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How to Facilitate an Appreciative Inquiry Workshop
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) isn’t something we teach – it’s something we experience.When people discover how different it feels to talk about what gives life, rather than what’s wrong, they start to see change begin immediately. Whether you’re working with young…
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Podcast Episode: From Passion to Action: Growing a Community of Cooks River Changemakers
Pip: What if the first question you asked a community wasn’t “what’s broken here” but “what do you already have?” That’s the thread running through dsoulgen’s recent work, and it turns out the answer is usually more interesting than the…
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From Youth Voice to Youth-Led Possibility: Co-designing a Social Enterprise in Rozelle
What changes when we stop asking young people only what they need – and start asking what they care about, what strengths they bring and what they would like to create? In 2020, Rozelle Neighbourhood Centre contracted Soulgen to lead…
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Longing to Belong: An Experiential Approach to Belonging
Everyone seems to be talking about loneliness and belonging these days.Maybe we are reaching some kind of collective realisation about how disconnected we have become – and how deeply many of us are searching for belonging.Perhaps.But I don’t want to…
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What Kind of Facilitator Are You – Really
The more I do this work, the more I have come to see myself as a facilitator.A facilitator of people, teams, and communities through participatory, strengths-based, and relational processes.This week, as I train another group of Camp Venture facilitators –…