Hello everyone, I'm excited to join this group as a newcomer, both in terms of being part of this community and working in facilitation. I have an upcoming brainstorming session with my colleagues to determine our marketing content and generate fresh ideas and I wanted to turn it into a small and quick workshop. I was wondering if any of you have had success with a particular format/workshop that you could recommend for me to use with my team? It would be greatly appreciated if you could point me in the right direction. Thank you in advance for your help! Geo

Hey, Facilitators! 👋 Two weeks ago I designed and facilitated an internal marketing & project planning workshop for the team here at AJ&Smart. It really put my skills as a Facilitator to the test, because… - We had limited time, and a LOT to get through - The brief required me to modify pretty much every exercise - I was facilitating for a group of facilitation-pros!! I designed and facilitated a workshop that got the results we hoped for, AND that the team (and me) really enjoyed! (PHEW😅 ) I’ve attached some pictures from the session for you to check out if you’re interested, and also a “sneak peek” of the agenda I created. AND for those of you in our courses, I have something extra special for you: 👉For our Workshopper Master students: This Wednesday (May 17th) on our Community Coaching Call, I’m going LIVE to deep-dive into the exact agenda I created for the workshop, share how I designed it, and talk you through my biggest insights and learnings from the experience. You’ll get to see first-hand how I adjusted well-known exercises on the fly, how I adapted to the unexpected, and how these quick decisions can sometimes make the biggest impact! You’ll also be able to ask me any questions you have about the process. 👉For our Facilitation Fundamentals students: Don’t worry! You won’t be missing out. We’ll be recording this live call, and you’ll have access to it from Friday, the 19th of May. This will be emailed out to you! If you’re not in our programs but are interested in learning more, feel free to drop me a DM. I’d be happy to share some insights and answer any questions you might have! ✉️

Hi, i am JP, Data Artist. Yes, Data Artist a real job with real client, i can tell :) Data artists bridge the gap between business and IT by creating data visualizations that can be quickly understood by business leaders to help accelerate decision-making. Over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to meet a lot of people, business owners, clients, general manager. I have learned a lot of things during this time, but the most important learning is the following : "People all have this innate desire to be heard and understood". No matter which business you are in, the best way to make people feel heard and understood is to meet them where they’re at. That means listening to them. Stepping into their world. Asking questions so you can uncover their pains and desires so you can speak to that in your approach. When you start crafting your dashboard using the words they use to describe where they’re at and what they want (instead of what you think it is they want) the results are game changing. And as Data Artist, I really LOVE getting to know my client, listening to their stories and help them achieving their goals by providing them the best dashboard ever to match their needs. I am very happy to join the club ;) I am working for Business & decision, subsidiary of Orange and leaving in Switzerland. JP