Facilitating on Purpose Designing Workshops with Intentionality with Tolu Noah - EP 65
Oct 8, 2025
45:35
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Tolulope (Tolu) Noah about designing and facilitating workshops with intentionality. Tolu, an educational developer and author, shares insights from her new book of the same name, which offers a comprehensive and accessible framework for workshop planning across many learning contexts.
Beth and Tolu also talk about:
- Applying the Workshop Wheel framework and its ten guiding principles
- Designing for diverse participants with intentional inclusivity
- Understanding "facilitator zone" versus "participant zone"
- Using protocols, videos, and tools to foster meaningful connection
- Designing multidirectional learning
Engage with Tolu Noah
- Website: https://www.tolunoah.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tolu-noah/
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/drtolunoah.bsky.social
Links From the Episode
- Tolu Noah, Designing and Facilitating Workshops with Intentionality
- Beth Cougler Blom, Design to Engage: How to Create and Facilitate a Great Learning Experience for Any Group
- Leanne Hughes, The 2-Hour Workshop Blueprint
- Rob Fitzpartrick, The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
- Sharon Bowman, Training From the Back of the Room!: 65 Ways to Step Aside and Let Them Learn
- Session Lab
- Beth's Lesson Plan Template
- University Design for Learning (CAST)
- Thomas Tobin and Kirsten Behling, Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education
- Tolu Noah, Mistakes I Used to Make in Digital Accessibility—and How to Fix Them
- WCAG Standards
- EP 61 Accessibility in Learning and Beyond with Nora Loyst
- EP 63 Neurodivergent-Affirming Practices in Facilitation with Marie Dubost
- Center for Leadership and Educational Equity Protocols
- Liberating Structures 1-2-4-All and TRIZ
- Padlet
- Bonni Stachowiak, Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast
Connect with the Facilitating on Purpose podcast:
- Follow Facilitating on Purpose on Instagram, LinkedIn, or YouTube
- Show notes available at facilitatingonpurpose.ca
Connect with Host Beth Cougler Blom:
- Give feedback or suggest upcoming show topics or guests at hello@bcblearning.com
- Visit bcblearning.com to explore Beth's company's services in facilitation and learning design
- Purchase a copy of Beth's book, Design to Engage
- Follow Beth on Instagram or LinkedIn
Podcast production services by Mary Chan of Organized Sound Productions