In this 2.5-hour introductory workshop, you will learn about the underlying principles of Liberating Structures and will experience a selection of these methods in an online setting. It’s perfect if you have never used Liberating Structures before and would like to learn more, or if you have used them before and would like to see how they work online.
When you feel included and engaged, do you do a better job? Have you noticed the best ideas often come from unexpected sources? Do you want to work at the top of your intelligence and give the same opportunity to others? In this practical one-day online workshop, you’ll gain hands-on experience of Liberating Structures, a field-tested, results-focused repertoire of interaction patterns which include everyone in shaping the future. You will leave equipped with a rich and adaptable toolkit to unleash the creativity and talent of everyone in your team, work group, community, and organisation. Workshop delivered in partnership with Liberating Structures London.
Would you like every meeting, workshop, brainstorm or event you attend to feel energising, involving and fulfilling?
Imagine if every meeting or event that you attended gave every participant the chance to speak and to express their views. That is what is made possible by Liberating Structures, 33 methods that avoid one person dominating and instead give everybody a voice. If you want your online events to be truly interactive, this could be the place to start. In this blog, Henry Stewart offers a summary of 8 different Liberating Structures.
Wouldn’t it be nice if your whole team could find their voice and participate in meetings? Liberating Structures can help — 33 methods of that avoid one person dominating a conversation and give everybody a voice. In this blog, Henry goes through two of the most popular methods to get you started.
Our two-day Train the Trainer Essentials workshop has been designed for anyone brand new to training or with less than six months of experience. It’s also perfect if training is part of your role, and you’d like to learn how to train more effectively. You’ll learn how to facilitate Management and Soft Skills sessions in Happy’s interactive, learner-focused style, consider the learning process, explore training needs and plan a training session. You will also be able to discuss solutions to problems that arise and difficult situations experienced by trainers.
Whether you’re a complete beginner to training, or simply looking for more formal support, this two-day course will give you your first opportunity to learn what makes training great. In line with the principles being taught, the course will itself be learner focused. You will get the benefit of Happy’s extensive knowledge of training and will also learn from their own experiences.
Our two-day Train the Virtual Trainer workshop is designed for anyone who is new to training people remotely or would like to improve their skills and confidence in designing and running engaging live online learning sessions. You’ll learn how to facilitate Management and Soft Skills sessions in Happy’s interactive, learner-focused style, consider the learning process, explore training needs and plan a live online training session.
We offer a range of public Live Interactive Learning Online courses from our IT skills, Personal Development and Leadership programmes. These sessions are open to all. We also offer a range of Classroom courses as public dates.
“I love Happy,” explains Kathryn Grayling, Assistant Director of Engagement for NHS Employers. “You are creative, you are different, you give us space to think, you are brim full of ideas, you are energising. Everybody we work with at Happy is highly professional. You never underdeliver. I couldn’t recommend Happy more!”
Most organisations now have a mixture of colleagues working remotely and at offices or sites, so inevitably, we will be running more meetings where some people are in the room and some are connecting via video software such as Teams or Zoom. We call these hybrid meetings. How do we make sure these hybrid meetings are effective? What are some of the considerations to bear in mind? What will we need to do differently to ensure true participation and collaboration between all attendees? This programme will help you answer these questions and will be delivered virtually using to structures and tools recommended so that participants will not only learn concepts but experience them.
This two-hour session will look at how to chair remote meetings. With most people working from home, we will consider how to facilitate productive and enjoyable meetings that achieve the purpose for which they have been arranged. The course will focus on the use of Zoom. Courses for other online learning tools can be also arranged.
We offer a range of public classroom courses from our IT skills, Personal Development and Leadership programmes. These sessions are open to all. We also offer a range of Live Online Interactive Learning courses as public dates. Each of these classroom public courses will be held at Happy's HQ in Aldgate, central London.
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