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Writing Everyday Acts of 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 writing...
Editing Support That Fits Your Needs
Over the past few years, we’ve quietly added formal editing services to our projects in both learning design and facilitation. We weren’t trying to keep this quiet on purpose (!); we’ve just been enhancing our services as we typically do over time and hadn’t yet...
Redesigning a Leadership Series for Women in the Skilled Trades
Imagine a tradeswoman at the start of her career, stepping into her first leadership role. Or another who’s been in the industry for years and is ready to take on more responsibility. Both need practical tools, confidence, and a community behind them to help reach...
Supporting Pain BC’s Learning Programs with Plain Language
In our latest newsletter, we featured a brief spotlight on our longtime collaboration with Pain BC. We’re sharing it here too for those who may have missed it. (Want to get updates like this delivered to your inbox every few months? You can subscribe to our newsletter...
Plain Language and Health Literacy
At its heart, plain language is clear communication. It helps everyone understand information, regardless of literacy level or expertise. And the more complex the subject, the more important this becomes. Think about signing a legal contract or consent form without...
Thinking About Booking Facilitation? Here’s What to Expect
This post is about preparing to meet with us about our facilitation services. To learn about exploration meetings for our learning design services, read this post. We offer two types of facilitation services: Meeting facilitation: To help your group have...
Creating Transformational Learning Experiences
Not every organization thinks deeply about what makes a learning experience truly transformative—and that’s okay. Many come to us because they know they need training but aren’t sure how to design it in a way that actually changes behaviour, engages learners, and...
Designing an Orientation Course for Victoria Hospice
If you’ve ever visited or accessed services from Victoria Hospice, you likely carry a meaningful story about the people who brought comfort and support to you or someone you know. For some, it might be a memory of a volunteer who made you a cup of tea. For others, it...
Creating Effective Learning Outcomes
When talking about learning design, we often mention the importance of creating learning outcomes. In Beth’s book, Design to Engage, she compares them to the sport of archery, where we intentionally aim at a target and let our arrow fly. We know where the arrow should...
Our 2024 Professional Development Highlights
Update: On January 29, 2025 Beth recorded the following video sharing more about the importance of engaging in DEIA learning, jumping off from the items in this list. She recorded this video especially given the context of late January 2025 and the inclusion-related...