Meetings that make a difference

Strategy

Transformation and Change

Team Effectiveness

Social Impact

Jenny Potkins - facilitator

When you are my client my mission is to help you get the most from your meeting.  I work collaboratively with clients respecting that they are the experts in what they do. The expertise I bring is to design and facilitate meetings which support clients to achieve the outcomes they want - both in and beyond the meeting room.


I work with clients to design and deliver meetings which help them address key questions of strategy and change.  I work with leaders, managers and teams, and with partnerships. I can support you with:

  • Developing strategy in a complex and changing environment
  • Planning for organisational change at different levels
  • Improving team effectiveness to deliver on your goals and ambition
  • Identifying how to maximise social impact whether in your community, sector, the environment, or the wider world.


Every organisation, team and partnership is unique with different opportunities and challenges, so every facilitation I deliver is bespoke but also founded on tried and trusted methods. I incorporate traditional and creative approaches into facilitation delivery - including LEGO® Serious Play® methodology - according to the meeting objectives, the needs of participants and the wishes of the client. Whether working face to face or online, expect highly productive, inclusive sessions which:

  • Maximise engagement and participation
  • Enable effective decision-making
  • Generate ideas and shift them into action planning.

Facilitation for

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Meetings

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Workshops

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Conferences

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Stakeholder Gatherings

Meet Jenny
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Jenny is a very good facilitator who ensures that everyone has their say, manages interventions efficiently and can move the discussions along to reach conclusions.

I found her easy to work with; she has excellent listening skills and was able to build in nuances of our organisation to the design and delivery of the workshops.

Jenny … was extremely effective in keeping us on track, as well as very helpful in responding to queries both before and after the day itself."

Throughout the whole process Jenny was responsive, reliable and supportive. We planned each session together and Jenny was able to incorporate feedback and changes of direction easily and to great effect.

She inspired a cohort of staff to start thinking in this new way and gave us some simple tools to challenge each other constructively and produce greater alignment around where we should focus ...

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  • What are your areas of expertise?

    I focus on different aspects of strategy,  change, team effectiveness and social impact. Where appropriate I incorporate systems change into workshop delivery. There’s more detail on the facilitation services page.

  • Who do you work with?

    I work across sectors ie businesses, public sector, charities and other social purpose organisations. I work at board and executive level, with staff teams and with stakeholders. 

  • Where do you deliver?

    I am London based able to deliver throughout the UK and internationally.

  • Can you deliver online?

    Yes, I deliver online as well as face to face. I can also deliver hybrid meetings with sufficient notice and where appropriate technology is in place.

  • What are your fees?

    I implement a sliding scale of fees depending on project complexity, and the size and type of client eg not for profit versus large commercial business.