Workshop Design, Facilitation and Event Hosting
I can create and deliver bespoke workshops and events for your organisation including creative sprints, visioning and planning, reflective practice, team connection and wellbeing.
Creative Consultancy, Sprints & Reflective Practice
Social businesses, arts organisations and the education sector can benefit hugely from formal reflective practice workshops and structure creative consultancy sessions. With the demand for limited funding pots growing rapidly, now is the time to take creative reflection and planning seriously in order to access funding and increase impact. With over twenty years working in socially engaged arts and education I understand the challenges that these sectors are facing and I know the impact of reflective practice and structured creative planning on achieving outcomes and creating lasting impact within the communities with which you work.
I can offer:
One to one coaching and consultancy to directors of organisations, practitioners and social entrepreneurs
Group reflective practice workshops
Creative sprints for project creation and planning
What my clients are saying:
“ArtWorks Cymru worked with Ali to help bring to a close a project of coaching of artists and community facilitators. The day was spent with both the coaches and coachees of different artistic mediums. Ali was able to put the entire group at ease using a various methods of creative expression to allow the participants to reflect on their coaching journey over the previous 12 months but also engage the participants in discussing what the nexts steps of their individual journeys could be and also that of ArtWorks Cymru. It was a great way to consolidate our experience on the project. Thank you Ali”
Want to get ahead of the competition?
Want to create a culture of trust, honesty and authenticity in your team?
In a world of A. I. there is an increasing currency in authenticity in business. Businesses and organisations that can demonstrate that are always going to be a step ahead. I can work with your teams to build connection and authenticity from the ground up.
Team Connectivity Workshops
As an experienced workshop facilitator I can work with your team to build connectivity, develop empathy, increase confidence and strengthen bonds in the workplace. Team connectivity is a key factor in increasing psychological safety in the workplace. If employees feel like they can trust each other then they will be more willing to share ideas, take risks and be honest about how well things are working.
Gone are the days of traditional (and cringeworthy) team building exercises!
As a creative practitioner with a background in Applied Theatre I have a unique set of skills, experience and tools that can be applied in the corporate space that allow employees to find new and empowering ways of being together, (with no embarrassing trust exercises!).
My practical team connectivity workshops encourage people to be together in an embodied way that requires authentic interactions with each other. It encourages creative risk taking and demands authenticity amongst employees.
Right now, organisations cannot afford to dismiss the value of authenticity
What my clients are saying…
‘Ali was able to put the entire group at ease using a various methods of creative expression to allow the participants to reflect on their journey over the previous 12 months’.
Artworks Cymru
Employees are lonelier than ever
Since the pandemic, employee loneliness rates have risen dramatically and this comes with a range of health problems, reduced productivity, turnover and burnout.
We need more than face to face working to change this and foster a workplace that actively and positively changes this culture.
Staff Wellbeing Workshops & Coaching
I can work with you to offer staff wellbeing days and events either as a one off or throughout the year. As an EMCC accredited coach at practitioner level and having worked in wellbeing spaces for over 20 years I am passionate about wellbeing in workplace. Areas covered include:
Work/life balance
Mindfulness, meditation and nervous system regulation
Goal setting and future visioning
Value alignment
Managing time and workload
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT Tapping)
Group or one to one coaching for staff/leadership teams
“Absolutely incredible. More helpful than I could have ever imagined. Being able to talk through things and create practical toolkits for various issues, being able to try them out and reflect with Ali on what works / doesn’t work. Always leaves me feeling like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
Wellbeing coaching in the workplace has been so transformative for me. Ali was able to guide me to solutions for some things that have troubled me for a long time and help to find long term goals that I now feel able to achieve. Ali is very approachable, knowledgeable, and great at putting me at ease.
Coaching with Ali has been extremely beneficial. She holds a space for you both to work through what is needed and talk through tools that can be used. It’s a huge support both professionally and personally.”
Facilitation Skills Training
I can offer facilitation skills training to staff. This can be for staff working in community, wellbeing or education settings, or if could be for staff to facilitate within your organisation.
Facilitation training can mean better and more productive meetings, better decision making, empowered staff and enhanced staff wellbeing.
Facilitation skills training is bespoke to the business or organisation and can be targetted towards managers, teams, or leadership. Please contact me to get the conversation going!
“Ali pitched the facilitation training perfectly for the mentees on our pilot Stepping In programme. She bought a wealth of knowledge to the sessions, and I only wish we could have spent longer with her to draw on her immense sector knowledge and experience. The mentees fed back how much they gained from these sessions and how responsive Ali was to their individual needs and experience levels. Her skill set and knowledge, along with her friendly, approachable and engaging facilitation style were perfect to set a welcoming and ‘no question is silly’ environment. WAHWN looks forward to working with Ali again in the future and can highly recommend her. ”