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Free educational consulting opportunity for nonprofit employees/volunteers
I would like to talk with a few people who work in the nonprofit sector - in Canada - who could use some advice about how to train people effectively. This quick video will tell you more. If you're interested in this (it will likely look like a one-hour conversation...
Find me on Instagram…
A few months ago I created a business Instagram profile after being on it for some time personally. I've been really enjoying using Instagram to document some of the things I'm doing, business-wise, including some of my professional development reading and listening....
Facilitation Workshop Roundup
It feels like a good time to do a 'roundup' of workshops going on in the next several months that are available to people in Victoria or online and related to facilitation, learning design or public speaking. If you know of another workshop that I haven't mentioned...
2018 Highlights
These past few days I've been doing a lot of looking back and reflecting on my past year, business-wise. Normally I do this in December so this post is a little late, but it feels like a good way to start the new year as well. A little looking back in order to be able...
Announcing a special rate on educational consulting sessions
For the second year I'm offering a special discounted rate on educational consulting sessions, for a limited time only. Educational Consulting Sessions Consulting sessions are 1.5 hours in length and take place over Zoom web conferencing or phone. During the session...
What I’ve been working on lately
I've been working on some interesting writing, research, design and facilitation projects lately so I thought I'd talk a little about them here. This wide variety of educational projects has been keeping me busy and engaged. Here are some highlights: FLO Facilitation...
Supporting the establishment of a Community of Practice through facilitation
Back in July through my work with Royal Roads University I was able to help facilitate the coming together of over 90 people - in person and online - to discuss the establishment of a Community of Practice (CoP) for administrative professionals at the university. The...
E-learning course example: Sexual Violence Prevention Education
This past year I was part of a project funded by the Research Universities' Council of British Columbia (RUCBC), an entity which represents the interests of BC's research universities (UBC, TRU, RRU, UVic, SFU and UNBC). The project involved creating education in...
One simple facilitation strategy to use
As a facilitator I like to find opportunities to participate in other people's events, to watch and learn from their facilitation skills - either things that work or things that don't! The other day I got thinking about a facilitation strategy that I've found...
Rebranding an E-Learning Course for BC Cancer
BC Cancer has been a client of mine for several years now and last fall I created an e-learning course for them called Orientation to Patient and Family Engagement. At the time we were working on the course we were aware that the organization was also going through a...