THRESHOLD FACILITATION

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Creating space at your event.

How an event begins, and how the space is held, are what determine whether the event lands. These two things create the DNA for what emerges.

As a Threshold Facilitator, Rob creates participant readiness and holds the focus and engagement so your event can actually do its work. He shapes three moments: Starting Well, Holding Well, Ending Well.

The Inner Scaffolding

Participants arrive at events carrying invisible weight:

"Will I be expected to speak in front of others?"

"How am I going to find the time to complete my to-do list?"

"Will they be my sort of people?"

These conscious and unconscious questions create barriers that stop people being fully present and available to engage.

Rob's work is to build the Inner Scaffolding that lets participants shift:

From having the right answers to being curious

From needing to know to being open to what is new

From being stuck in unhelpful emotions to integrating emotions

How Inner Scaffolding is built

1. Pattern interrupt and emotional connection.

Music and poetry connect us with our complex emotions. They draw us into the present moment, interrupt our patterns of busy thinking, and create a memory hook the event hangs on: "I remember that one – someone sang a song written for us at the start."

"The brain links different ideas and concepts based on how we feel about them. Without an emotional tag, we will not be able to retrieve the information or apply it to new situations. Without emotions, no learning can take place."

Margie Meacham

Association for Talent Development

2. Grounding and intention setting.

A short input on the underpinning neuroscience, followed by activities drawing on mindfulness, focusing, nature work, movement, visualisation, and stepping into the intention you want.

3. Creating psychological safety.

Reflective activities to explore individual and group safety. How do I create safety for myself? How do we create it for each other? What does openness and vulnerability look like for me, for us?

"Events and experiences designed with people in mind foster a sense of community and provide psychological safety, which encourages participation, collaboration, and inclusivity."

Goc O'Callaghan

UBQEX

THREE PARTS. CHOOSE ALL OR SOME.

Starting Well. After the welcome and before the first keynote, Rob builds the scaffolding that lets learning actually happen.

Holding Well. Between sessions and after breaks, the scaffolding is maintained – through a song, poem, reflection, or check-in. How present are we? How safe are we? What is becoming memorable?

Ending Well. Endings are often rushed and incomplete. Rob creates space for participants to harvest their learning, and a memorable end to the event – often with a bespoke song or poem written from what was heard during the day.

You can request all three parts, or choose the ones that fit your event.

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About Rob

At his heart, Rob is an activist. His work has reached excluded young people, prison inmates and prison staff, disruptive leadership events, environmental activism, non-violent social action, and conscious leadership scale-ups.

A golden thread runs through all of it: creating and holding spaces where people can arrive well, find their voice, and participate authentically.

His natural and light communication style puts people at ease. His facilitation skills create psychological safety. His therapeutic practice playfully invites participants into places of deep learning. His music and poetry offer a nuanced, disarming way into connecting and reflecting.

He adapts the methodology to the theme of the event and the needs of participants and organisers.

What People have said

If you wanted to make us think – you succeeded!

Bernie Sloane

MD Sloane Estates, long-term meditator (TM Siddha) and Reiki Master.

Each time I see Rob perform I'm struck by the way a very raw and sometimes difficult emotional experience draws me in. It sometimes takes a few moments to appreciate the beautiful execution of the music.