Facilitating deliberative mini-publics - Real Democracy Now!

Facilitating deliberative mini-publics - Real Democracy Now!

One of our co-founders Keith Greaves was interviewed on a recent episode of Real Democracy Now! - a podcast that answers the question: can we do democracy differently?

The episode, which also features interviews with facilitators Lucy Cole-Edelstein, Director of Straight Talk and Max Hardy, Principal at Max Hardy Consulting, considers the concept of 'mini publics' (or deliberative processes) from the perspective of the facilitator.

INSIGHTS INTO PECHA KUCHA – THE ART OF CONCISE PRESENTATIONS

INSIGHTS INTO PECHA KUCHA – THE ART OF CONCISE PRESENTATIONS

The MosaicLab team is regularly involved in events that feature speakers and presentations.  As we all know, regular old PowerPoint presentations can sometimes be a little lengthy, dull and un-engaging.  So, to shake things up and ensure each presentation really connects with the audience, we often encourage the speakers we work with to adopt a very high-energy, fast-paced style of presenting known as Pecha Kucha ...

BUILDING IDEAS WITH LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

BUILDING IDEAS WITH LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

Yesterday we had the absolute pleasure of participating in a very creative end-of-year team planning session led by Kate Henderson - a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator.   It was a fun, creative, engaging and very different way of discussing important and complex thoughts and ideas - an out of the box approach to drawing out interesting perspectives ...

CASE STUDY: VICTORIAN CITIZENS' JURY ON OBESITY

CASE STUDY: VICTORIAN CITIZENS' JURY ON OBESITY

In 2015 MosaicLab was engaged to independently design and facilitate discussions and activities for both the online and face to face components of the VicHealth Citizens’ Jury on Obesity.  The process asked 100 everyday Victorians respond to the following remit: ‘We have a problem with obesity. How can we make it easier to eat better?’...