First Time Facilitator 3/29/21 First Time Facilitator 3/29/21

Episode 166: Creating a learning atmosphere of “serious fun" with Dana the Trainer #bestof

Energy is the most important thing when it comes to your workshops, and I discovered this nice and early when I geeked out on an energetic conversation with today’s guest, Dana Jane-Edwards.

This is a #bestof episode - I spoke to Dana back in 2018, when she called herself “Dana the Trainer”. Through a series of pivots and discovering her passion, she is now known as “Diversity Dana”.

First Time Facilitator 10/15/18 First Time Facilitator 10/15/18

Episode 36: 7 attributes of a superhero facilitator (and how to rescue a workshop from a fate worse than death) with Leanne Hughes

What does it take to get to get to superhero status in the facilitation game?In this solo episode, Leanne Hughes explores and explains the 7 key attributes she thinks are critical to becoming a superhero facilitator.So, how does a facilitator carry out the responsibilities of a facilitator like a superhero (Lycra optional)? Listen in!

First Time Facilitator 7/30/18 First Time Facilitator 7/30/18

Episode 25; Split brain workshop facilitation: How to balance the now with the ‘What’s next?' with Mark McKeon

In today’s episode, I talk to Mark McKeon about the parallels between creating high performance on the footy pitch; and high stake situations in a group workshop facilitation environment.

First Time Facilitator 7/2/18 First Time Facilitator 7/2/18

First Time Facilitator podcast transcript with Sean D'Souza (Episode 22)

First Time Facilitator 6/25/18 First Time Facilitator 6/25/18

Episode 20: Turn up early and read the room with Tyson Young

Tyson is the CEO and Co-Founder of Carisma, a digital application that allows your mechanic to provide you with your cars visual service history. In this episode, we talk about using humour in your deliver, adapting to your audience and using different tools and strategies to be a better facilitator. Tyson provides practical tips on calming those nerves before a big presentation and also shares a neat challenge he's been pursuing for the last 400+ days!

First Time Facilitator 6/18/18 First Time Facilitator 6/18/18

Episode 19: Creating a learning atmosphere of “serious fun" with Dana the Trainer

In today's episode I talk to Dana the Trainer. Dana promises bright ideas and electric training, and likes to do things a little differently in her training environment. Her philosophy is really about ensuring that people learn the skills they need to learn, while having a really great time.

First Time Facilitator 6/17/18 First Time Facilitator 6/17/18

First Time Facilitator podcast transcript with Dana the Trainer (Episode 19)

First Time Facilitator 6/11/18 First Time Facilitator 6/11/18

Episode 18: Help! Suggestions needed for facilitating a two hour workshop. Listener Q&A

In today’s episode I respond to a listener’s question - I do these listener Q&A’s from time to time, to give you some practical insight into how I facilitate and approach situations.

First Time Facilitator 6/4/18 First Time Facilitator 6/4/18

Episode 17: The 45 year group facilitation experiment (and how I'm still learning) with Bob Dick

Bob Dick is a change agent and facilitator who has been in the business 45 years. He believes that teachers don't teach, learners learn. In this episode we talk about the difference in process and content, the power of action learning, and how he helps his groups transfer learnings from a workshop, back into the real world.

First Time Facilitator 6/2/18 First Time Facilitator 6/2/18

First Time Facilitator podcast transcript with Bob Dick (Episode 17)

First Time Facilitator 5/19/18 First Time Facilitator 5/19/18

First Time Facilitator podcast transcript (Episode 15)

First Time Facilitator 5/14/18 First Time Facilitator 5/14/18

Episode 14: Q&A: Share some of the amazing facilitation tricks you’ve seen, Leanne!

This is the first solo episode I’m recording and it’s come in response to some feedback I received from a listener, Aminata N’Doye from Toronto, Canada. She asked me if I could incorporate listener questions periodically. I think it’s great suggestion, it allows variety for the show and typically, we’ll keep these ones short -they won’t run for longer than 15mins.

First Time Facilitator 5/7/18 First Time Facilitator 5/7/18

Episode 13: A facilitator is an entertainer (even if you think it’s all about the content) with Greg Mitchell

Greg Mitchell is a bit of a superstar in the education world. He does many things - cartooning, MCing, consulting and of course, facilitating. In this episode, we talk about some band-aid fixes you can use when participants threaten to de-rail your workshop, why you need to treat facilitation like entertainment, why unpredictability can also help hook your audience and to notice and realise that facilitation is an emotional job.

First Time Facilitator 4/16/18 First Time Facilitator 4/16/18

Episode 10: Keeping workshop content fresh after 25 years (and how I was inspired by a flamenco dancing facilitator) with Scott Amy

In Episode 10 of the First Time Facilitator podcast, Scott Amy from the Pacific Institute shares his secrets on Socratic facilitation and how he was inspired by a faciltator who incorporated flamenco dancing in his workshop.

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