Almost 20 months into a pandemic that has forced us to re-think our meetings, workshops and conferences for an online audience. Not only have the richness of in-person gatherings been lost, but also it becomes more and more difficult to keep audiences engaged in the work amidst an onslaught of online meetings, webinars and workshops people are constantly being bombarded with.
Pandemic has forced people to become facilitators in some shape or form, and yet it is still struggling to create the types of engaging spaces people are used to, regardless of whether they are able to meet in person or not. And so it has become essential to develop the skill of designing and facilitating gatherings well, especially in the human rights sector where the circumstances can be tough and the topics require a human-centred approach.
In this workshop facilitate by Clinton Du Preez the topics that will be covered are;
- How can human connection and empathy be back into the centre of the gatherings, especially in a space that focuses on expanding human rights?
- What it means to be a facilitator, organiser and designer of impactful gatherings?
- How to use different methods and platforms to restore some of the richness and engagement into the online and in-person gatherings in an era of fatigue and distractions?
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Clinton du Preez
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Clinton du Preez started his work in developing teams and individuals at the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s Official Opposition Party. Working in the Party’s Development and Learning Department for a number of years, he designed and facilitated numerous development opportunities for political leaders and executive staff members of the Party. In 2018 he was appointed the Deputy National Campaign Manager: Training for the Party’s 2019 general election campaign. In this role, he was responsible for driving the systematic recruitment and training of over 50 000 party volunteers across the country, and training the Party’s top political leaders in debates and media interviews. He is currently based in Cape Town as an associate at Anew, an organisational and people development consultancy. Having designed and facilitated a number of Design Thinking workshops over the years, he honed his Design Thinking facilitation skills through the Design Thinkers Academy in Amsterdam in 2020. Drawing on his experience, therefore, in politics, leadership development and Design Thinking he works with NGOs, human rights organisations and political parties across the world, focusing on development, capacity building, team work and strengthening organisational structures. 
With more than a decade's experience in the fields of leadership development, programme design, facilitation and people development, Anew supports organisations, teams and individuals around the world to put development and learning at the heart of everything they do.
This project is funded by the European Union.
