workshops work 148 - Using facilitation to give a voice to the voiceless with Manal Sayid
Manal Sayid is a fascinating person, speaker, and podcast guest - as she proves in this episode of workshops.work! Her experience ranges from the suicide prevention helpline of Distress Centres Toronto, to all manner of corporate and third sector facilitation roles.
And she’s achieved it all without an obvious role model or well-trodden footsteps to follow.
We bring all of this together in this episode, discussing the vital lessons in facilitation she has learned in unexpected places and what it’s like to sit in workshops in which nobody looks like ‘you’.
The conversation is smooth, surprisingly light despite its sometimes-heavy content, and utterly enriching.
Enjoy this standout episode!
Find out about:
● Why fear is so powerful and how we can harness it to help us connect, communicate, and grow
● How inclusive facilitation creates a ripple effect
● How to hold uncomfortable conversations about diversity and inclusion
● What happens when we work with our anxieties, rather than against them
● Why we really don’t need to “do” much to help others to step into vulnerability
● How to create workshops and environments that are more inclusive
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Questions and Answers
Part one
[01:13] When did you start calling yourself a facilitator?
[02:49] How did your perception of what a facilitator is change after doing formal training?
[05:10] Do you think our development as facilitators is more noticeable to us than the groups we work with?
[09:10] What differences have you noticed in your practice between working on the Suicide Prevention Hotline to hosting workshops?
[11:37] What do you mean when you say you “normalise the issue”?
[17:51] After you open the space for participants’ vulnerability, how do you then close it?
[20:54] Do you think there would be even more guilt and shame around experiencing anxiety within a religious setting?
[28:06] How does your vulnerability-led approach to workshops translate to your work with corporate clients?
[32:29] What has it taken to positively change representation in facilitation – as you have done via your community development workshops – and what do you wish you had known before you started?
[34:34] How do you facilitate this empowerment in people – and in yourself?
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