by Beth Cougler Blom | Feb 8, 2023 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, Beth shares several recommendations about how to work with course content that you might, at first, consider dry or boring and make it come alive for your learners. It’s not the content of our sessions that is naturally “dry” –...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 29, 2023 | Facilitation, Professional development, Workshops
I often get asked how folks can learn more about facilitation, so I thought I’d do another post about it here. I’ll start by saying generally that if you are interested in “facilitation” it would be good to decide whether you’re...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 25, 2023 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, Beth chats with Jan Keck, an experience designer, facilitator, and trainer whose mission is to help people feel less alone. Jan shares with us some of the ways he intentionally helps people create deeper human connection through facilitation. Beth and...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 11, 2023 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, Beth talks with guest Hannah Brown about her new book, Training that Clicks: Virtual Design Playbook, which is about designing and facilitating virtual learning. Hannah helps us remember to use technology to our advantage and think both about our...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Dec 21, 2022 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode Beth talks with her parents, Ron and Elaine Cougler, and her brother, Kevin Cougler, about being lifelong learners and how that has presented itself in their family. Listen for ideas to take into your own life and relationships – with family,...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Dec 14, 2022 | Business back end
Around this time of year I usually write a post to look back on some of the great work we did this year. Sometimes the year can go by in such a whirlwind, I really appreciate taking this opportunity to see everything we’ve accomplished for ourselves and for our...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Dec 7, 2022 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, Beth talks with guest Taruna Goel about the facilitator’s role in helping participants become expert learners, and how facilitators can strive to become expert learners themselves. Beth and Taruna also explore: Being strategic and taking more...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Nov 29, 2022 | Business back end
I’m looking for subcontractors who can support learning design and development projects on a sporadic, as-needed basis throughout the year, with immediate upcoming project-based needs. Specifically I’m seeking: senior learning/instructional designers with a graduate...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Nov 23, 2022 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, Beth shares some mistakes that she has made recently in her facilitation practice and talks about what she’s doing about them to keep learning in her work. Beth also explores the following: showing our humanity as facilitators using inclusive...