Michael Herman
Author, Practitioner, Trainer (Master facilitators & practitioners)
Why they matter for gatherings
Michael Herman is an author, practitioner, and trainer specializing in master facilitators and practitioners. He works with methods that emphasize open, participant-driven dialogue and self-organization in group settings.
Event designers and facilitators should know Herman for his expertise in adapting Open Space Technology and unconference formats to virtual and hybrid environments, offering practical tools for fostering organic collaboration.
Herman is known for applying Open Space Technology, unconference models, and their hybrids to strategy and large-group settings.
Here is how those methods work in practice.
The methods, ready to run
Named methods, and the exercises in our library that put them to work.
Genuine Open Space Online / Virtual Large-Group
And here is where you can watch them run.
Where you can see them practiced
Gold-set agendas that visibly put these methods to work.
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Authority profile
Six pillars, each scored 0 to 100 from published work and independent verification. A research signal, not an endorsement.
Evidence and receipts
Sources
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