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!
@David Newman I can understand your frustration. Sorry that you will be missing the session tomorrow. We do try our best to accommodate as many time zones as possible, and we do schedule other sessions at different times to make sure everyone has a chance to participate. Unfortunately, we can't offer this session at multiple times—being a small team at AJ&Smart means a lot of our resources are dedicated to our Workshopper Master program. In that program and community we run multiple coaching calls, events and facilitation practice sessions so a lot of our resources are tied to that. We try to run some sessions in here too as often as we can but they are not as frequent. Definitely keep an eye in our community though, because we're planning to run more sessions over the coming months, and hopefully, some of those times will work better for you.
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!
@Jeff Panning we were thinking of doing that initially (and might still) but we wanted everyone to engage and comment on this post first 🙂 It’s nice to see everyone adding to it for now.
@David Newman Hey! I didn't predict the number of people joining this community initially so if you have any ideas how to make the map work with this number of people, let me know :)
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.
@Talia Johnson I really think the best book to start with is the one that @Salah Bouchma recommended which is "The surprising science of meetings: How to lead your team to peak performance" by Steven Rogelberg. The book 'The Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision Making' by Sam Kaner is also amazing to understand how people collaborate and make decisions together. Highly recommend that one.
Hello everyone, I'm in my way to learn and discover the magical world of Facilitators. My question is there some kind of certificates so people can trust my skills and abilities fast ? If so how I can start get them and of course learn more and more . Thanks in advance.
Hey @Hamza Rahmouni! Thanks for the nudge here @Jeff Panning. We do have certified facilitation programs where we train people in facilitation and workshop design. I'll reach out to you with more information around this 😊