by Beth Cougler Blom | Sep 7, 2022 | Business back end, Podcast
The Facilitating on Purpose podcast launches next Wednesday, September 14 – woot! It’s a podcast for people who design and facilitate learning experiences. Enough people have asked me about the process of creating the podcast that I thought I’d write...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 31, 2019 | Teaching, Teaching online, Workshops
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 29, 2018 | Facilitation, Teaching, Teaching online
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | May 15, 2018 | Teaching, Workshops
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 18, 2018 | Facilitation, Professional development
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...