Are you showing vulnerability as a facilitator in front of your audience?
Hi,
I was reflecting upon vulnerability as a facilitator and wanted to share some thoughts with you.
Also to ask what's your approach?
We also have stomach pain sometimes, did not sleep well or not at all before a session, and sometimes our kids are sick at home and we have to deliver a session.
Sometimes we are just putting half of the water glass on us 1 minute before we start the session 🤣.
Or simply we are literally concerned about the outcome of the session….
Yes, all the above happened to me as well!
How to stay “perfect” in front of your participants? You don’t have to….
It’s ok to be vulnerable.
It’s ok to say what you feel, what you are experiencing.
It’ok to share what your needs are and to set expectations towards them.
One of the things I do in the setting expectations part at the beginning of a session is to add how I feel at that moment and what needs I have ( I refer if I will need help with something during the session, etc.).
And I do this using humor about myself. Independent of how bad it is, humor about myself is one of the things that helps the participants to relax, they sometimes relate, and they see I am not something special, but human :)
I also like to share some emotional rollercoasters with them, and how they might feel during the session. In some moments, it might be uncomfortable to work on a specific activity and that’s normal, but it will be all fine at the end.
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Andra Stefanescu
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Are you showing vulnerability as a facilitator in front of your audience?
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