Hallo! I am Shirley from Hong Kong, and will be in Berlin from Aug 21-28. Would like to see if there's any facilitators' event that I can join to connect with. I speak English and very little German. Dankeschön!

I'd love to know where Facilitators invest their money to elevate their sessions and businesses. Is it tools? Software? Continuous learning? Props & materials? Marketing? Hiring spaces? Working with co-facilitators? Or perhaps travel and networking? Let me know in the comments...

Hello facilitators around the world! 🌏 I have no doubt we learn from doing. What if we build a mistake ladder by reflecting the learnings (especially the stupid ones) from our experiences so that we can learn from each other! I will go first with this simple format -> accidents / mistakes (format of facilitation : in-person/virtual/hybrid) - Workshop participants being locked in the toilet during the break (In-person) - Forgot to set timer for breakout room (virtual) - Online participants felt left out from discussions in the room (hybrid) Feel free to add yours below!!🙌

Hi, everyone! I've been quiet here for a while as I've been putting energy into transforming what I learned from taking Facilitation Fundamentals into real life, aka moving theory into action and starting to actually run workshops. As someone who comes from education and coaching, breaking into the industry has challenged so many feelings of being a baby in the field of facilitation and feeling like I don't know what the heck I'm doing. While I'm confident in myself as a teacher and know I've got amazing coaching skills, facilitation has felt so different despite there being many similarities. Maybe it's the jargon that throws me off, or seeing folks talk about things that go way over my head, but I've remained determined to not allow the gremlin voices of not being good enough or fear of failure to take hold. I've taken fear and those voices along for the ride. This morning, I finally stepped into the arena. I ran a clarity session with some stakeholders to better understand the problem from each of their perspectives as a precursor for an LDJ I'm offering them for free, and it presented issues that are MUCH deeper than LDJ can solve. Or so I think. 2 of the stakeholders have an issue with alignment; have been working together for 6 years and have made several mistakes along the way. Ultimately, they want to decide which of their many brands to drop or go ahead with, but have foundational misalignments to resolve first. From my facilitation seniors, is the LDJ suitable or should I be looking at building a different workshop for them?

When it comes to setting ground rules for a workshop, nobody wants to come across as a buzzkill. It's challenging to establish expectations without dampening the mood or stifling creativity. What are your ground rules that are as exciting as the topic or workshop itself? As an example, in a remote setting, it's hard to get people to stay focused on the workshop. To help with this, I like to exaggerate the idea of "Be here now" and make a joke about a specific tab that needs to be closed. Or in a soft and smooth voice, I encourage everyone to fully immerse themselves in the present moment which is a fun contrast to my usual fast pace high-energy style. Any creative techniques or examples from you?