Workshops and large-group facilition

As an agency for large-group events and interactive conference formats, we offer comprehensive consulting, coaching and planning for your large-group event.

We support you in setting objectives, selecting suitable methodologies and planning the event. In this context,

we will take into account any framework conditions
and develop formats and methodologies for any starting point and any objective.

Agency for large-group methodologies, facilitation of interactive conference methodologies

initio specializes in large-group processes and interactive conferences.

“Custom made” Formate: Angepasst an jede Zielstellung und Ausgangssituation
Open Space Konferenzen
Workshops im World Café Format
Future Search Konferenzen
Zukunftskonferenzen
Real Time Strategic Change
Appreciative Inquiry
Dynamic Facilitation
Fishbowl-Methode

Consulting, coaching, planning, preparation and implementation: We offer formats and consulting for any starting point and objective. You are welcome to arrange a free initial consultation!

Why use initio as an agency?

We put our heart and soul into consulting and

apply our methodologies ourselves – frequently and routinely. This means:
We know in depth what we are talking about
and where the strengths and weaknesses of all formats lie
and how to change or adapt any format so that it suits your event perfectly.

We see ourselves as a partner who works closely with you to achieve your goals. Together, we develop a customized solution that fits your or your customers’ requirements 100%.

Our services

We love & live large-group formats

Getting groups of up to several hundred participants interested in a topic, networking them and inspiring them to act together is the core task underlying most of the communication processes we design. We have experience in large-group events of up to 850 people (to date). Depending on topics and objectives, we can also design a suitable large-group structure for your event that will help you achieve your goals in the shortest possible time.

In addition to content and methodological planning, consulting and methodologies coaching, we can also provide the required infrastructure.

Vor- und Nachbereitung
Moderation
aussagekräftige Dokumentation
Planung der Infrastruktur
komplette Teilnehmerbetreuung
Koordination aller Dienstleister
Auf- und Abbau
Vor-Ort Begleitung

When planning the content, we not only draw on tried-and-tested standard formats, but also create large-group designs from elements of tried-and-tested methods that are tailored specifically to your needs and objectives. Based on the experience of more than a hundred large-group events, we create meaningful combinations of informative, interactive and action-guiding modules to guarantee participants the best possible framework conditions for networking, joint action and knowledge transfer.

Interactive conference formats and methodologies

Our interactive large-group frameworks have also proved to be very successful at specialist conferences, conventions and trade fairs. We recommend working in interactive workshop settings wherever the aim is to network the knowledge and experience of the participants and to use them as a basis for the development of insights and strategies. With interactive building blocks and proven activating methods from large-group facilitation, we ensure that

intensive und interaktive gemeinsame Arbeit der Teilnehmer an zukunftsrelevanten und strategisch wichtigen †Fragestellungen
Vernetzen von Expertise und Erfahrungen der Teilnehmer und Generierung von neuem Wissen
Vernetzung der Teilnehmenden untereinander
Erarbeiten eines abgestimmten Handlungsplans

Workshop, Großgruppe oder Konferenz geplant?

Interaktive, aktivierende Formate
250 erfolgreiche Veranstaltungen

… und 21 Jahre Erfahrung in vielen Branchen!

Jetzt Beratung erhalten

kostenlos & unverbindlich

Workshop, Großgruppe oder Konferenz geplant?

Interaktive, aktivierende Formate
250 erfolgreiche Veranstaltungen

… und 21 Jahre Erfahrung in vielen Branchen!

Jetzt Beratung erhalten

kostenlos & unverbindlich

Training & coaching in large-group formats and interactive conference methodologies

We also offer appropriate coaching for planning groups, HR departments or others responsible for planning and implementing large-group events.

Wir coachen Sie durch den gesamten Planungs- und Vorbereitungs-Prozess
Sie vermeiden dadurch alle Fallstricke und Fehler, die zu unerwünschten Ergebnissen führen können
Sie minimieren das Risiko eines nicht optimalen Ergebnisses durch Beratung von langjährigen Praktikern und Profis

Ask us about our methodologies coaching.

Coaching and consulting on large-group formats

We are specialists in methodologies and also offer consulting and coaching for agencies and organizers on activating conference methodologies.

We specialize in custom-made formats for any problematic situation and every conceivable objective.

You are short on time?
The goals are ambitious?
Board or customers “breathing down your neck”?

We are familiar with the challenges faced byagencies and internal organizational teams and provide you with the precise solutions you need to be convincing.

