

First Time Facilitator
Leanne Hughes
Leanne Hughes from the First Time Facilitator blog reveals all of her group facilitation, training and workshop tips and tricks so you can be ahead of the curve the next time you step out in front of a group.Discover how you can tweak elements of your facilitation style, or incorporate new techniques to engage your audience and leave with lasting impact (and 5-star feedback). Icebreakers, leadership, group interaction, preparation, games, conflict, props, flip-charts, delivery, voice, body language, confidence, discussions and everything that works (and doesn’t work) to help you better understand how to deliver and connect with your audience, every single time.
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Mar 25, 2019 • 24min
12 Rules for Facilitation: Part II (Episode 59)
Send Leanne a messageThis week’s episode is a solo one and it’s Part 2 of my series, ‘12 Rules for Facilitation’. Two episodes ago, in Episode 57 I shared the first four rules. I was inspired by Dr Jordan Peterson’s book, 12 Rules for Life, and thought I could share my thoughts, on rules or a framework that […] The post 12 Rules for Facilitation: Part II (Episode 59) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Mar 18, 2019 • 33min
Hold your workshop outcomes lightly with Kirsty Lewis (Episode 58)
Send Leanne a messageOur guest today is really passionate about how learning is designed and delivered. She believes that good things happen when you bring likeminded individuals together from the world of training, facilitation and coaching to learn, to grow, to share and connect. She’s also here to support businesses who have a passion and desire to develop […] The post Hold your workshop outcomes lightly with Kirsty Lewis (Episode 58) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Mar 11, 2019 • 22min
12 Rules for Facilitation: Part 1 (Episode 57)
Send Leanne a messageWhen you reflect on the workshops and conferences you deliver, each of us has a different style and a different way of bringing yourself to the party. These are my 12 Rules for Facilitation. My non-negotiables. I started writing this episode when I was debriefing my ‘lessons learnt’ after facilitating a two day conference this week. […] The post 12 Rules for Facilitation: Part 1 (Episode 57) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Mar 4, 2019 • 38min
The small truths of facilitation (and taking care of yourself, systematically) with Tim Pence (Episode 56)
Send Leanne a messageAs I’ve explored in earlier episodes, when you’re up delivering and facilitating workshops, you’re not only using a lot of mental load, but it’s very much a physical job, too. Today’s guest recognises that and he’s a pretty cool system of checking in and making sure he handles that physicality, I’ll let him explain in […] The post The small truths of facilitation (and taking care of yourself, systematically) with Tim Pence (Episode 56) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Feb 25, 2019 • 45min
Facilitating once in a lifetime workshop experiences with Steve Sims (Episode 55)
Send Leanne a messageToday’s guest runs the coolest workshops I’ve ever heard of, no joke. And how does he embed learning at the end of these workshops? By making people practice the skills they’ve learn, when they rock up to Sir Elton John’s Oscars after-party.Not too many people can say that to their clients…But today’s guest, is a […] The post Facilitating once in a lifetime workshop experiences with Steve Sims (Episode 55) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Feb 18, 2019 • 37min
Team-Building: How to create appealing (and less eye-rolling) experiences with Andy Balzat (Episode 54)
Send Leanne a messageTeam building. Love it? Hate it? Don’t really bother? It’s an interesting concept. I actually LOVE teambuilding and taking any opportunity I can, especially during work hours, to have fun with my peers. It seems though, over the years, team-building has got a bit of a bad wrap. The other week, I posted an article […] The post Team-Building: How to create appealing (and less eye-rolling) experiences with Andy Balzat (Episode 54) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Feb 11, 2019 • 35min
Team Coaching: How to help teams have the conversations they need to have with Steph Clarke (Episode 53)
Send Leanne a messageIn a perfect world, we would be working alongside newly formed teams, newly promoted managers and helping to set the scene, create a team vision, purpose and values and define ways of working. The reality is, we’re usually called in when things are either starting to crack in a team environment. And it can be […] The post Team Coaching: How to help teams have the conversations they need to have with Steph Clarke (Episode 53) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Feb 4, 2019 • 41min
Creative facilitation (and why doing gives you the greatest learning) with Dr Cathryn Lloyd (Episode 52)
Send Leanne a messageDr Cathryn Lloyd is a facilitator, educator, researcher, arts practitioner, and creative development coach. She describes herself as a ‘bricoleur’ in the way she brings together different methodologies and processes to help people work well with one another. Dr. Cathryn brings in ‘Artful Inquiry’ processes and facilitation to move creativity into action and to create […] The post Creative facilitation (and why doing gives you the greatest learning) with Dr Cathryn Lloyd (Episode 52) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Jan 28, 2019 • 29min
PowerPoint tips every facilitator needs to know with Thomas Krafft (Episode 51)
Send Leanne a messageOur guest today knows that in every poor presentation, there is a brilliant presentation waiting to be unleashed. A wizard of PowerPoint design and presentation physicality, Thomas comes with a deep understanding built from dedicating years to the art of presenting. Fun is his primary weapon and he uses it to break down all walls […] The post PowerPoint tips every facilitator needs to know with Thomas Krafft (Episode 51) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Jan 21, 2019 • 44min
What I’ve learnt during 50 episodes of the First Time Facilitator podcast (Episode 50)
Send Leanne a messageIn this episode, I sit down in the guests's seat, and reflect on 50 episodes of the First Time Facilitator podcast. Sean Lavin guides a great conversation on what I've learnt from my guests, what I've learnt about myself in the process, and what's happened as a result of launching the podcast. The post What I’ve learnt during 50 episodes of the First Time Facilitator podcast (Episode 50) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show