We (co-)design and / or facilitate your team immersions in a way that allows everyone to be fully present, fostering connections and genuine conversations. In our facilitation we make sure to address power dynamics and allow everyone to participate and be heard in their own way.
We facilitate strategic processes staying committed both the expected goals and outcomes of the process, as well as to the needs of the group. We intentionally create space for the many different voices and perspectives to be expressed and support groups in fully listening to one another and reaching decisions that are meaningful and representative.
If you would like to enhance facilitation skills in your team, you can build on our experience in shaping learning spaces for facilitators and mentors. Besides basic facilitation skills,our trainings always address power dynamics and inclusion.
We facilitate online and in-person learning processes, adapting our approach and methodologies to the format, the needs fo the learners and the overall context in which learning is happening.
We believe in holding space for moments and processes that foster true connection, spark participation and increase engagement.
We know where we want to get with a session, however, if something that needs to be addressed emerges in the group or when people share needs, we make time and space for it.
We host meaningful physical and virtual spaces by crafting them based on the needs and goals of the individuals and organisations present.
We want to ensure that the spaces we hold are for everyone to contribute in their own way, pace and possibilities. At times, this might mean to slow down some participants in order to give everyone the same space.
We actively address inequities, point out elephants in the room and guide the group through uncomfortable conversations.
We lighten up serious conversations with unexpected and joyful moments that foster connection.
We invite participants to have agency, challenge themselves and step out of their comfort zone, while we also know that everyone has different needs and limits that need to be respected. Nobody should feel forced or pressured to do anything.
Here’s what some
of our clients say:
Wonderful! Instituto NOW helped us set the agenda for our meeting, as well as mentoring some of the team members who designed and facilitated sessions. From the beginning, Elis immersed us in a sea of information and did a beautiful job, understanding who we were, what we needed and where we wanted to go.”
Débora Gastal,
Editorial and Languages Associate Director at 350.org