We’re feeling energised as we zoom through the first month of the new year. That’s because we can see what’s ahead, and we’re excited about the possibilities. Are you ready to set sail with us? We’re celebrating what’s been achieved in partnership with people just like you so far, while setting our sights on facilitating more important conversations in more places and having even more positive impact on more communities. We’re ready to embrace where engagement and deliberation are going, are you?
A message of thanks to you - our clients, participants, partners and friends - and hope for what’s ahead. As we head towards the end of a big year of big conversations, our team shares what they’re grateful for, their biggest highlight of 2023 and what’s really lighting them up when they think forward to the new year ahead.
Meet the newest additions to the MosaicLab team: Belinda Lowing and Fox Gillen. Both Belinda and Fox have long career histories that span across interesting and complex roles that have included facilitation and engagement in many forms. Learn more about these two and gain some insights into who they REALLY are through their answers to our fast five questions!
Ever wondered what makes our facilitators tick? Meet the newest additions to the MosaicLab team: Jody Kingston and Aaron Bosch. Both Aaron and Jody have fascinating, diverse backgrounds and have come to MosaicLab and facilitation via interesting pathways. Find out what they love about their work, what impact they hope to have and how they answered a list of fun and probing questions that we like to call The Telling Top 10...
Four language interpreters. Child-minding. Recruitment challenges. Birthday cake and a lot of laughs. These are just some of the unique highlights of our work with Quit Victoria and VicHealth in 2022 on a project to reduce tobacco-related harm in public housing. This case study takes a detailed look at how MosaicLab supported this process with a residents’ panel and sense-making workshops. All to drive improved, long-term outcomes for community and public health.
Facilitation is a practice, and that means facilitators never stop learning, no matter how experienced they are. We’re constantly working to refine our skills, and we’re committed to sharing our knowledge with others. To honour International Facilitation Week, four of our facilitators are sharing techniques anyone can try out. Give them a go next time you’re involved in an interaction or group conversation, even if you don’t normally think of yourself as a facilitator.
The financial year is closing fast. Your training budget doesn’t need to go to waste. Lock in some great learning for your team before the calendar flips to 1 July. MosaicLab Academy courses are delivered by experts in the field of engagement, deliberation, facilitation and conflict. Our training caters for all skill levels and can be delivered online or face-to-face. Our learners leave with greater skills, confidence and stacks of useful resources, templates and guides. Invest now in your team’s future learning and build your organisation’s engagement capacity.
Have a big issue that’s just right for deliberation, or a project that’s crying out for genuine engagement? Struggling to get it over the line with decision-makers? We know how hard it can be to get the buy-in you need. But it doesn’t have to be a battle. Learn how to engage your decision-makers effectively and convert them into champions for your process. Come and join us for a free one-hour webinar in April to receive insider tips on how to gain greater support from this important group of stakeholders.
Ever wondered what it’s really like to facilitate a deliberative process? Our Facilitating Deliberation Masterclass graduates experienced a citizens’ assembly and had the opportunity to co-facilitate a live deliberation as part of a special training event run in partnership with the newDemocracy Foundation. Gain insights into their experience - what surprised them, the challenges they faced, their biggest takeaways and more.
Turns out there IS such a thing as a free lunch. Our monthly Lunch and Learn community engagement webinar series resumes in February. These free sessions run online for just one hour and are presented by MosaicLab engagement experts. Learn, upskill and connect. Open to engagement and facilitation professionals of any level.
2022 was the year of the big MosaicLab book. Copies of 'Facilitating Deliberation – A Practical Guide' have sold around the world and the positive feedback has us feeling equal parts humbled and ecstatic! Stuck for a gift for that hard-to-buy-for person in your life? Digital and print copies are available now.
New year, new skills, fresh insights from the experts: and it won’t cost you a cent. Get ready to be rewarded and inspired in 2023, with free monthly learning and connection opportunities for engagement and facilitation professionals. MosaicLab’s Lunch and Learn webinar series goes to the next level in 2023.
Need a break from the holiday hectics? Take some ‘me time’ and set up your 2023 for success with one of MosaicLab’s online, beginner short courses. Learn the art of facilitation, the seven steps to simple engagement planning, how to deliver a successful deliberative engagement process and how to handle high emotion and outrage in groups. Boost your toolkit and learn from specialist trainers with this easy, valuable learning.
Calling all facilitators or community engagement practitioners! Looking to level up? Watch and learn how to facilitate a citizens’ assembly by experiencing one in person. MosaicLab and the newDemocracy Foundation (nDF) are teaming up to offer this unique training opportunity to a small group in Melbourne in February 2023. Places are limited. Register now.
Have you ever wondered how you can properly engage people who speak languages other than English, participants who are deaf or hard of hearing or maybe those who are blind or have low vision? Come to our free Lunch and Learn webinar in November and hear from people who have participated in a deep and complex conversation online. Take away some simple steps to help you bring in diverse voices to enhance your next project.
