Facilitation

I design and facilitate meetings, team-buildings, events and multi-day gatherings that invite everyone to contribute to what really matters.

Moments of coming together can profoundly impact what happens next. My designs combine internationally proven approaches and acupuncture-wise match your specific circumstances and needs. 

With your next meeting in mind, is any of these issues alive for you? 

• Create clarity and alignment: uncover what you are doing together, what the objectives are and how you collaborate in and across teams.
• Improve and innovate: identify how you can improve day-to-day working methods and processes, or explore untapped innovation potential in the wider field of the organisation. Invite everyone to think along, learn from each other, and figure out the next steps. 
• Build trust relationships: deepen bonds with colleagues or connect with new collaborators. 
• Address challenges or opportunities: resolve conflict or make progress on a burning topic. 
• Shape a participatory work culture: make people feel comfortable to express concerns and ideas and to take initiative and start to work in a more network-oriented way rather than to rely mostly on hierarchical structures. 

Consulting and training

While we work with your specific challenges, you will learn new practical approaches that you can continue using.

What are you struggling with?  

• Trust and mutual support: how do we proactively build the connection and trust to do our best work together? How can we support each other in the challenges we face?
• Participatory meetings: how do we design and run our meetings in a way that creates a more participatory culture? How do we make effective decisions together?
• Shared language: how do we communicate consciously and effectively about tensions we experience? What are concepts and approaches that help us to build shared understanding about the work we’re doing?
• Inner skills: what are practical tools for inner development, that help us to work well together?
• Conscious collectives: how do we grow conscious collectives where everyone is enabled to act entrepreneurially? And how do we thrive in a culture that is highly participatory and asks for self-awareness?

“You greatly contributed to the success of this meeting – we got lots of thanks and positive feedback. I believe we achieved our main goals, which were to get people motivated, inspired and wanting to commit, as well as create ideas that may translate into concrete actions during the project.”

– Blandine Smilansky, Partnerships Coordinator, House of European History

“During the Enspiral Winter Gathering 2022, it became clear that An is not only a connoisseur of the hosting toolkit, but also a master of subtlety. With her invitations, presence and body language, she made calm moments calmer, deep conversations deeper and nurtured spaces where participants could easily open up about difficult topics.”

– Joriam Philipe, community builder

“An coordinates and facilitates with a good dose of humour, warmth and craftsmanship. Her strength lies in building relationships, and she knows how to leverage them to streamline the process well. Her flexibility and professionalism make her a pleasant facilitator. Thanks, An!”

– Mees Schouwenaar, project leader School Leaders for the Future (Schoolleiders voor de Toekomst)