Highly recommended facilitation
Sean Blair
Sean is the founder of ProMeet and ProFacilitation. Originally trained as an industrial designer, he went on to become the Design Director of the Design Council where, he advised ministers on the economic benefits of good design, wrote and lectured about good design in the UK and overseas.
He has spent his career working as a participative design leader, working on a very wide range of projects from airports to cancer units, from start up companies to corporations and from regional development agencies to Universities and government departments. This twenty years experience of leading meetings, workshops and away days sparked his deep interest in how we can best work together, in things call meetings.
He is an honorary fellow in enterprise at Durham University Business School, an associate of the National School for Government and a Trustee of the Royal Society of Arts.
Sean has an excellent network of associates that work with him on very large workshops and events.
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“Sean is someone I would highly recommend to anyone - he combines expert knowledge with a great personality. He also has energy and drive in abundance.
We have worked with Sean on two big projects - on strategy development and on improving our meeting culture - both experiences have been fantastic and have already brought many benefits to the department and to individual staff.
Ultimately Sean will work with you in a co-creative way to get great results.”
June 26, 2008
Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity
Pat Christie hired Sean as a Business Consultant in 2008, and hired Sean more than once
“Sean took a group of executives from diverse backgrounds many of whom had never met before and managed to meld them into a cohesive Board within a few hours using his specially devised card system. The resultant strategy will enable us to rapidly move forward within the business. I can highly recommend him to you.”
July 24, 2008
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Creative
Brian Clivaz hired Sean as a Private Members Club in 2008
“Sean was originally hired to facilitate the department of Library and Learning Resources, at the University of the Arts London, in creating a new Medium Term Strategy.
He is a dynamic, personable, professional who has a deep understanding of meetings culture and people. As a result of these clear attributes and the hugely positive impact he had on our department we rehired him to introduce the Director, Assistant Directors and myself to best practice meeting principles (ProMeet).
He provided coaching for us in how to use the system in meetings we were running.
We now have far more effective, enjoyable, participative, efficient meetings that run to time. We are now seeking ways to use the system more widely across our department and the University.
With Sean’s support new doors have been opened for me.”
June 28, 2008
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Expert
Emily Leadbetter hired Sean as a Business Consultant in 2008, and hired Sean more than once
“Working with Sean is always pleasure.
His coaching style and ProMeet tool kit has certainly skilled me and JGP up to better facilitate and contribute to meetings, conference calls, webinars and the ultimate goal for me … marketing plans. Gone are the days of agendas! Hello objectives ... and with that, concise, pre-approved, outcomes based meetings with passion!
Not only do I feel tooled up as an individual but for JGP it has been invaluable for our own internal communications and organisational culture.
On a personal note: Your input has truly been brilliant. I think your ProMeet methodology is fabulous and equally something I will take with me wherever I go.
I hope my recommendation helps you promote ProMeet further.”
June 24, 2008
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Expert
Angela Kennedy hired Sean as a Career Coach in 2008 and hired Sean more than once
“ProMeet offers a well structured approach to meetings - yet it's also much more. It gives people the opportunity to participate, engage and learn more effectively than in conventional meetings”
October 8, 2008
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity
David Young hired Sean as a Business Consultant in 2008 and hired Sean more than once
Pro-Facilitation: when your meeting is to important to be left to chance
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ProMeet clients say:
“The process clarity of ProFacilitation means time spent working together is more creative and more productive.”
Director, Government Body
“More clarity, more work, more participation. This is a system that will change your teams culture and effectiveness for the better.”
Director of Communications & Development, Education
“The ProMeet team were able to successfully plan and deliver against our desired outcomes in a workshop that had technical, cultural and subject matter complexities built in (including video-conferencing). The process they brought to the meeting was able to be adapted to fit our needs and the facilitation was both focussed and flexible."
Head of Online Marketing, Global Telecoms
“An excellent way of focusing on and staying focused on what you want to achieve in the meeting and of visibly capturing the whole range of the conversation - what people actually said not what you thought they had said! ProMeet really helped us to prepare before the meeting, to be productive in the meeting and to reflect on what we had learnt after the meeting”
Head of Programme, Leading UK charity
“This is a new and invigorating way of quickly progressing strategically vital projects. It had a real impact on the results we quickly created. ProMeet is rewarding and productive.”
Director of IT Services, Global University
“This system provided the best structure for our meetings that I have ever seen.”
Senior Civil Servant, Government Body
“Our ProMeetings are extremely effective - a great learning experience based on a structure and visual system that is easy to use. Objectives dynamically and successfully met!”
Partner, Creative Industries
“The process helped us clarify the point of the meeting and stick to it, without shutting out new ideas or closing down evolving ones. A lot happened in a short time – very helpful.”
Director, Think Tank
“Everyone gets to contribute their ideas, no matter how different, challenging, or outspoken they seem. This is a great way of working.”
Pro Rector, University
