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The Institute of Cultural Affairs- more relevant than ever
NewsWe often get asked what “ICA” stands for, and the answer is often a surprise to people, partly because there are a…
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Declaring a Climate Emergency
NewsBy Jonathan Dudding Back in February 2020, before COVID hit, a gathering of ICA:UK staff, Board members and Associates agreed that we…
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Transforming Difficult Conversations…And the Lockdown Blues…
NewsBy Ann Lukens We’re finding out lots of wonderful things about ourselves, our families, our communities and resilience during these strange times….
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ToP Online: Participatory Strategic Planning for turbulent times
NewsBy Ann Lukens Attended our Group Facilitation Methods course? Looking to build upon these methods – look no further than our Participatory…
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Online Fatigue: 10 Tips to keep your team awake, productive and energised in virtual meetings
NewsBy Megan Evans and Miriam O Donoghue Since the beginning of lockdown a large proportion of people across the world have switched…
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COVID 19, the World of Facilitation and ICA:UK: Creativity and Community
NewsBy Alice Blackwell In April 2019 I joined ICA as ToP Training Coordinator. As a new graduate, bursting with enthusiasm and new…
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Tricky Conversations? 5 tips to make your conversations more productive…
NewsBy Ann Lukens How do we manage those tricky moments with colleagues, staff and clients, when the conversation isn’t working… when behaviours…
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The Producer Role in Virtual Events – more than just a ‘spare pair of hands’ ?
NewsBy Órla Cronin Join our Introduction to Producing Virtual Events workshop on 20th Jan 9-11:30am Behind every well-facilitated event is a great…
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Going Virtual? 6 tips to make your virtual meetings more effective and engaging
NewsBy Órla Cronin How do we stay authentic and connected in a virtual world? It sounds like a paradoxical question, but we…
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Tackling COVID 19: Our response
NewsAs an organiser of training courses which bring people together from different regions and countries, to learn together over one or two…