A podcast about designing and facilitating learning experiences with host Beth Cougler Blom.
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How do you create workshops and courses that people really want to attend, where they’re highly engaged and actually learn something?
The answer is through facilitation.
Facilitators exist wherever learning happens. And great facilitation involves getting clear on what you’re doing with your groups, why you’re doing it, and how to do it with purpose and intention. Tap into this podcast, Facilitating on Purpose, as your go-to resource to becoming and being a better facilitator, wherever you work.
Join facilitator and learning designer Beth Cougler Blom and her guests to explore ideas about designing and facilitating learning. You’ll gain insights such as how to plan more effectively, build connection with participants, and include meaningful activities.
New episodes published semi-monthly, on the second and fourth Wednesday of most months.
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Latest Episodes
What Does Facilitation Feel Like Right Now? – Episode 75
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom shares a conversation with members of the IAF Future Now community about what facilitation feels like right now. With Beth intentionally stepping out of the discussion, this group of younger facilitators reflects on...
Comics as a Tool for Learning – Episode 74
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Alina Pete about the power of comics to teach, connect, and tell stories. They explore how comics can invite people into learning through joy, creativity, and representation, and how Alina’s community-engaged work...
Engaging with Visual Facilitation – Episode 73
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Nora Sheffe about using visuals in facilitation to create more engaging, inclusive, and participatory learning experiences. They explore how visuals can support connection and clarity in both in-person and virtual...
Everyday Acts of Facilitation – Episode 72
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom is interviewed by Joseph Diaz about Beth’s upcoming second book, Everyday Acts of Facilitation, and how facilitation shows up far beyond workshops and meeting rooms. Together they explore Beth’s story-driven approach to writing...
Making Early Connections with Participants – Episode 71
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Nathy Ravez about making connections with participants—both early in our interactions with them and ongoing through the workshop—and why what happens before the workshop often matters just as much as what happens...
Self-Directed Learning and the Meaningful Togetherness Framework – Episode 70
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Letícia (Schuli) Schuelter, a Brazilian experience designer and community builder, about her framework for meaningful togetherness and how self-directed learning shaped her career path. Beth and Letícia also talk...
Facilitators as Conscious Leaders – Episode 69
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Chanchal Garg about what it means to facilitate as a conscious leader and how truth-telling, vulnerability, and intention shape the way we work with groups. Beth and Chanchal also talk about: How inner safety and...
How to Convince People to Lecture Less and Engage More – Episode 68
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom answers a listener’s question about how to help people shift from lecture-style delivery to a more engaging, participatory approach to facilitating learning. Drawing from years of experience supporting faculty and facilitators,...
Exceptional Online Experiences – Episode 67
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Gwyn Wansbrough about how to design and facilitate online sessions that are energizing rather than exhausting. Gwyn shares strategies for crafting engaging virtual learning environments and explains the importance of...
Designing Meaningful Experiences – Episode 66
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Andy Sontag about what experience design really means and how it connects to facilitation and learning. Beth and Andy explore how designing with emotion, meaning, and intention can create transformative learning...