Each month I’m going to write a short blog about being a Consultant here at Diversity Dana, and this is my first one, so here goes! December 2021 was a real challenge for me. Yeah, that’s an understatement. I found out my job was being made redundant, and the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was [...]
A few months ago I decided to enrol myself in a Street Wisdom experience. What’s Street Wisdom? It’s a process that helps you look for wisdom, like the answer to a question, from the environment around you. I’ll be honest, I didn’t really go in expecting any answers. It was more about curiosity, and [...]
My husband and I often joke that when he gets on the bus or the train, the seat next to him is pretty much always the last one to get taken. Except it’s not a joke, it’s his reality. He claims not to mind, because it gives him a lot more space than the [...]
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and I’ve been so excited to see all the shares and activity around this year’s theme - Kindness. Mental health is at the fore now more than ever because our world has changed in the midst of the pandemic and we are conscious of the way that the lockdown, [...]
I love social media and at the moment (it changes regularly) my favourite medium is Instagram. I love being able to peek into other facilitators’ classrooms and share top tips and I find it easy to connect there. So there I was one day, scrolling through, when I saw an announcement from another facilitator [...]
Because I typically spend lots of time in the classroom, phone calls have never really been my thing. Actually that’s not strictly true, I love talking all things learning with clients via any medium. And I take every opportunity to take to my family. But all other calls are a nuisance. There I said [...]
Before this year I had never watched a Formula 1 race. I didn't see the appeal of watching cars go around and around the same track in circles over and over, and I just didn't understand and appreciate the work and mastery that went into both the car itself and the driving of the [...]
It's Facilitation Week and I have been reflecting on my facilitation journey this year because I have made leaps and bounds in the sphere of graphic or visual facilitation this year! At the start of the year, I truly believed I couldn't draw. Then I went on some training and found my confidence. Since [...]
Have you noticed something different about this post? Normally my blog graphics are my Diversity Dana cartoon, but this post is special. It's a drawing. A drawing that I made. Can you believe it?!?!! As you may already know, 2018 is my year of saying “Yes!” - especially to things that scare me. So [...]
My cousins are creative geniuses who make handmade cards and invitations. Not run of the mill ones, they qualify as pieces of art – laser cut, ribbons, 3D, boxes that collapse and explode, and many that include local features and elements. And I’m not just saying that because I’m family … you can see what [...]
