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Send us a textWe put so much emphasis on how we look and how we use body language to communicate with our audience that we often neglect to consider our voices. It’s not just about what we say, it’s how we say it.The way we use our voices can really impact the audience. If used correctly, our voices can carry so much more than our words. Our voices can inspire, motivate, and captivate the audience…but how can we learn to use our voice for better impact?Joep Hegger is a remarkable voice coach who teaches us how our voice can be used to facilitate workshops along with us. He is passionate about helping others learn how to treat their voice with more care and leverage it with more power.Listen to the episode to find out:Why we need to consider how we use our voices and transform our voice to suit a particular occasionHow to identify a ‘pressed voice’ and the value of incorporating hearing exercises during voice training sessionsTips to help train your voice and use your voice for better impactWhat ‘vocal health’ is and why it is so importantHow to gain better control and awareness of your voiceClick here to download the free 1-page summaryDon’t miss the next show: Subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.Feeling inspired by the conversation in this episode? We can have our own - take a seat at my virtual table as part of a Mastermind Group.A huge thank you must go to SessionLab, the sponsor of Workshops Work. Claim your free two months of SessionLab Pro now – this deal is exclusive to Workshops Work listeners!Questions and Answers[01:16] What got you into the voice coach profession?[03:45] What is the key struggle when we use our voice?[05:47] Can you as a vocal coach read someone’s voice as others can read someone’s body language?[07:13] What makes the difference in your effectiveness of communication?[08:37] What is the circumstance where we have this ‘press voice’?[12:35] What is your favourite exercise to help your clients?[15:41] When I want to be a convincing facilitator, what is it about the voice that adds the appearance of competence?[18:10] Is our natural voice something we need to train to develop the best voice we can have?[22:15] When you say, ‘vocal health’, what exactly do you mean?[23:16] What can we do to avoid harming our voice health?[24:58] Do you think it’s a matter of genetics or do you think that massaging the voice with the tube before, in the middle, or after the workshop will help?[27:08] Is our voice better when we stand up?[30:49] Would you advise a different tone of voice depending on whether you speak to an audience In the physical space as compared to through a microphone and a third screen?[33:29] What is your advice on how to speak louder without getting higher pitched?[37:26] What would you recommend to me as a podcaster? How can I use my voice differently?[40:29] What tip do you have to help add emphasis to our voice?[42:47] Why can we tell by someone’s voice whether they are smiling or not?[45:20] What makes a workshop fail?[49:53] What key lesson do you want listeners to take away from this episoSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Send us a textKnowledge is one of the universal currencies with which we trade – we enrich each other with the knowledge we share and facilitate, but what are the secrets of truly effective knowledge sharing?I have wanted to speak to Júlio Maria Muhorro for a long time, and this topic felt like the perfect opportunity to do so. Júlio is a man of so many talents and roles, it's hard to summarise him and his career as a trainer. One of the best ways to introduce Júlio is that he is the only Mozambican listed in 2019’s 100 Most Influential Young Africans.Hopefully that gives you an idea of how esteemed Júlio is as a trainer, leader, and person!Listen to find out:How Júlio adapted after being named one of the 100 Most Influential Young AfricansWhy personal experience and relatability is essential if we want learning to stickWhat learners and trainers can do to strengthen knowledge retentionWhy time for reflection is one of the most powerful tools any facilitator can haveWhat the three goals are that trainers should aim to achieve for a successful workshopDon’t miss the next show: Subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.A huge thank you must go to SessionLab, the sponsor of Workshops Work. Claim your free two months of SessionLab Pro now – this deal is exclusive to Workshops Work listeners!Questions and Answers[01:27] What got you into training and when did you call yourself a facilitator?[04:32] Is it about the groups sharing knowledge with each other or is it a movement where you share knowledge with the world?[05:23] What is it about knowledge sharing that becomes different when it’s within one group as opposed to knowledge sharing travelling from the US to Africa and vice versa?[14:32] You were nominated as one of the 100 most influential young people in Africa, what is the story behind that?[18:15] What was the impact of this achievement on your mission to share knowledge?[21:04] In times where knowledge is available online, what is the value that you deliver in-person?[23:48] What can you (as a 25-year-old) teach me about strategy?[31:15] What is getting in the way of knowledge sharing?[35:51] What are you doing in your training to make sure that the emotional knowledge gain remains after the workshop?[41:12] What is your favourite exercise for a group?[43:59] What makes a workshop fail?