OVERHEAR
Workshops
Four ways to notice a place, hear a group, and leave something for someone else to find. We shape the session with you, and formats can be combined.
Choose a format
Groups are usually 3 to 12 people. Sessions run from 90 minutes to a full day, including time to listen, make, and share. Pick any that fit — or tell us none of them do, and we will shape one with you.
- Noticing Walk A short walk with physical frames. Each frame carries a prompt, and holding it up changes what you see.
- Story Sharing Session We facilitate listening to a group’s stories on a theme: structured sharing, and attentive listening together.
- QR Workshop Session A session that uses the OVERHEAR app. The group scans into a workshop map, listens where a pin was left, and can leave a response of their own.
- Listening Moment A seated session. The group listens together — to the place, or to a short poem — then responds in stages. No walk and no phone.
Format
Noticing Walk
A short walk with physical frames. Each frame carries a prompt, and holding it up changes what you see.
Works well for Parks, hospital grounds, campuses, and neighbourhood loops where phones can stay in pockets.
Book this format
- The group walks a short loop near the venue. Each person borrows a physical frame with a question on it and brings it back.
- A question sits on the frame — often one of the five pathways to nature connectedness: contact, beauty, meaning, emotion, or compassion. We do not lecture the framework. The frame does the work.
- Everyone arrives looking through a frame already. Switching frames is how a group gets more than one view of the same spot.
- Noticing comes first. A recording is optional, and only after the looking.
Format
Story Sharing Session
We facilitate listening to a group’s stories on a theme: structured sharing, and attentive listening together.
Works well for Care settings, staff teams, heritage projects, and community groups who already hold stories and need a pace that keeps them safe.
Book this format- The theme is tied to the place, or to the reason the group is in the room. Prompts start with the senses and a landmark, so memory has somewhere to stand.
- Sharing follows a small structure: a minute alone, then pairs, then a group of four, before anyone is invited to speak to the whole room. Nobody is asked to perform.
- Some groups need a prompt. Others need the facilitator to sit back once the conversation is moving.
- Recording is offered, not required. When someone chooses to share, a recording facilitator can capture it. Consent is collected before anyone leaves.
Format
QR Workshop Session
A session that uses the OVERHEAR app. The group scans into a workshop map, listens where a pin was left, and can leave a response of their own.
Works well for Colleges, public programmes, and trails that should stay on the map after the session ends.
Book this format- One printed QR opens this session’s map in the OVERHEAR app or downloads the app using the same code.
- Audio unlocks when you are standing where it was left: a poem, a story, or a fragment of noticing. It is something to play in the moment at the location.
- The group can collect what is already pinned, respond, or record a short piece for the next person to find.
- Accounts are not required to listen. Anything people record is moderated before it is published.
Format
Listening Moment
A seated session. The group listens together — to the place, or to a short poem — then responds in stages. No walk and no phone.
Works well for Rooms where walking is not possible, first meetings, and groups who want reflection without a device.
Book this format- A short poem, or a minute of silence, opens the session and marks the shift from chat into listening.
- Response stays small: a moment alone, a conversation in pairs, then a small group, before anything is offered to the room.
- The habit is the one OVERHEAR is built on: notice what is already there, leave space, and respond when something changes.
- Nothing has to be written down or recorded. The session can stand on its own, or lead into a walk or a story circle later.
Facilitators
Join the OVERHEAR programme
If you already facilitate — poetry, walking, storytelling, or community arts — and want to run these formats with us, get in touch.
We train facilitators to hold a room, record with care, and pin work to place through the OVERHEAR admin panel. Tell us about your practice and where you work. We will reply from hello@theoverhear.app.