by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 13, 2013 | Facilitation
A couple of weeks ago I took a fantastic course through RRU Continuing Studies called The Practice of Council. It was a course held in council (what some people call “circle”), and taught us the basics of council process. We had two fabulous facilitators... by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 2, 2013 | Facilitation, Workshops
In January I presented to The Victoria Business Moms at the invitation of the group’s organizer, Heather Solomonson. The topic I spoke about was non-traditional ways to create professional development opportunities for ourselves. At the delightful... by Beth Cougler Blom | Feb 9, 2013 | Facilitation
I always find it exciting to sit down and develop a lesson plan for a course, workshop or presentation and visualize how everything is going to fall together. Of course, it’s not something that happens in one sitting – often creating lesson plans is the... by Beth Cougler Blom | Nov 7, 2012 | Facilitation, Online facilitation
This month seems to be all about online education for me as I’m currently facilitating a month-long online course for Volunteer Victoria and taking an Instructional Skills Workshop Online course (also one month long) through my work at Royal Roads University. Our ISWO... by Beth Cougler Blom | Aug 6, 2012 | Facilitation, Workshops
Like many people I can sometimes be a real procrastinator. Often it involves things I don’t really want to be doing in the first place, but sometimes it includes work that I actually really do love. These days it’s busyness that takes me to that place,... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 28, 2012 | Facilitation
Happy summer – finally! While I’m not sure that “real” summer has hit us yet here in Victoria, at least the calendar says it should be warm out every day and mostly the afternoons cooperate. But I’m not sure that I’m taking a summer... by Beth Cougler Blom | May 31, 2012 | Facilitation
After taking the interactive visuals course in May I’ve been searching for any and all opportunities to incorporate graphics and visuals into my work. Luckily an opportunity came my way a couple of weeks ago to support Leadership Victoria and Volunteer Victoria... by Beth Cougler Blom | May 12, 2012 | Facilitation, Workshops
So much has happened in the last few weeks, I’ve barely had time to sit down and write about it. So tonight I scratch out a few minutes for an update. Last week I spent three full days taking Christina Merkley’s Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals course... by Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 24, 2012 | Facilitation, Workshops
The Fundamentals of Event and Conference Management course that I am teaching for Camosun College starting this Saturday is a go! Visit here to register: http://camosun.ca/ce/business-leadership.html#518F I’ve got some great speakers lined up as well as a site...