[52:17] Is there anything we have not touched upon that you would like to share?LinksSharing Knowledge International on LinkedInThe story of Julio’s inclusion in the 100 Most Influential Young Africans listConnect to JúlioLinkedInInstagramTwitterFacebookSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Send us a textThroughout lockdown, I and many other facilitators, have loved watching and participating in Backstage Pass – the virtual workshops held by digital workspace platform, MURAL.That meant the opportunity to speak to Hailey Temple, their Learning Experience Lead, was especially exciting for me! And I hope it will be for listeners of workshops work.Hailey has done a fantastic job of adapting to the demands of virtual facilitation and her reflections on the last few months will help so many facilitators as we continue to tread the uncertain path of the pandemic.Listen to the episode to learn:How Hailey came to facilitation by way of design thinking and human-centred designHow MURAL have created virtual workshops to help their customersWhat Hailey does to engage and involve a passive audience (by design)What makes a good co-facilitatorWhat to do when technology goes wrong (because it always will!)Don’t miss the next show: Subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.A huge thank you must go to SessionLab, the sponsor of Workshops Work. Claim your free two months of SessionLab Pro now – this deal is exclusive to Workshops Work listeners!Questions and Answers[01:33] When did you start calling yourself a facilitator?[04:41] What do you wish you had known about facilitation, hosting, and meetings at the start of your career?[07:38] What is human-centred design all about?[10:55] What is Backstage Pass?[14:34] How do you serve your audience when they are not active in your workshop?[19:18] What is the skillset that you need to successfully manage a live, virtual workshop?[22:59] Is there a secret to engaging an audience in a webinar?[26:33] What is your favourite exercise?[32:05] What makes a good co-facilitator and how have you mastered the art?[42:44] What is the key thing to do if technology fails?[44:10] What makes a workshop fail?[49:17] Do you have a hashtag for yourself?[51:03] What is the one key learning you have from running Mural Backstage Pass?[54:05] What is one thing you would like listeners to takeaway from this episode?LinksMURAL websiteMural Backstage Pass on YouTubeSign up for Backstage PassConnect to HaileyOn LinkedInOn InstagramOn TwitterSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Send us a textCompetitive spirits, high stakes, cut-throat attitudes… Boardrooms and changing rooms have more in common than we might first think.Tim Harkness, one of the world’s preeminent sports psychologists and author of the fantastic book 10 Rules for Talking, joins me to share the lessons he’s learned from the top sports teams around the world – and how we might apply them to teams in corporate environments.Hearing about Tim’s experiences at the very top of various professional sports was fascinating and I found the opportunity to explore and cross-pollinate these ideas with examples and experiences from facilitation was immensely valuable.I am sure you will find it to be the same.Find out about:How Tim became one of the leading experts in the fieldThe differences between one-on-one and group conversationsHow we can all have better conversationsWhat facilitators can learn from the biggest sports teams on the biggest stagesTips for creating better conversations with challenging interlocutorsDon’t miss the next show: Subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.A huge thank you must go to SessionLab, the sponsor of Workshops Work. Claim your free two months of SessionLab Pro now – this deal is exclusive to Workshops Work listeners!Questions and Answers[00:49] When did you first become interested in conversations?[04:41] Do different rules apply with one-on-one and group conversations?[09:43] What makes it easy or difficult to follow the process of an effective conversation?[12:46] How do I know what the accurate response will be?[20:57] How would you recommend we have better conversations?[24:22] What have you observed from sports teams that can apply to businesses?[30:35] How do you help groups to communicate better using your rules for talking?[37:06] What is the best way to deal with someone who dominates conversations?[40:57] What makes a workshop fail?[46:13] How do you create psychological safety in such highly competitive individuals?[51:53] What is your favourite exercise?[59:55] What is the one thing you would like listeners to takeaway from this episode?Links10 Rules for TalkingCrucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving InConnect to TimSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Send us a textThe world is changing and we are in a new moment of equality and anti-racism.Strategic designer, and design educator by trade, Hina Shahid is at the forefront of this movement, through her work with Project Pluralist – a youth movement that is tackling prejudice and hate.Facilitating deep inner work – the kind that requires us to look at the parts of ourselves that we hide or don’t acknowledge – is not an easy task. Learning how Hina does this with Project Pluralist was fascinating.This kind of work is essential for all of us, so the opportunity to learn how Hina facilitates this kind of powerful change felt like an important moment for me. I hope it will feel the same for you.Find out about:The uniqueness of facilitating a youth movement and how Hina startedWhat the nuances of bias, prejudice, and hate are and why they are importantWhy being not-racist and not-prejudiced isn’t enoughWhat is harder and easier about facilitating young people, compared to professionals in a corporate environmentWhy curiosity and honesty are at the heart of work towards ending hateDon’t miss the next show: Subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.A huge thank you must go to SessionLab, the sponsor of Workshops Work. Claim your free two months of SessionLab Pro now – this deal is exclusive to Workshops Work listeners!Questions and Answers[01:33] When did you start calling yourself a facilitator?