by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 11, 2026 | Podcast Episodes
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Feb 25, 2026 | Podcast Episodes
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Feb 11, 2026 | Podcast Episodes
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Feb 9, 2026 | Facilitation
Not every great facilitator is a learning designer, but many learning designers make exceptional facilitators. Here are just some of the reasons why we think our learning design expertise makes us great facilitators of both meetings and workshops. We care about...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 28, 2026 | Podcast Episodes
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 22, 2026 | Learning design
One of the things we love doing in our work is providing support to small businesses that want to offer quality courses to their clients. That’s why we were pleased to work with the human resource consulting firm Reimagine Work last year to help them create the Master...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 14, 2026 | Podcast Episodes
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Dec 30, 2025 | Books, Facilitation
All this year I (Beth Cougler Blom) have been working on a special project: writing and publishing my next book, which will be called Everyday Acts of Facilitation: Learning to Facilitate Through Life’s Ordinary Moments. I’ve been documenting some of my...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Nov 26, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
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,...