Time to learn, reconnect, think, and recharge.
Facilitation is the art of creating the right conditions and designing the best processes for people to think and work well together, so they can get the very best out of their time together.
In today's often overwhelming world, with so much uncertainty, so many challenges, so many pulls on our time and energy, having a good facilitator can make a massive difference to any kind of meeting. From training, workshops, awaydays, staff and management meetings, to assemblies and conferences, facilitation skills can make these gatherings - online or in person - engaging, creative, focused, enjoyable, and productive.
My next two day immersion course - also known as the Time to Think Foundation - is in Spring 2025 at The Fold, a beautiful organic community farm in the Malverns with its own nature trail, cafe serving fresh organic produce, a therapy centre, artisan studios and shops, and a self contained workshop space for our sole use. We will also spend time reconnecting with the rest of nature around the beautiful land.
There's a variety of places to stay in Bransford or nearby Great Malvern or Worcester, with direct trains from London Paddington, Hereford and Birmingham, or you can camp on site in nature, or come as a day guest.
About this course
This course offers you a set of vital skills for facilitating all kinds of group meetings. It’s an inspirational course to develop your skills and presence in helping people to generate their own best thinking together in ways they never thought possible.
Based upon a central observation and decades of feedback from people that the quality of everything we do depends on the quality of the thinking we do first, it creates, intentionally, the best possible conditions in which people will think well. We call it a Thinking Environment.
In a Thinking Environment people become more creative, courageous, and connected. They become more confident in their own judgement, more likely to initiate and deliver without needing constant guidance, yet genuinely interested in others’ ideas. It literally transforms meetings.
As Faculty at Time to Think, I have been teaching this for over 15 years.
This course will:
Explore what a Thinking Environment is, how to create one with groups, and offer you eight different ways to make meetings effective as well as transformational.
Hone your ability to help others to achieve by drawing on their inherent resources, taking your own listening and presencing skills to new heights.
Demonstrate how well people can think deeply, independently as well as collaboratively when given the opportunity.
Give each participant the optional opportunity to facilitate an exercise with the group, and get feedback. This is “learning by doing” at its best!
Improve your confidence and skills in facilitating in person and online meetings, managing energy and engagement, working with different group sizes, addressing challenges, and much more.
Enable you to apply your learning immediately and use it to make a positive impact to make meetings really matter!
The course includes:Two days together offering highly interactive, experiential learning with lots of practice, for a group of up to 12.
A curated collection of online learning support materials (TED Talks, podcasts, articles, blogs) to download, plus the course manual.
Refreshments, snacks and nutritious vegetarian and vegan lunches on both days.
An authorised Time to Think Foundation Certificate of Completion.
Your Facilitator will be me, Linda Aspey.
Fee per person:
£790 if you are corporate commercial funded
£590 if you are self-employed or employed exclusively in the not-for-profit sector.
There is no VAT. Accommodation is not included in the fee and is available from the usual online sources (at the time of posting this was c£90 per person per night).
This course is a standalone certificate level “Time to Think Foundation course” and also the pre requisite for the professional qualifying “Time to Think Facilitator” course should you wish to do this at any point in the future, with me or any other Time to Think Faculty member.
Ready to book?
Firstly, please read the course Terms and Conditions here and then complete the booking form below and an invoice will be issued. Linda will then be in touch with pre-reading, an invitation to meet online for a chat before the course, and tips for preparing for the course.