205 - How to Facilitate with Equitable Hospitality with Maha Bali

It’s never been more important to facilitate with an awareness of power dynamics, systemic imbalances, and inequity within groups.The progress we’ve made—collectively—towards awareness and understanding of inequalities has been enormous, but the next big step is to do deliberate work to counter it. We’ve got all the awareness we could dream of and the time has come for us to act on that knowledge, rather than treat it as an end in itself.Maha Bali’s explanations and exemplifications of Intentionally Equitable Hospitality will go a long way to helping you make equity a part of your work. IEH is a deliberate approach to facilitation that prioritises structural and environmental design to create accessible, sensitive, and inclusive spaces.It was eye-opening and joyful to speak with Maha. Find out about:What Intentionally Equitable Hospitality is and how it relates to our workWhat the four phases of Intentionally Equitable Hospitality areWhy focusing on micro imbalances can shift the macroCreating socially just education, information, and community spacesHow to plan, prepare, and resource more equitable workshopsHow to use technology to bring an IEH approach to hybrid conferences and workshopsDon’t miss the next episode: subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.And download the free 1-page summary, so you can always have the key points of this episode to hand.LinksWatch the video recording of this episode on YouTube.Reflecting Allowed, Maha’s blog about education.MyFest website.Equity Unbound.Community Building Resources.Virtually Connecting website and YouTube.Connect to Maha:On LinkedInOn TwitterSupport the Show.**Click here to navigate through all episodes via this interactive podcast map.**If you're inspired by our podcast and crave similar conversations, consider joining Dr Myriam Hadnes' NeverDoneBefore Facilitation Community. **If you're keen to master the art of facilitation, discover our expert-led live, online Facilitation Courses at the NDB Academy. **If you enjoy the show, consider a one-off donation and contribute to the ongoing costs of running the podcast.