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Send Leanne a message Tony Brazelton is a biochemist, a manager of projects, a manager of people, a process improvement consultant, a change  management consultant, and now a corporate trainer and management and leadership consultant. He loves to design and deliver learning experiences to help people be excellent—to each other.  In our conversation this week, he shares an introvert’s perspective o...

Send Leanne a message Specialising in neuro linguistic programming, Yoke van Dam trains and coaches business leaders, executives, sales teams and individual staff members the tangible skills that can deliver the outcomes they want. She also presents keynotes in corporate and other settings to bring about positive change. In this episode, you'll learn: Why language and how we phrase things is...

Send Leanne a message For this special episode, I sent out a request to a number of my facilitation, training and Learning and Development business owner friends and a bunch of them graciously agreed to help out. I asked them, “What’s the one thing you wish you knew when you started your facilitation business?” Reminder: It’s your last chance to become a founding member of Show. Up: A community fo...

Send Leanne a message For the next 7 days, in the lead-up to an epic podcast collaboration episode, I’m releasing a tip every day on the podcast, sharing with you things I wish I knew before I started my facilitation business. This is also your invitation to join as a founding member of my private community, Show. Up (doors open for a week). Show. Up is a  community for consultants, facilitators a...

Send Leanne a message For the next 7 days, in the lead-up to an epic podcast collaboration episode, I’m releasing a tip every day on the podcast, sharing with you things I wish I knew before I started my facilitation business. This is also your invitation to join as a founding member of my private community, Show. Up (doors open for a week). Show. Up is a  community for consultants, facilitators a...

Send Leanne a message For the next 7 days, in the lead-up to an epic podcast collaboration episode, I’m releasing a tip every day on the podcast, sharing with you things I wish I knew before I started my facilitation business. This is also your invitation to join as a founding member of my private community, Show. Up (doors open for a week). Show. Up is a  community for consultants, facilitators a...

Send Leanne a message For the next 7 days, in the lead-up to an epic podcast collaboration episode, I’m releasing a tip every day on the podcast, sharing with you things I wish I knew before I started my facilitation business. This is also your invitation to join as a founding member of my private community, Show. Up (doors open for a week). Show. Up is a  community for consultants, facilitators a...

Send Leanne a message For the next 7 days, in the lead-up to an epic podcast collaboration episode, I’m releasing a tip every day on the podcast, sharing with you things I wish I knew before I started my facilitation business. This is also your invitation to join as a founding member of my private community, Show. Up (doors open for a week). Show. Up is a  community for consultants, facilitators a...

Send Leanne a message For the next 7 days, in the lead-up to an epic podcast collaboration episode, I’m releasing a tip every day on the podcast, sharing with you things I wish I knew before I started my facilitation business. This is also your invitation to join as a founding member of my private community, Show. Up (doors open for a week). Show. Up is a  community for consultants, facilitators a...

Send Leanne a message For the next 7 days, in the lead-up to an epic podcast collaboration episode, I’m releasing a tip every day on the podcast, sharing with you things I wish I knew before I started my facilitation business. This is also your invitation to join as a founding member of my private community, Show. Up (doors open for a week). Show. Up is a  community for consultants, facilitators a...

Send Leanne a message Talk about a rapid conversation! My guest this week, Andy Storch and I cover it all: How to organise a conference, build your brand on LinkedIn, effective morning rituals, chunking down the book-writing process, experiential learning and more! Andy Storch is a Talent Development Consultant, Coach, Author, Speaker and Connector. He is the host of two podcasts including The Tal...

Send Leanne a message Another espresso shot episode coming to you this week! I hopped on a quick call with Foundd Legal owner, Riz McDonald to chat about a question that was raised in The Flipchart community on Facebook this week. The question was, “ When writing up contracts to deliver remote sessions, is anyone including information to address potential / perceived risks around using platforms s...

