Just finished a large scale workshop at the end of last week and starting to feel like my life is returning to some sort of pattern once more after weeks of preparation.

It was a three day event for an organisation which employees 8000 people and has an annual spend of NZ$1 billion. We had a mix of people ranging from the CEO right through to front line staff.

This week is time to make some post-event reflections and observations :
– graphical facilitation still blows people away when they see it for the first time
– I still enjoy seeing people making connections across seemingly unconnected sectors.
– physical space is critical – you either have to strike it lucky (as we did) and find a great space, or you have to add a lot to the budget to make a lousy space work
– if you have the right team of people on board you can make an event soar for the participants.
– running on adrenaline is a great substitute for coffee

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.