Author: facilitorium
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What Happens When You Truly Listen to Your Community?
In the world of not-for-profits, governance often becomes a matter of compliance—meeting standards, ticking boxes, and ensuring your board has the right processes in place. But governance can be so much more. It can be about fostering real connection, and it all starts with listening to your community. So, what happens when you stop, step…
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Embracing third places in facilitation
As I walk around my home town, I often marvel at the number of third places. Braidwood has a population of just under 2,000 people, yet between the public venues and halls, the sports grounds, the cafes and pubs, parks and the library, I can count around 20 third places off the top of my…
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Golden triangle of strategy
I’ve been giving a bit of thought lately about what it takes to prepare and implement a great strategy. We all know that a strategy document itself is only one part of something bigger, but what does it take to really get traction? I’ve been mulling over what I’m thinking of as a golden triangle…
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Why strategic planning matters for community groups
For member and volunteer organisations, having a document that outlines how you can collectively focus your efforts to achieve your vision and goals can be a powerful tool for recruiting and retaining members, and in demonstrating to your members how your limited resources are dedicated towards these activities. Whether it’s a long-term strategy or an…
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Welcome to facilitorium
fa·cil·i·to·ri·um (noun): a compound of facilitation – ‘the process of making something possible or easier’ – and the suffix orium – denoting a ‘place of’. A place for coming together to make things possible or easier. That idea is at the heart of what facilitorium is all about – whether your place is out in…
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