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Using Talking Mats®
Comparing Talking Mats and
Questionnaire approaches
Eileen Abbess
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Contents
• Workshop overview & approach
• Comparison of results

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Workshop background
• Workshop run in September 2010
as one of a series of workshops at a
holistic therapy centre open day.
• Attendees signed up on the day.
• Total of 14 people attended.

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Workshop agenda
• Welcome & introductions
• Overview of wheel of life
• Questionnaire:
– Explanation
– Attendees each complete questionnaire on wheel of
life
• Talking Mat:
– Explanation
– Attendees each complete talking mat on wheel of life
• Feedback:
– Facilitated discussion on results from different
methods
– Completion of feedback sheets

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Feedback
• Questions asked:
– How did you find completing the:
• questionnaire
• talking mat
• Against a scale of Really easy/ easy/ OK/ hard/
really hard
– Which was easier
– Which was quicker
– Which allowed you to express yourself more
easily
– Which are you more likely to remember your
answers from

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How did you find completing the …
How did you find completing the ...
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Really easy Easy OK Hard Really hard
Noofresponses
Questionnaire Talking Mat

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• Comparing the
answers for each
person for the
previous question
shows most people
found the talking mat
easier while some
found both the same.
No-one said the
questionnaire was
easier.
Response levels on how they found completeing each
Tallking Mat Questionnaire No preference

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Which was …
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Easier Quicker Express more easily More likely to
remember results
Questionnaire Talking Mat

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Further information
• On Talking Mats at
www.talkingmats.com
• Further reading on coaching
approaches (click here)

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Further information
• On Talking Mats at
www.talkingmats.com
• Further reading on coaching
approaches (click here)