Over the last 2 months I've been facilitating a book club themed around getting a job as a product/ux designer. The current format is - People arriving - Rating the book out of 5 and talking about why - An exercise or 2 (for articulating design decisions we each noted down a time when we had a difficult stakeholder, why it happened and what we learned from it) - How well use what we learn to improve our job search - Open forum - What should we read next? Has anyone facilitated a book club before? I'm trying to strike the balance between giving people the space to talk, keeping good time and us leaving feeling more confident in the area we're talking about. I know it's not strictly facilitation like design sprints but I do see it as facilitating a group of people to get to a certain outcome. Any ideas or advice would be amazing to hear!

Hey Facilitators! 👋 I have something exciting to share with you! I wanted to invite you all to a special free LIVE training event that's happening tomorrow, Wednesday April 17th at 6PM CEST. In this invite-only training, I’ll introduce you to the most up-to-date version of AJ&Smart’s versatile problem-solving workshop, the LDJ (Lightning Decision Jam). The LDJ workshop is a structured session designed to help teams quickly identify issues, generate solutions, and decide on action steps without getting stuck in lengthy discussions that go nowhere. In this session, you’ll learn… 👉 Why collaboration is broken in teams and how to fix it. 👉 A step-by-step guide on facilitating the most refined version of AJ&Smart’s signature workshop, designed to help ANY team solve ANY problem. 👉 Practical tips and tools you can use right away to improve your meetings/sessions and team collaboration. If you’re interested in learning how to help ANY team solve problems and make decisions together in a more productive, efficient way, then definitely join me tomorrow. We’ll host the event on Zoom, so you'll just need to join using the link you'll receive via email after you register. 🔴 To secure a spot, all you have to do is register here. I can’t wait to see you there!!!! Rebecca P.S. There won’t be a recording of this session, so I’d recommend setting a reminder so you don’t miss it!

Hello Facilitators👋 I'm really curious about where everyone is from. I'd love to make this a mega post where we can see how diverse the Facilitator Club community is. Who knows, you might find a lot more people in your area than you thought! Once I have lots of answers on this post, I want to make a nice graph!

Hey everyone! In just a few hours I'll be going live on Zoom to take you behind the scenes of our new 2024 Facilitation training called "Full Stack Facilitator". In this live call I'll be showing you exactly what we're going to be teaching in the 2024 sessions and answering everyone's questions. I think it'll be a fun session! It's happening in just 3 hours, so if you want to join, just register here and I'll see you soon! Cheers, Jonathan

I will be giving a presentation at the end of May with a co-presenter who is not a workshop facilitator. She is a Scrum Master though. Our session is about how to improve meetings and the culture around meetings. What are some books that you recommend that we should read. I am in the Workshopper Master program. She is not. This is more about improving standard corporate / business meetings that are around 1 hour or less and occasional longer 1.5 hour meetings, but not about half-day / whole-day+ workshops.