by Beth Cougler Blom | Aug 26, 2018 | Facilitation
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 18, 2018 | Professional development
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 6, 2017 | Educational technology, Facilitation, Professional development
Last week I was in Kelowna to attend the ETUG Spring Jam, a two-day conference hosted by the Educational Technology Users Group out of BCcampus. (BCcampus is an organization which supports all public higher educational institutions in British Columbia.) I attended... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 8, 2015 | Facilitation
While facilitating a recent conference session on facilitation skills, near the end of the session a participant I was sitting beside asked me a direct question about my opinion on something. We were having a “raise the curtain” sort of workshop, talking... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 1, 2015 | Facilitation, Professional development
At a facilitation skills session that I offered at a conference last Friday, the group participated in nine interactive activities in 1 1/2 hours. The first activity was so simple, and something people very often don’t do. As the group wandered into the workshop...
