Giving and receiving feedback is pivotal to successful and creative collaborations, whether engaging with your cast, crew, HODs or interacting with execs and commissioners.
In this part-theory, part-practical workshop for Full and Associate members, session leader Margaret Glover will explore the key components of offering and receiving feedback, focusing on attention and appreciation — fundamental soft skills for any director that are often overlooked.
Using principles from author and public speaker Nancy Kline’s Thinking Environment, this workshop will explore:
• How collaborative feedback can improve your work as a director and help you build successful creative partnerships
• When, where and with whom attention and appreciation can have the greatest impact
• How these skills can fuel your professional growth and develop your career strategy.
Participants will take part in small group exercises that involve informal storytelling, offering and receiving collaborative feedback, as well as open discussion and reflections on good practice.
This workshop is relevant to members of all genres and experience levels.
When: Tuesday 19 August, 10.30am-12pm
Where: Online
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Access and Inclusion
If you require British Sign Language interpretation or have any access-related queries, please contact [email protected] as soon as possible.
About Margaret Glover
Margaret began her career as a dramaturg. Her professional practice is rooted in everything she learned in the rehearsal room while observing directors in collaboration with writers, actors and designers. She’s lived in London for 35 years, during which time she’s worked in UK TV, oversaw development through delivery of graduation films at London Film School, as well as serving as Interim Course Leader on MA Filmmaking.
Her film credits include co-writer and co-producer on Ahmed Al Daradji’s award-winning debut feature Hanging Gardens, which premiered at Venice in 2022.
Training as a Time to Think facilitator reinforced an innate understanding of ‘transformative listening’ as the basis of any truly collaborative and generative relationship.
About Nancy Kline’s Thinking Environment
Nancy Kline is an author and a public speaker who created and pioneered the development of The Thinking Environment.
In her seminal book Time to Think, Nancy Kline identified ten behaviours essential “to offer each other the framework in which to think for ourselves”. They are – Attention, Equality, Ease, Appreciation, Encouragement, Feelings, Information, Difference, Incisive Questions, Place.
Nancy is also founder and president of Time To Think, an international coaching and leadership development company.
