First Time Facilitator

Send Leanne a messageSarah McVanel is a recognition expert, author, an experienced and dynamic speaker and coach. She helps leaders leverage the exponential power of recognition to retain top talent and sustain healthy bottom-lines.  She helps organisations by curating healthy workplace cultures through her FROG methodology (Forever Recognize Others’ Greatness), as well as through speaking, training, coaching and […] The post Discover your facilitator zone of genius (and monetise your facilitation skills) with Sarah McVanel (Episode 39) 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

Send Leanne a messageHow do you go about packing when you’re off to deliver a workshop? I’ve been travelling quite a bit and spending a lot of time and energy packing.  I thought it was high time I developed some kind of system or checklist around this because spending time and energy on things that can be automated, […] The post The ultimate facilitator packing checklist (and how the MOST method saves you energy) with Leanne Hughes (Episode 38) 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

Send Leanne a messageThis week’s episode is a bit unusual, it’s a lot shorter than others and it’s really an announcement episode. For a while, like more than six weeks, I’ve promised to launch a Facebook group for the First Time Facilitator audience, or really, anyone that wants to become a better facilitator, trainer or workshop content developer. […] The post Announcement: Facebook Group is finally here (p.s. It’s called ‘The Flipchart’) (Episode 37) 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

Send Leanne a messageWhat does it take to get to get to superhero status in the facilitation game? In this solo episode, Leanne Hughes explores and explains the 7 key attributes she thinks are critical to becoming a superhero facilitator. So, how does a facilitator carry out the responsibilities of a facilitator like a superhero (Lycra optional)? Listen […] The post 7 attributes of a superhero facilitator (and how to rescue a workshop from a fate worse than death) with Leanne Hughes (Episode 36) 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

Send Leanne a messageIn today’s episode, I talk to Hadiya Nuriddin. Hadiya is a speaker, a learning strategist, instructional designer and an e-Learning Developer based in Chicago. She has nearly 20 years’ experience in all levels of learning and development and has extensive experience in designing, developing, and delivering both technical and professional development courses. Hadiya is extremely […] The post Shift your focus: Be with your audience (not just in front of them) with Hadiya Nuriddin (Episode 35) 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

Send Leanne a messageIn today’s episode, I talk to Toon Verlinden. Toon is an international presentation coach and expert in scientific communication. He is a freelance science and travel journalist and a Biochemical Engineer by profession. Together with Hans Van de Water, they started a blog and wrote a book called ‘The Floor is Yours: Because Life is too […] The post How a chemical engineer is changing the way academics present (because life is too short for bad presentations) with Toon Verlinden (Episode 34) 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

Send Leanne a messageOn today’s show, I chat to Steph Clarke. Steph is originally from the UK and is now based in Melbourne, Australia. She runs her own business, using her experience in learning, leadership development and executive coaching to develop courses to help organisations develop and professionals become more confident, productive and effective leaders. We cover topics […] The post The pre-workshop questions you can use to drive a great outcome with Steph Clarke (Episode 33) 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

Send Leanne a messageToday’s episode is all about co-facilitating.  I’ve been wondering how to do it more effectively – particularly if you need to develop the actual content together as well. If you’re handed something off the shelf to deliver, it’s a lot easier to co-facilitate- but doing both the development and delivery together sometimes can be a […] The post Does co-facilitating mean half (or double) the work? with Leanne Hughes (Episode 32) 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

Send Leanne a messageWhen you’re asked to deliver another workshop, do you find you’re having to recreate content, or dig around different folders, trying to find that one slide or activity that worked really well all those years ago? This happens to me. It drives me crazy. I wish I had a better way, or system to store […] The post It’s time to stop recreating content: How to be a more productive facilitator with Sally Foley-Lewis (Episode 31) 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

Send Leanne a messageMurray Guest is a coach, consultant, facilitator and speaker based out of Newcastle, Australia.  His consultancy is called ‘Inspire my business’ which is apt, because as you will be able to tell from the conversation, he’s an inspirational bloke.  After over 20 years in corporate roles which included roles as a QA Manager, L&D Manager, […] The post A hostage, a hard-worker and a holiday maker walk into a workshop… with Murray Guest (Episode 30) 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