[02:45] How did you begin facilitating a youth movement?[05:14] What is the aim of your project?[06:10] What does it mean to educate pluralist citizens and how do you facilitate that?[10:35] How do you help young people understand and define the difference between bias and prejudice?[13:48] What kind of conversations do you need to have that to facilitate significant revelations about bias and prejudice?[16:37] How do you find co-facilitating with educators?[21:31] What mindset shift needs to happen in education in order to let students explore ideas independently?[25:12] What kind of skillsets would you include in training for educators?[29:18] How can we help people get out of their social media bubbles and embrace curiosity?[37:36] From what you have learned now, what would you like to have known when you were working for corporates?[40:18] What can adults learn from your teenage participants?[44:13] What makes a workshop fail?[47:11] What is your favourite activity?[51:18] What is one thing you would like listeners to take away from this episode?LinksProject Pluralist’s websiteProject Pluralist on Instagram Project Pluralist on TwitterProject Pluralist on LinkedInConnect to HinaHina’s LinkedInHina’s TwitterSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Laura Beckingham, a highly-experienced Systemic Coach, dives into the world of systemic coaching and constellation facilitation. She explains how this unique approach can lead to profound transformation in both personal and organizational contexts. The discussion highlights the importance of authenticity, the interconnectedness of experiences, and the crucial role of closure in coaching. Laura also emphasizes nurturing trust among participants and the value of a flexible atmosphere in workshops, allowing true connections and insights to flourish.

Send us a textForum Theatre is a unique approach to facilitation – creating space for change and reflection through creativity, play, and certainly some bravery (to begin with!)Though the concept fascinates me, I have not had the chance to explore it in as much detail as I would have liked to. To have Pernille Jacobsen, a brilliant facilitator and Forum Theatre practitioner, join me on workshops work gave me the opportunity to change that – and I was not left disappointed.Forum Theatre and facilitation share many similarities but cast the other in new lights when considered as two halves of a ‘whole’.In this episode, you will find out about: What makes Forum Theatre unique and so impactfulHow Forum Theatre works on a practical level, and how Pernille uses it in a facilitative settingWhat Forum Theatre has taught Pernille as a facilitator, and what facilitation has taught her as a Forum Theatre practitionerHow, if at all, Forum Theatre can be translated into a virtual environmentWhat facilitation and Forum Theatre might look like in the futureDon’t miss the next show: Subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.A huge thank you must go to SessionLab, the sponsor of Workshops Work. Claim your free two months of SessionLab Pro now – this deal is exclusive to Workshops Work listeners!Questions and Answers[01:11] When did you start calling yourself a facilitator?[03:03] What would your hashtag be?[05:47] Can you explain more about Forum Theatre?[09:19] Are participants actively involved in scenes from the beginning, or do you take the lead on the performance and bring them in afterwards?[18:38] Do participants play themselves or put themselves in others’ shoes?[21:00] How do you debrief in Forum Theatre?[24:09] Do you combine Forum Theatre with other types of facilitation?[25:21] What have you learned about facilitation from Forum Theatre, and vice versa?[29:00] How do you brief a group before starting a Forum Theatre workshop?[38:02] What makes workshops fail?[42:32] How do you translate Forum Theatre into a virtual environment?[45:08] Are participants more willing or reluctant online?[48:44] What is your vision for Forum Theatre in 2021?[52:42] What one thing would you like listeners to take away from this episode?LinksKlods-Hans for Viderekomne - Pernille's Forum Theatre venture Forum TheatreSnapstories - Pernille’s conversational gameAugusto Boal – the inventor of Forum Theatre/theatre of the oppressedKatrin Byreus – Pernille’s biggest role model when it comes to Forum Theatre and facilitation Connect to PernillePernille's LinkedInPernille's website Support the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Send us a textQuestions are the lifeblood of communication. Without questions, we only have statements – cold, certain, absolute. If there is no room for curiosity, there is no room for growth or change.But not all questions are created equal and, sometimes, a question can do more harm than good.This week, Elke Wiss – trainer, speaker, facilitator, author of Socrates in Sneakers, and self-styled ‘Thinking Doctor’– joins me on workshops work to explore how we can ask better questions. We cover so much, from Socratic Philosophy and psychological safety to lattes vs. cappuccinos.Join us in this episode and find out:What separates good and bad questionsWhy “why” questions can be simultaneously revelatory and destructiveWhether we can train our curiosity to be childlike againHow to create spaces in which you can ask questions that might usually feel unsafeHow we can all start asking better questionsDon’t miss the next show: Subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.A huge thank you must go to SessionLab, the sponsor of Workshops Work. Claim your free two months of SessionLab Pro now – this deal is exclusive to Workshops Work listeners!Questions and Answers[01:25] Do you call yourself a facilitator?