great workshop facilitation

Running workshops is a performing art. It’s not just about preparing material - although that is important of course - but preparing yourself for a good performance.

Six brainstorming workshops for outside-the-box thinking

If you’re looking for a proven way to generate ideas for your product or service, here are some world-famous ideation workshops you can run yourself.

Six workshop facilitation tips for the anxious, introverted or inexperienced

Running great workshops might sound like something you’re either innately good at… or you’re not. If you believe you fall into the latter group, there’s good news...