Decisions That Stick Workshop

As an inclusive organisation, you are keen to ask people affected by your decisions what they think. Their ideas, information and insights can help you make your decisions.

But if your ask is not genuine, people can undermine your decision and even block progress. If you:

❌ Want to ask people what they think but don’t know how to start.

❌ Are nervous about what people might say in a workshop.

❌ Have been frustrated by workshops that are not productive.

❌ Worry about meeting a group’s expectations.

❌ Have a lot riding on this decision.

A Decisions that Stick workshop could be for you.

Decisions that affect your team, stakeholders and community will stick if you involve them in the process. The deeper their involvement, the more likely they are to support your decision.

The most powerful way to involve people in your decision-making process is to bring them together as a group in a facilitated workshop.

What people say:

Watch: Justine Carder, PICS and Peter Jewell, City of Melbourne.

“Jacinta is my go-to facilitator. Her exceptional skills, combined with her dynamic and energetic approach, empower everyone to have a voice, while gathering the insights and ideas we need to achieve our goals.”
Douglas Proctor, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Swinburne University of Technology

“Jacinta is passionate, skilled, enthusiastic and reliable. She brings all her experience when she facilitates, I feel comfortable and confident that she has the skills to manage complexity and differing community views.”
Georgie Meyer, Manager, Inclusive and Creative Communities, City of Banyule

“Jacinta is a magician. She has helped us to re-ignite our efforts to measure public engagement across the Victorian government. She totally 'got' our purpose and I love how she works with metaphors! Jacinta came up with a really creative way to workshop a complex topic with my peers across government. And she facilitated each session with energy, empathy and humour.”
Dinuki Scharenguivel, Community Engagement Practice Lead, Dept Premier and Cabinet

“I don’t hesitate to refer people to Jacinta when they're looking for a facilitator. Her energy and creativity are brilliant, as is her focus on outcomes. She prods you with just the right questions, gently and with a sense of humour.”
Belinda MacLeod-Smith, Safer Care Victoria, Partnering and Co-design Capability Lead

“Participating on a City of Melbourne invited panel that then became a zoom event, Jacinta bought great energy, skill, finesse and even humour, facilitating about 50 participants from all kinds of backgrounds. Very impressive, especially given the 3-hour time slot, after hours when most people have a bit of zoom fatigue. I highly recommend Jacinta.”
Anna Lindstad, community workshop participant and architect

“We really enjoyed working with Jacinta on our workshop with health professionals and people with lived experience. In a room full of people with lots to say, her structure and facilitation kept us on track, and gave us the information we need to improve communication between health professionals and people living with IBD.”
Leanne Raven, FAICD, CEO, Crohn’s & Colitis Australia

“Jacinta has a gift for community engagement design and facilitation. Authentic, well considered and passionate in her approach, she creates a safe and supportive environment for people to fully engage with the issues. The great thing about her collaborative approach is that my team learns something new every time they meet with her.”
Karen Wilden, Executive Branch Director, ACT Government

“Our board was buzzing after a weekend online with Jacinta. I didn’t know if online strategic planning would work, but Jacinta proved it can. She made it engaging, fun and productive. We powered through our work, and left energised, not exhausted. I highly recommend her to anyone who needs their group to engage and collaborate.”
Doris Whitmore, Chair, Tweddle Child and Family Health Service

“Jacinta was excellent. She managed the session with our board (their first in-person meeting in over a year due to COVID) brilliantly - everyone contributed and it felt like a really safe space thanks to Jacinta. And most importantly, our strategic plan got the spring clean it needed.”
Tom Symondson, (former) Chief Executive Officer at Victorian Healthcare Association

“Jacinta brings encouraging and engaging energy to her workshops. Using language and visual cues to ensure each participant could contribute, she was able to bring everyone out of their shell. Even the more reserved ones. The collaborative elements were effective in getting participants to speak candidly and openly about topics they may be less comfortable with. In Jacinta's hands, we had a productive and engaging session, and each of us took away something new to try in our work.”
Jen Arnold, Marketing Specialist, Good Cycles

“Jacinta's facilitation is exemplar. Jacinta provided an engaging, professional and highly productive forum for our team.”
Dr Kudzai Kanhutu, Dean, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Infectious Diseases Specialist

“Sessions with Jacinta are such a breath of fresh air. Creative, well-paced and fun - and super inclusive. If you are looking for a facilitator who can bring the *whole* room along on the journey, you've found them!”
Steven Weir, Community Engagement Specialist, Lendlease

“I've worked with Jacinta on a number of occasions and she is truly an exceptional facilitator. We recently ran a series of community workshops with Jacinta as the facilitator and not only did she completely ‘get it’ in terms of what we were trying to achieve, but she worked collaboratively with internal stakeholders to realise that vision.”
Laura Jack, Senior Community Engagement Advisor, ACT Government

Please visit Jacinta’s website for more client reviews.

Download the Decisions that Stick brochure HERE.