The Flipchart (October 2018)
The Flipchart October
Hello fellow facilitators!Welcome to The Flipchart, your monthly First Time Facilitator highlights reel.This monthly (ish) email is includes a curated list of tools and resources to help you make a bigger impact at the next workshop you deliver.Join fellow listeners and facilitators on our Facebook group, The FlipchartThe reason I started this group is because, as a facilitator, I spend a lot of time scouring the internet and YouTube, trying to find a perfect activity, exercise, game, video, image to support my learning material. I’m sure there’s a few of you out there who are doing the same thing! Let’s make it easier for each otherThis is a global community for facilitators who want to get better at their craft, and also more efficient at developing their workshop content. In this group, we share awesome training tips, hacks and recommendations to help you with the next workshop you deliver. Jump on board!Recent First Time Facilitator podcast episodes
This week I talk about a facilitator packing checklist. Grab a copy of the Google Sheet checklist here - you can copy it to your own google docs drive and customise it for any upcoming workshops you have.
Storytelling is powerful, how good are you at capturing and weaving stories into your workshops? If you need some tips, listen to my conversation with Hadiya Nuriddin
"Life is too short for bad presentations"! One of the best statements, ever (in my opinion). This quote came from Toon Verlinden, a chemical engineer in Belgium. Listen to how Toon and his co-author, Hans Van De Water are helping academics present better.
Reading, watching and listening
Meeting Tips Radio was a podcast from 2014 with 16 episodes only, however I binge listened to every episode prior to facilitating a global Executive strategy session recently, where I discovered the ToP methodology and ORID. If those acronyms don't make any sense to you, listen to the podcast! I'll also be interviewing a few facilitators on the ToP methodology in future episodes.
I've also been watching Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory on YouTube - the interviews are great, but I've been observing the way Tom introduces his guest. His introductions are some of the best I've seen. Watch him introduce Seth Goden.
The Do Lectures put together this list of the 100 must-read books of 2018. I have collected a ton of Audible credits over the last few months, I know what I'll be using them for! I think I'll start with Cal Newport's 'Digital Minimalism'.
Activity of the month: Space Team'Space Team' is an group player app I played at the 'We Are Podcast' speaker's retreat last week (my podcast hero, Pat Flynn told us about it). I think you could weave it into a team-based activity around delegating tasks and the importance of listening.You can see how the Space Team app works here.About the app: Basically up to 8 people with a randomly generated set of space ship controls on your screen that you have to operate on command before you blow up but your instructions are sent to another random player.After playing a few rounds, our group decided on strategies - which involved a focus on listening more, taking stock of your controls to start with, and being responsive when you actioned a task.SocialI'd love to chat with you on social media!
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Happy facilitating!Leanne