First Time Facilitator

I love the opportunity to reach out to amazing facilitators all around the world and ask them how they do it, and today I’m so excited to share my chat with Dr Rebecca Sutherns from rebeccasutherns.com. If you’re a senior leader looking to make wiser decisions faster… If you’re a facilitator looking to up your […] The post Off Script but Still On Track with Dr Rebecca Sutherns (Episode 72) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

This minisode will be about my experience at the Clifton Strengths conference I recently attended and spoke at in Omaha, Nebraska and I want to share what they did really well. I know that you may either be a manager in an organisation, a L&D person, a facilitation working internally, a facilitator working externally or […] The post Conference hacks: What worked at the Clifton Strengths Summit with Leanne Hughes (Episode 71) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

Today’s guest is Dr Ian Plowman and he’s also from Brisbane, Australia.  I met him during Dr Cathryn Lloyd and Andrew Rixon’s workshop on ‘The Story Cookbook’. After a very brief conversation with him, I knew I had to have him on the show – he is tremendously smart and a wonderful listener, but he […] The post Transforming organisations using cooperative conversations With Dr Ian Plowman (Episode 70) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

Wouldn’t it be great if, when Monday hit, more people would say, “yeaaah, TGIF!’ Today’s guest is on the line from Germany and she wants more people getting excited about every single day. Her name is Nadja Petranovskaja, she has a company called ‘More Shiny Eyes’ and she has  really fresh approach to the way […] The post Creating more shiny eye moments for your group with Nadja Petranovskaja (Episode 69) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

Loved chatting to @melkettle on the First Time Facilitator pod this week. Listen in and let me know your thoughts! The post Flight mode and for-purpose facilitation with Mel Kettle (Episode 68) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

Today’s guest believes who you know is more important that what you know.  His name is Travis Chappell and he’s the founder and host of the ‘Build your network’ brand, and podcast of the same name.   One of the main reasons I invited Travis on the show is because he hosts some of the […] The post Facilitating events with Cool People, in Cool Places (Episode 67) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

In the last couple of months I’ve been getting different types of guests on who can strong-hold our facilitation game. I had Julian Mather on recently sharing his advice about creating video content, Jason Knight who is an outstanding graphic designer sharing his tools for creating more impactful workshop resources, and today I have invited […] The post You don’t need a power blazer to look powerful with Majella McMahon (Episode 66) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

I don’t know if this is happening for you, but what I’m observing from people working in organisations is that time feels like it’s speeding up for them, they’re getting more work too do, they’re more overloaded and it feels like it’s only getting harder for them to keep up, leaving them feeling stressed, burnt […] The post How to facilitate for the ‘Future of Work’ with Pete Holliday (Episode 65) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

Do you want to hear a really cool way of getting people to laugh the first few minutes they enter your workshop? Well listen in! This week’s guest is Lily Gros and she’s the first French facilitator we’ve had on the show.  Like me, she’s also recently left her job to pursue a full-time role […] The post Facilitating events that make your heart pop with Lily Gros (Episode 64) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

Everywhere I look, every article I read, people are talking about video. Have you noticed that? And it’s true – if you post a native video onto LinkedIn, it actually gets 3 x as more views as regular content. How did I find out about today’s guest? I was on the LinkedIn news feed and […] The post Lifelong learning + creating magic on camera with Julian Mather (Episode 63) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

It is here! The final part of my 3 part series for the ’12 Rules for Facilitation’. I was inspired by Dr Jordan Peterson’s book, 12 Rules for Life, and thought I could share my thoughts, on rules or a framework that has helped me, and can hopefully help you as a First Time Facilitator. […] The post 12 Rules for Facilitation: Part III with Leanne Hughes (Episode 62) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

As facilitators and trainers, we’re usually to not only deliver engaging and compelling workshops and conferences, but also develop the training materials and resources that go with it – the booklets, the Powerpoint deck, the handouts, the checklists. It can get pretty labour intensive.  I know it certainly does for me. And it calls on […] The post How to use visuals to create more engaging workshop experiences with Jason Knight (Episode 61) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

What’s your process for designing meeting, workshop or conference content? in today’s episode I’m interviewing two expert facilitators who have compiled over 80 activities to elicit story-sharing in workshops, in a book called ‘The Story Cookbook’. The authors are Dr Cathryn Lloyd and Andrew Rixon. Cathryn has appeared on the podcast before, in episode 52 […] The post Practical recipes for change with Dr Cathryn Lloyd and Andrew Rixon (Episode 60) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

This week’s episode is a solo one and it’s Part 2 of my series, ‘12 Rules for Facilitation’. Two episodes ago, in Episode 57 I shared the first four rules. I was inspired by Dr Jordan Peterson’s book, 12 Rules for Life, and thought I could share my thoughts, on rules or a framework that […] The post 12 Rules for Facilitation: Part II (Episode 59) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

Our guest today is really passionate about how learning is designed and delivered. She believes that good things happen when you bring likeminded individuals together from the world of training, facilitation and coaching to learn, to grow, to share and connect. She’s also here to support businesses who have a passion and desire to develop […] The post Hold your workshop outcomes lightly with Kirsty Lewis (Episode 58) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

When you reflect on the workshops and conferences you deliver, each of us has a different style and a different way of bringing yourself to the party. These are my 12 Rules for Facilitation. My non-negotiables. I started writing this episode when I was debriefing my ‘lessons learnt’ after facilitating a two day conference this week. […] The post 12 Rules for Facilitation: Part 1 (Episode 57) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

As I’ve explored in earlier episodes, when you’re up delivering and facilitating workshops, you’re not only using a lot of mental load, but it’s very much a physical job, too.  Today’s guest recognises that and he’s a pretty cool system of checking in and making sure he handles that physicality, I’ll let him explain in […] The post The small truths of facilitation (and taking care of yourself, systematically) with Tim Pence (Episode 56) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

Today’s guest runs the coolest workshops I’ve ever heard of, no joke. And how does he embed learning at the end of these workshops? By making people practice the skills they’ve learn, when they rock up to Sir Elton John’s Oscars after-party.Not too many people can say that to their clients…But today’s guest, is a […] The post Facilitating once in a lifetime workshop experiences with Steve Sims (Episode 55) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

Team building. Love it? Hate it? Don’t really bother? It’s an interesting concept. I actually LOVE teambuilding and taking any opportunity I can, especially during work hours, to have fun with my peers. It seems though, over the years, team-building has got a bit of a bad wrap. The other week, I posted an article […] The post Team-Building: How to create appealing (and less eye-rolling) experiences with Andy Balzat (Episode 54) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.

In a perfect world, we would be working alongside newly formed teams, newly promoted managers and helping to set the scene, create a team vision, purpose and values and define ways of working.  The reality is, we’re usually called in when things are either starting to crack in a team environment. And it can be […] The post Team Coaching: How to help teams have the conversations they need to have with Steph Clarke (Episode 53) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.