The 9+P Model of Gathering Design

How do you lead a powerful gathering?

START WITH A POWERFUL PLAN USING THE 9P MODEL OF PLANNING.

Learn more for free: Download the 9P worksheet or Check out the 9P Mural Template.

There are more than the 9Ps in this model that can help you plan better gatherings, like:

More and more elegant Patterns of Conversation (explained in the Mural board)

More intentional Positionality to the people and purpose of the gathering (best explained in my podcast conversation with Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel, who introduced me to this concept) and what

Intentional modes of Presence that can help you lead the conversation. To master presence, sign up for my free course on Facilitation, which focuses on how you most want to show up as a leader in the moment to foster the impactful conversations you most want to lead.

Learn and master the essentials. Go beyond the basics.

It can take as little as 10 minutes of reflection to make a gathering plan that serves as a powerful backbone to an impactful gathering.

Check out this self-paced course, where I share tools, templates and patterns to make session planning and design impactful and low-effort.

You'll master a simple framework that will help you craft a clear plan to make your next important gathering as powerful as you need it to be.

45 minutes of video learning and 4 essential frameworks for planning sessions that deliver impact.

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I call this model the 9+ P model of planning because there are way more than the 9Ps in this course.

Again, one of my favorite Ps that isn’t in the nine is Presence - knowing how you need to show up to move the conversation forward.

Mastering how you want to show up is such an important skill. I made this free course with facilitators and leaders with a facilitative approach in mind.

The tools, short Videos and self-guided exercises can help you reimagine and develop a purposeful approach to your leadership.

Sign up for the course, and get 42 essays on modes of leadership, facilitation and presence sent to your inbox for 42 days!

These resources will help you understand what value you bring as a facilitator and a leader…and to increase the range and breadth of what you feel comfortable bringing into the room.

The course uses the metaphor of “hats” to get you to visualize and clarify how you want to show up as a facilitator and leader.