Communicating with your co-facilitator
In most labour conferences, workshops have co-facilitators. Below are a few suggestions
for working successfully together.
- Prepare together before the conference begins
- Discuss in advance:
- Cues for when you get into trouble, blank out etc.
- How you will deal with disagreements between you
- How to deal with sexism, racism, ableism, homophobia or other issues as
they arise, taking into account your own identities
- Who will take 'major' and 'minor' responsibility for particular parts of
the workshop
- Know your own material and your partner's material as well
- Reassure and support each other during the conference
- Check in frequently with each other on how things are going and make the
necessary adjustments.
