by Beth Cougler Blom | Sep 11, 2014 | Facilitation, Online facilitation, Workshops
Today I was at Volunteer Victoria meeting with my co-facilitators for the upcoming Leading Volunteers: Foundations in Volunteer Management course. This is the blended model course that I was lucky to be able to develop in 2012 that has become even better over time.... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jul 5, 2014 | Online facilitation
I’ve taught nine asynchronous online courses over the past two years, all of which were longer than four weeks each, and I learned something useful about online facilitation going through every one of them. As a result, here are “three Ts” –... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 23, 2014 | Online facilitation
The other day my daughter came home with six or seven black crow feathers that she had found on an “out trip” at day camp. My first internal reaction was one of the Yuck! variety but she was so excited about the feathers that we talked about how she could... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 18, 2014 | Facilitation, Online facilitation
A couple of weeks ago I read Daniel Pink’s new book, To Sell is Human. Pink argues that all of us are in sales jobs these days, no matter whether we think we’re in sales or not. That is, our title might not be “salesperson” but most of us spend... by Beth Cougler Blom | Sep 29, 2013 | Facilitation, Online facilitation
I often get asked questions about what I do and what my work looks like, so this post covers some of those questions and my responses. Feel free to ask me anything that I’ve missed in the comments, and I’ll address those in a future post. Q: What are the... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jul 23, 2013 | Online facilitation, Workshops
It seems like I’ve been teaching online non-stop since the end of April. Oh wait, I have. I had the good fortune while I was doing a contract as an Instructional Designer at Royal Roads University this past year to co-facilitate their Instructional Skills... by Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 30, 2013 | Facilitation, Online facilitation
I’ve been a little irregular on this blog lately so I thought I better post about why. There are several reasons! One is that I’ve been involved in planning and preparing for a work transition. Another is that I’ve been gearing up activities as... by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 28, 2013 | Online facilitation
Last November I took Royal Roads University’s Instructional Skills Workshop Online (ISWO) course in order to prepare for co-facilitating it in February as part of my work responsibilities there. (I’m on a one-year contract as an instructional designer... 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...