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How might we use questioning to be better facilitators of learning?
As a facilitator I've been interested in the skill of questioning for some time. The right question can change a "presentation" into a more active learning environment for students and help increase their engagement. Because I see questioning as one of the lifelong...
E-learning course example: Palliative Performance Scale
Back in March I blogged about an e-learning course that I developed for Victoria Hospice on Pediatric Palliative Care and now I'm pleased to share another e-learning course that I've recently completed, also for Victoria Hospice. Putting the Palliative Performance...
Three podcasts to try
In a post last year I gave you three recommendations for good podcasts I was listening to a lot at the time. It's time to do it again! Here are three more podcasts which I play quite regularly and really enjoy. I hope you'll check them out. How I Built This with Guy...
Seven keys to a great staff retreat
A couple of weeks ago I facilitated a small team's day-long staff retreat and it was such a positive experience I thought I'd write a blog post about it. Instead of talking specifically about that team's experience, though, I want to highlight key factors that we put...
Debriefing facilitation with a fishbowl exercise
In late April I co-facilitated a workshop with my friend and colleague Tracy (Kelly) Roberts, it was a two-day Liberating Structures immersion for Royal Roads University. We had 27 participants with us learning how to use Liberating Structures, a set of 33...
Five ways to use volunteering to build facilitation skills
It's National Volunteer Week in Canada - a great time to celebrate volunteers and talk about volunteering. I spent many years working in and around volunteering and volunteer management - and have been a volunteer myself all my life - so I thought I would write a post...
Take advantage of the Canada-B.C. Job Grant
Last fall a connection of mine told me about the Canada-B.C. Job Grant, a pot of money available to B.C. employers to "support skills training for their current and new employees". Since I employ myself in my own business, I was happily able to take advantage of this...
Creating a ‘design thinking kit’ to spark innovation
A couple of weeks ago I finished teaching the online course that I teach at this time every year. It's called "Innovation Tools and Processes" and is the second course in Royal Roads University's Graduate Certificate in Workplace Innovation. I wanted to share with you...
Highlights from SOHO Victoria 2018
Attending the Victoria-based SOHO Victoria conference is now becoming an annual "date" with my entrepreneur self and many other like-minded people. SOHO is aimed at entrepreneurs and I've now had the pleasure of attending twice. As I was reviewing my notes and ideas...
Crowd-Sourced Strategies to Engage Groups
Yesterday I facilitated a short session for a local networking group, the Sooke Women in Business, about how to engage participants when doing speaking events. Of course I planned for the session to be very participatory and I asked the group to come up with...