Hello Everyone, I am happy to be a new member of this community. I am currently working as a Global Product Launch Manager at an Austrian lighting manufacturer with +6000 employees. In the latest months I have been enjoying the workshop facilitator role for our go to market process development workshops. In this way I have discovered that I have a talent for this subject, that I could develop, so I've started following AJ & Smart posts, which I always find interesting. I am looking forward to interact with you and learn from each other's experiences and use cases.

Hi All, I'm just in the process of working through a lot of content and working out who I might want to work with. My background is mainly in medium-large corporate organisations but smaller creative organisations have recently been a much better fit for me in my project management work. Does anyone have experience of working with smaller organisations? If so, do you have any insight into how needs and appetites of the different organisation types/sizes differ so I can try to direct my messaging in the right way to those smaller, more creatively driven organisations? Thanks so much!

I have been invited to co-facilitate a teen workshop on the above topic👆. The workshop is upon me in a day. And I thought I should share, I welcome suggestions. If you have facilitated with teenagers before, I will be glad to learn from you too on any activity appropriate for the group. Thank you 🙏

… or why I always try to include at least one breathing exercise in a workshop. Imagine someone is telling you what they do: - I work as a traffic controller (in one way) = life-threatening - I handle silence = inconvenient but not life-threatening - I have to improvise on the fly = stress-resistant - I am a well prepared guide but weather can change quickly = that comes with the risk of disappointing others. It's a lot to digest. - I get to feel people's frustration directly = hurts especially if you've invested a lot of time in preparation - I deal with powerful people and my job is to limit their power in favor of the group = the famous pool of sharks - People find my exercises too silly or too complicated and judge me = real leadership means "we do it nevertheless" - I deal with troublemakers so that the more introverted people also have their say = the ones who are probably very grateful will most likely not share this with me Sounds familiar? Facilitation is an adventurous profession. No wonder it happens to be freaking nervous before a workshop. Post about anxiety. Post about the elephant. Let's take a deep breath. I recently put together a small digital booklet of Breathwork Fundamentals for my Martial Arts collegues. And while writing it, I thought it could be valuable for my faciliation work and other facilitators as well. As facilitators, we manage the energy in the room. But we must not forget to pay attention to our own energy level. I love experimenting with it. One of the best ways to do manage energy and keep focus, in my opinion, is breathing exercises. CALM & ALERT is the ideal state of a martial artist and also of a facilitator. What is your experience with holding this state during a workshop and managing your own energy? How do you release your inner Bruce Lee?

Hey Legends! When I'm designing a workshop or program I've got a huge amount of activities that fall under different topics that I could pull into a workshop and use. Probably like most people here. Right now I just keep them haphazardly in google docs, as part of course outlines etc. I thought of a new activity this morning that doesn't have a natural place and that got me thinking "surely there's a better way to manage this". So my question is - does anyone use miro, trello or something else to store/manage discreet activities that may be used across topics? Happy to provide an example if this doesn't make sense.