@Yuwei Liu willkommen in Zürich (wohne 50m neben der Stadtgrenze😃)

@Jean-philippe Favre there was a nice and inspiring kick off meeting for Facilitators in Zürich last year. Unfortunately the follow up meeting in December had to be canceled on short notice. If you want to find out more, check out the Zürich Facilitator Meetup Group. I think it might be a base to take it probably from here to become a Swiss Group covering the French and Italian speaking regions as well ?https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/zurich-facilitator-meetup-group/?_xtd=gqFyqTIwNjAxMDkxNaFwpmlwaG9uZQ%253D%253D&from=refand The contact for the group is @Adamma Stekovics and she already mentioned that co-facilitators might be a good idea😊

In my personal experience the overall ratio 3:1 has proven to be quite reasonable for creating and setting up new workshops: triple the workshop time presence to cover preparation work and follow up activities. The scope of action regarding pricing is usually determined by the following points: 1. Market price/competition in your economic region and working niche 2. Covering your time and costs 3. Your individual goals and values eg providing a lower price to charities/NPOs and SME, willingness and financial means for an Investment/learning opportunity if you are new in the market but keeping in mind that prices set to low are not a sustainable approach. 4. A good facilitator is worth the money. If lowering the price is a constant debate from the very beginning, I usually don’t take on these kind of customers. To me it’s as a sign that money is more important than having a good workshop as a basis for creating results with added value. 5. Tipp: I find it often very helpful discussing/offering 2-3 Workshop scenarios in order to help clients to understand what‘s the difference between them (if there is a given budget you have to define what you are able to offer for this amount of money and what would be potential add ons you like to present and recommend). This kind of transparency empowers the client to make an informed decision and it’s about expectation management.

You might find a good idea here if your group is not a big one: https://pipdecks.com/blogs/workshops/17-best-icebreakers-for-small-group-workshops (by the way I have some of the Pip Decks and I do like them as a useful tool for any facilitator https://pipdecks.com/pages/library)

@Kristy Taise happy if you find it useful😊

It’s not directly answering your question Marco, but I think the following resources provide some valuable insights and food for thought to consider when designing workshops/facilitation approach and working on getting buy in from C-Level https://geoffmarlow.substack.com/p/the-double-disconnect https://www.liberatingstructures.com Curious to know: What do you think?

@Teresa Middleton thank you for your feedback and your thoughts about it, happy if you see some value in the resources😊