[02:03] Where did your fascination with questions come from?[06:46] Do you have a set of questions to inspire your creative process?[11:30] What makes a good question?[13:00] Can one learn to be curious?[17:00] What is it about “why” questions that makes them feel so sharp?[20:25] How do you create a space that feels safe for asking questions?[25:48] What makes us shift away from the curiosity of childhood?[30:56] What makes a workshop fail?[32:02] How can we invite groups to ask questions?[33:27] What is your favourite question?[34:48] What would be your hashtag?[37:19] How can we end the process of questioning?[38:48] Is it more dangerous to ask the wrong question, or to take the first answer you receive?[40:58] What makes a bad question?[46:57] Is there anything else you wanted to highlight?LinksBrené Brown’s TED talkElke's Book - Socrates in Sneakers (with an English preview of the book to download!)Connect to ElkeElke's LinkedInThe Think ForgeElke's personal websiteSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Send us a textworkshops work is a podcast for facilitators, by a facilitator, about facilitation… so why have I invited Assistant Professor of Humanities and Liberal Studies at San Francisco State University and comic book artist Nick Sousanis to join me in this episode?I read Nick’s remarkable work ‘Unflattening’ recently and immediately knew that the world of facilitation needed to know about it. I was delighted when he accepted my invitation!What followed was a beautiful exchange of ideas and reflections from two distant fields, worlds that do not normally collide but have more in common than you might first think. This is a very special episode of workshops work – and one that I think could change our practice in a deep and powerful way. Listen to find out: Why trying to think outside of the boxes we are in isn’t necessarily a good ideaThe most important question Nick believes we need to answer in this moment in timeWhy unflattening is a journey, not a destinationWhy images aren’t simply aesthetic, but communicative in novel and detailed waysHow creative constraints and limits help us learn, grow, and unflatten Don’t miss the next show: Subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.A huge thank you must go to SessionLab, the sponsor of Workshops Work. Claim your free two months of SessionLab Pro now – this deal is exclusive to Workshops Work listeners! Questions and Answers[01:44] Is it correct that Unflattening was your dissertation?[02:33] What prompted you to draw your dissertation?[05:25] Where was the idea of Unflattening born?[08:58] How does Unflattening relate to ‘thinking outside the box’?[12:47] Did you create Unflattening to intentionally remove as many of these ‘boxes’ as possible?[17:47] What is the magic ingredient for hearing each other’s arguments?[22:27] Is Unflattening a journey, a philosophy, a destination?[27:51] How can we practice Unflattening when it comes to emotive topics?[31:50] What can pictures teach us that words cannot?[36:21] How do you encourage people to follow the path of your writing without being too explicitly directional?[45:05] – What makes a workshop – or a class – fail?[01:02:13] – What is the one thing you would like listeners to take away from this episode?LinksNick’s websiteAn excerpt of Nick’s book, UnflatteningConnect to NickOn TwitterOn FacebookSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Send us a textSarah McVanel is a recognition expert, a public speaker, a facilitator… and she thinks that we are “mutts”.Put your pitchforks down, this is a good thing – and she explains herself beautifully!Sarah’s perspective on the transferable skills in facilitation will leave you feeling empowered and inspired. You might even be happy to call yourself a mutt!Sarah has successfully pivoted to work as a public speaker (as well continuing as a facilitator and recognition expert) and believes that facilitators are uniquely placed to transfer into other fields.Listen to the episode to find out:Why facilitators are ‘mutts’ – and why that is a wonderful thing!Why recognition is a superpower we all have without knowing itHow facilitators have some amazing transferable skills for public speakingWhat Sarah believes facilitators can learn from public speakersWhat it means to ‘FROG’ and some examples of how Sarah practices this beautiful actDon’t miss the next show: Subscribe to the show with your favourite podcast player.A huge thank you must go to SessionLab, the sponsor of Workshops Work. Claim your free two months of SessionLab Pro now – this deal is exclusive to Workshops Work listeners!Questions and Answers[01:27] When did you first call yourself a facilitator?[06:29] What is a ‘savvy facilitator’?[08:47] What would your hashtag be?[14:21] What is a recognition expert?[18:11] How can we better recognise others – and how do you teach this when you speak on stage?[31:22] How did you get into speaking from facilitation?[36:55] Did your facilitation skills make you a better public speaker, or vice versa?[45:26] What do you wish you had known before you started a career in speaking?[51:50] What makes a workshop fail?[56:38] What is the one thing you want listeners to take away?Connect to Sarah McVanelSarah’s websiteSarah’s LinkedInSupport the show✨✨✨You can now find the podcast on Substack, where your host Dr. Myriam Hadnes is building a club for you to find fellow listeners and peers: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/