We were showing some friends how to use MURAL to set up a exhibition style canvas, with posters and introductions from everyone involved. One of the tools was a 2 minute video, telling everyone about your business. We figured it was easier to show rather than tell, so we made our own. Here’s Nikki giving … Continue reading Resources: informal videos
Migrating to Virtual
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that change can come unexpectedly. And when it comes, it comes fast. Office based working, face-to-face conversations and serendipitous encounters at the coffee machine are fading to memories of a time gone by. While it’s hopefully not forever, it’s unlikely we’ll return to working life as it once … Continue reading Migrating to Virtual
Case Study: Migration to Virtual Delivery
CLIENT Alterity, a small privately held consultancy based in Glasgow, Scotland (www.alterity-ltd.com). BRIEF To support Alterity in moving their workshop and analysis processes from in-person to virtual delivery. Specifically using the online collaboration tool, MURAL (www.mural.co) WHAT WE DID We started by working with the Alterity team to understand their current delivery model. This included … Continue reading Case Study: Migration to Virtual Delivery
Case Study: Virtual Facilitation
CLIENT International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa. ILRI is part of CGIAR (www.cgiar.org). BRIEF To design and deliver a series of digital workshops to launch the collaborative project for Improved Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim). Circa 50 participants would be joining the workshops from a number of different organisations, including universities, research organisations, … Continue reading Case Study: Virtual Facilitation
Training: Learning Remotely, Together.
Introducing Virtual Instructor Led Training Welcome to the world of virtual training. It’s dynamic, immersive and flexible, with (a lot) less time sitting at a screen than you might imagine. What is it? Virtual Instructor Led Training, or vILT for short, is where we teach or train in a classroom style over a remote video … Continue reading Training: Learning Remotely, Together.
Resources: Speak Up
Download this article as a PDF INTRODUCTION Another month in lockdown, albeit with some restrictions starting to lift. Hopefully many of you are able to reconnect with family and friends, and start to enjoy some freedom outdoor. The absence of spontaneous open-ended conversations has been tough and that got me thinking about the importance … Continue reading Resources: Speak Up
Resources: MURAL Consultant Network
We are delighted to announce that we are now part of the MURAL Consultant Network. This means we can use the MURAL tool set to support our clients in their online (or face-to-face) workshops, meetings and training sessions. You can use MURAL from any computer or mobile interface, with touchscreen or not. Combined with videoconferencing … Continue reading Resources: MURAL Consultant Network
Facilitation: About Professional Facilitators
Here at LEEWAY we specialise in facilitation, with Nikki & Louise holding Certified™ Professional Facilitator status with the International Association of Facilitators (IAF). Facilitator is an often misused and misunderstood word, so we thought we’d take five minutes to set out what we mean by it. Facilitators fill an impartial role in helping groups become more effective. We … Continue reading Facilitation: About Professional Facilitators
Resources: Support by the Hour
As many of us settle in to working remotely, we’re helping our clients make the transition from in-person to digital group sessions. Sometimes this can be straightforward, others are finding themselves sitting through arduous half-day meetings, unending monologues, or relentless tech fumbling. We can easy catch ourselves out when we create like-for-like replications of in-person … Continue reading Resources: Support by the Hour
Resources: Seven Tips for Effective Webinars
The change in working conditions means we are now connecting digitally more than ever. Seminars and events are being replaced with digital equivalents, and for many this is the first time they’ve hosted or presented sessions in this way. Here’s some practical tips I’ve learned over the years to make your webinar more effective. Make … Continue reading Resources: Seven Tips for Effective Webinars
Resources: Kindness Cards
We saw this great idea on Twitter this morning, by @MrJonnyGreen and retweeted by @DanielPink. It’s about creating small Kindness Cards, which are like postcards we can pop into our neighbours letterbox. As a suitably stoical Scot, who wants to help but has no social grace whatsoever, this seemed like the ideal icebreaker to me. … Continue reading Resources: Kindness Cards