How to Use Dark Psychology to Become a Master Facilitator Have you ever wondered how some BIG TIME facilitators can get a group of people to do anything they want, without them even realizing it? How they can make a boring workshop seem fun and engaging, or a difficult decision seem easy and obvious? How they can influence the group’s mood, behavior, and outcomes with just a few words and gestures? Don't you think there's a bit of Psychology involved? You know... I'm a big fan of psychology, especially the dark side of it. I've used it many times in my copywriting and marketing career to persuade and influence thousands of people to buy what I sell... ...Facilitation - the art of guiding a group of people through a process, helping them achieve their goals, solve their problems, or learn something new. It's a skill that can make you a lot of money, respect, and admiration in any field or industry. But... it's also a skill that requires a lot of finesse, tact, and cunning... You see... NOT everyone in a group is cooperative, motivated, or open-minded. Some people are stubborn, resistant, or hostile. Some people have hidden agendas, ulterior motives, or personal grudges. And some people are just plain stupid. 😅 (from my experience) That's why you need to know how to use dark psychology to manipulate and influence them to do what you want... ...Dark psychology - the study of the darker aspects of human behavior, such as deception, manipulation, coercion, and persuasion. It's based on understanding and exploiting the weaknesses, biases, and emotions of human psychology. By using this dark psychology techniques, you can easily get people to TRUST you, follow you, agree with you, or do what you want. Here are some of the dark psychology techniques that every facilitator MUST know: 1. The Halo Effect. This is the tendency of people to judge someone based on their first impression, and then assume that everything else about them is consistent with that impression.

Hy, I have to do a workshop for small groups of 5 participants. The goals of the exercise is to emphasize that every one in the company is important. We can not function if one role is out. Does anyone has a good exercise? Duration of workshop = 30 min

I just joined the Facilitator Club from Piteå, Northern Sweden. I've worked as a digital business developer at an IT company for the past 5 years running sprints and workshops, IR and remote, of all sorts. I look forward to learning more how other people work and growing my network in the workshopping community :) Event though I have been at this for a couple of years I still can feel really insecure sometimes of how to best go about picking the exercises to get the most out of a group in the best way. But there is no better feeling than when you get the group working, everyone is engaged and they see how much more they can get done in that setting than in a old fashioned meeting 🤩

Hey all, Thanks to everyone who came to todays call, I really had fun and I hope you found it valuable :) Let's keep these calls going weekly!! Cheers, Jonathan P.S. for those who were specifically interested in working with me and my team on your facilitation career here's that link I shared

After seeing the big discussion on the book launch event I will jump right to the topic as most of you seem caught up. (Link to ads part of the course: https://www.acquisition.com/training/leads/make-ads ) Have any of you used or considered using paid ads as a way to find facilitation clients/work? In that case, how have the results been? What worked and what did not? I'm currently planning to get into that game because in the best case, it will be very profitable and in the worst, I will learn an invaluable skill💸