Nimble Facilitation by Rebecca Sutherns 10 Sept 2025

 how will the insights from this workshop will be used and carried forward. 

Shivani Suri : What is that we are going to change ? Are there any unstated outcomes ? Risks , opportunities , which have not been brought out ? 

Who needs to be in the room ? What style of internvention will work with the group ? 

Understand if there are any group dynamics and other levels of influence ? 

Vibhu Dewan : 

Screensnot f questions taken . Plenary . 

Break out room No 2 . 5 minutes. Now, answers. One day workshop . In person. First of the several . You have been asked to be the overall process designer . Go and actually develop a session plan. You are sitting collaborators . Your go to design .

Where do you start the design . 

Workshop design : SWOT Analysis . SCOT - Challenges . 4D model of appreciate enquiry . What is working well for them. Dream ? 

Madhujit : A little bit of warming up . Check in . 

Start with SCOT & continue with 4D . 

Rebecca : What if you are a detail oriented and scripted person and being facilitated by a person who is spontaneous ? What's your reaction ? And vice versa ? Mix and match . And be very self aware . Your preference is not everybody's preferences . 

I am type 1 and my audience is type 2 , how can I leverage that diversity in a positive way ? 

I am a scripted person, I will be hyper scripted , under pressure. 

Parineeta : I am meeting a client for the first time and we don't know whether the client is scripted or spontaneous person ? 

Be aware of your bodily resoses. 

Rebecca : Be a nimble facilitator , have self awareness. Have some sort of tool you go to , while planning. 

Session Lab . Have a go to tool for planning . 

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Break out room No 3 :  What is your client is very different from you ? 

What is the cofac has a different tolerance to details ? Contracting with the cofac at the very outset ? 

Why we have to be nimble in facilitation ? Beccause your cofac or client has a different style than you .  You are detailed and they are spontaneous and vice versa . Hence , be nimble. 

What LOGISTICAL questions do you ask your client , before your session ? 

How likely is it we get consistently same peopple in a series of session ? And what if we don't ? What do we do ? 

What do you do, if your beloved method doesn't work ?