Facilitator Tips

Be sure to visit our new Lazy Facilitator video series to get 1 to 2-minute expert hacks for effortless engagement & connection.

Episode 1 How to Form Random Pairs

Episode 2 How to Form Random Teams

Episode 3 How to Pick a Partner

Episode 4 How to Break the Ice

Episode 5 How to Start Your Programs

Episode 6 Honouring Challenge By Choice

Episode 7 Connection Before Content

Episode 8 Language is a Potent Tool

Episode 9 When to Stop an Activity

Episode 10 Quick Attention Grabber

Episode 11 How to Get Your Group’s Attention

Episode 12 Keep People Bunched Together

Episode 13 Let Group Create its Own Energy

Episode 14 Your Framing is Key

Episode 15 Inject Lots of Humour

Episode 16 Always Ask for Volunteers

Episode 17 What is the Meaning of FUNN?

Episode 18 Always Have More Than You Need

Episode 19 Try New Things All The Time

Episode 20 Seek Peer Feedback

Episode 21 How To Manage Dominant People

Episode 22 How To Engage Unwilling People

Episode 23 How To Run Lateral-Thinking Games

Episode 24 How To Keep Your Group’s Attention

Episode 25 Managing ‘I’ve Done This Before’

Episode 26 Remove Distractions

Episode 27 How To Remember Names

Episode 28 How To Introduce Group Activities

Episode 29 Are Elimination Games OK?

Episode 30 Stop an Activity Before it Wanes

Episode 31 How To Calm Your Group

Episode 32 How To Run an Effective Debrief

Episode 33 The Zone of Proximal Development

Episode 34 How to Break-Up Cliques

Episode 35 The Four Emotional Needs

Episode 36 How To Adapt Group Activities

Episode 37 Exp’ Learning isn’t Learning by Doing

Episode 38 Connections are Key

Episode 39 How to Pick the Right Activity

Episode 40 How To End Your Program

Episode 41 The Key Elements of Play

Episode 42 How To Manage Large Groups

Episode 43 How to Engage with Unofficial Starts

Episode 44 7 Reasons Debriefing is Important

Episode 45 What & What Not To Debrief

Episode 46 When To Debrief or Reflect

Episode 47 How To Ask Good Debrief Questions

Episode 48 How To Manage Nerves

Episode 49 How To Manage Late People

Episode 50 Being Creative

Episode 51 Keeping People Safe

Episode 52 How Safe Is Too Safe?

Episode 53 How To Encourage Volunteers

Episode 54 Five Ways To Boost Your Energy

Episode 55 What If People Are Forced to Attend?

Episode 56 Leadership Lessons I Got Wrong

Episode 57 Why Telling Stories is Powerful

Episode 58 Is This Encouraging or Pushing?

Episode 59 Leadership Attributes I Never Lose

Episode 60 My Secret Sauce