Attractive consulting packages

We will provide you with a tailor-made quotation for coaching and consulting:

Vom Entwurf
über mehrere Abstimmungs-Schleifen
inkl. Feinkonzeption
mit “best practices” zur Durchführung
und mehr als 21 Jahren Erfahrung in der Konzeption und Durchführung von aktivierenden Großgruppen-Verfahren
natürlich auch als “white label” Lösung.

Our services

We offer:

Methodische Beratung
Beratung, wie das Großgruppen-Event nahtlos an laufende Veränderungsprozesse im Unternehmen “andocken” können
Auswahl passender Formate für jede Ausgangssituation und jede Zielstellung
Passgenaue “custom made” Formate
Formate mit wenig Zeitbedarf und hohem inhaltlichem Output
Moderation
“Vor-Ort”-Begleitung und -Betreuung

We will make you a tailor-made consulting offer for the modules you actually need.

“White lable” consulting

If you need a consultant in the background to advise you on tricky methodologies, we are the right people for the job.

We work discreetly without any contact with your primary customers – e.g.

für Agenturen,
interne Planungsgruppen
Innovations-Teams
Event-Planer, etc.

Agency pitches

We are happy to consult you in the context of agency pitches.

We will always charge for the time spent on this, irrespective of any further assignment.

What we do not offer

We are not a “full service” event agency, but specialize in interactive conference and large-group methodologies.

We are extremely good at this – and above all very experienced.

The typical agency business such as coordinating

Catering
Production management
Printing or design services, etc.

is therefore not part of our range of services.

Our consulting services – your benefit:

Professionelle Moderation und Durchführung
Erfahrene Moderatoren führen auch große Gruppen in kurzer Zeit zum Ziel
Zeitersparnis
Bearbeiten komplexer Fragestellungen wird innerhalb kurzer Zeit möglich
Erhöhte Umsetzungsgeschwindigkeit
Übernahme von Verantwortung und Motivation zur Umsetzung wird optimal unterstützt
Beschleunigte Erkenntnisprozesse
Mit interaktiven Methoden werden Erfahrung und Wissen der Teilnehmer optimal vernetzt
Neues Wissen entsteht
Wissen von Mitarbeiter und Teilnehmenden wird aktiv in Erkenntnisprozess integriert
Schnellere Lernprozesse
Gemeinsames Lernen wird durch systematischen Wissensaustausch erleichtert
Umsetzungsgeschwindigkeit steigt
durch Einbeziehung aller relevanten Beteiligtengruppen (Stakeholder) sind Teilnehmer für die Umsetzung motiviert
Hohe Lösungstiefe
alle Optionen werden sichtbar und die passende Lösung mit allen notwendigen Details ausgearbeitet
Zeitgemäße Methoden
Gemeinsames Lernen und Erkenntnisgewinn werden optimal gefördert
Verringerung von Komplexität
Mit den passenden Methoden werden auch schwierige und hochkomplexe Fragestellungen innerhalb kurzer Zeit beantwortet

Customer opinion

Here is the feedback by one of our customers on our agency’s performance:

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Strategie gesucht? Veränderung geplant?

Versteckte Widerstände aufspüren
Ihre Mitarbeiter zu „Treibern“ Ihrer Veränderung machen

… durch unsere 21 Jahre Erfahrung in vielen Branchen!

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Thank you for these really good, efficient days! The workshop was received positively throughout.
Thank you very much for your support!

The mission statement process was straightforward and creative. A very good result all around!

4 days workshop and yet: playful, creative, inspiring and structured with good methodology. Absolutely recommended.

By your professional steering of the process, you have played a significant part in the success of the project. Thank you very much!

Thank you very much for the really helpful seminar!

A model of this quality would not have been possible without your help. The result, however, is thoroughly gratifying and is already finding its way into our daily work.

The well-prepared and professionally accompanied team event gave us valuable suggestions and insights. Together we are now implementing this in further concrete steps. Thank you very much!

Thank you for the valuable insights into your practical work and the many tips and facilitation tricks that gave a lively insight into method implementation.

Rarely received such a well-structured seminar with excellent content.

It was impressive to see how much came out of our workshop. That was outstanding!

We are more than satisfied with the result. Thanks again for doing an excellent job! We hope to continue working with you!

The method training was very helpful. We can highly recommend initio Consulting for future seminars.

After the workshops with initio, we can clearly see how we can develop and proceed further and which tasks have high priority now. Thank you very much for your support!

The strategy workshop was extremely productive. You have always kept the group focused on the essential issues. We fully recommend your facilitation!