When to engage
When a team, partnership or community group needs a purposeful workshop, an independent facilitator or support with competing priorities.
How the work is approached
The scope is tailored to your decision, timeframe, community and available evidence.
Workshop facilitation, meeting facilitation, complex problem-solving and shared direction.
- Step 01
Understand the starting point
Identify what is happening and what has already been tried. Explore where views, responsibilities or priorities differ.
- Step 02
Build shared understanding
Bring people together to explore the evidence and discuss concerns. Agree what needs attention and where common ground is possible.
- Step 03
Develop a way forward
Work through options and trade-offs, including competing priorities. Help decision-makers choose a practical direction and build support for it.
- Step 04
Turn agreement into action
Clarify commitments, responsibilities and next steps. Establish ways to review progress and adapt.
Possible outputs
- Session preparation and agenda
- Independent facilitation
- Decision record, responsibilities and next steps
- A clear definition of the problem and the decisions required
- An overview of existing activity, gaps and organisational responsibilities
- Agreed priorities, principles or a shared direction
- Options and recommendations for decision-makers
- An action plan with responsibilities, commitments and review points
Scope, outputs, responsibilities, timing and fees are agreed before work begins.
Relevant experience
Examples include work from Alisha Abate’s previous Council roles and independent practice. Each account explains the contribution and context.
- University of Melbourne: commissioned gender equity workshops and analysis
Designed and delivered workshops connecting gender equity tools with practical learning.
- Facilitation & advisory: groups, committees and networks
Supported groups, committees and networks through facilitation and advisory contributions.