PatriciaKeays

Welcome to the Facilitate It blog! (January 2026) If you’re interested in facilitation , process design, capacity building and learning , you’re in the right place.  Our passion is exploring and sharing insights, resources and support in these areas! Why are some meetings, work events and processes so engaging and successful, and some are so tedious and disappointing? Different people have different answers to that question, unique to each experience. WHAT WORKS? In people's own words ...

Developed over four decades, it ensures purposeful meetings and events, and supports smooth collaboration for sustainable results.   It replaces simpler, linear checklists with a dynamic, organic model designed for engagement, co-facilitation and impact.  Discover how to design and facilitate processes that are as naturally elegant and effective as a nautilus shell.  

Navigating unwritten pressures Photo by Mariola Grobels (UNSPLASH) Introduction:  Your TOR vs your ‘real job’ as an expert facilitator   You may be contracted to design and facilitate an event or process, or be assigned a key role as an internal staff person.  Most parts of facilitation Terms of Reference (TOR) are matched to specific deliverables:  a concept note, an agenda and session plans, an evaluation strategy, facilitation of a process. Through 40+ years of consultancies as a...