Send Leanne a message In this episode I chat with 5 x TED stage speaker, Julian Treasure about how the design of workspaces affects our productivity and how listening can be beneficial to us as speakers and facilitators. In this episode you will learn how offices are organic spaces that should be designed based on the activity, factors that affect people’s happiness and productivity in work, why i...

Send Leanne a message Juan Daniel Sobrado hopped on the First Time Facilitator podcast recently, to chat with Leanne Hughes about ticket sales platforms for webinars and online training sessions.  Resources mentioned on this show: Learning Legendario Eventbrite Zapier ConvertKit Mailchimp Check out Juanda’s Zoom magic tricks ! Tweet your thanks or thoughts to Juanda or Leanne Get Work Fame , my Su...

Send Leanne a message Sally Prosser is a voice coach who is crushing it on TokTok. She does really cool things - organises events called Voice and Vinho, hosts 6 week voice makeover programs and brings creativity and flair into all the mediums she works in, including workshops. In this episode, we talk about voice coaching, tips for delivering workshops and managing energy (she has a terrific meta...

Send Leanne a message Bonus episode coming to you this week. I was invited onto The Morning Kick, a morning huddle hosted by Andrew Pitchford and the team from Excite Media . Last week, I posted on LinkedIn about the double-mindedness we can all go through trying to be authentic at this time and how to be present, real, but have empathy while still being about the business.  How many plates are we...

Send Leanne a message Today’s guest in Matthew Mason, the Chief Learning Architect at Superb Learning, an innovative content development and training business focused on better training, better outcomes by working with organisations to develop modern and creative learning solutions.  We recorded this interview pre-covid however it could not come at a more relevant time, particularly as we talk abo...

Send Leanne a message Let me say upfront: This is a notepad and pen episode. Take them out, now! Dr JJ Peterson is the Chief of Teaching and Facilitation at StoryBrand and he’s my guest on the show.  It was recorded recently so we do touch on covid-19 and how StoryBrand are pivoting their workshops to online but JJ […] The post How to position yourself as the guide (not the hero) with Dr JJ Peters...

Send Leanne a message @Oscartrimboli and I caught up yesterday to share ideas on how to make #Zoom breakout rooms more effective during virtual workshops. Listen in! #virtualworkshops #zoom The post Bonus: How to use Zoom breakout rooms effectively with Oscar Trimboli appeared first on First Time Facilitator . Get Work Fame , my Substack newsletter, sharing the best ideas direct to your inbox! Sup...

Send Leanne a message I hope you’re keeping safe, eating a variety of food, getting some movement into your day while we navigate this uncertainty and complexity. This week, I’m keeping the content fresh again and talking to a person who wrote the book about adapting to change, it’s called “Think on your feet: Tips and Tricks to Improve […] The post Moving Improv workshops online by thinking on yo...

Send Leanne a message Today’s guest, Jonas Rajanto’s life has changed over the last two weeks – he has been in demand, helping individuals and businesses pivot their offline offerings, online. Jonas is based in Finland and is affectionately known as “The Remote Meeting Guy”.  In this show we talk about energy required to facilitate online workshops and how […] The post Virtual meeting and workshop...

Send Leanne a message *BONUS EPISODE* During these unprecedented Covid-19 times, I thought it would be helpful for listeners to lean into a conversation between their facilitation peers. With less than 24 hours notice, I invited Murray Guest and Steph Clarke onto a Zoom call, to have an open conversation on how we’re feeling, how we’re responding, and how […] The post Never let a good crisis go to...

Send Leanne a message In this episode I chat with Nicholas about how to strive to become the best version of yourself as a facilitator and how to make a difference in others lives. I think that’s one of our goals as facilitators: Create some type of transformation from when a participant enters our workshop. We want to spark […] The post We all have a choice to get to the next level with Nicholas...

Send Leanne a message It’s been just over a year now since I stepped out as a solopreneur and I feel like I’m still trying to find that ultra niche topic for me to really double down on. I run workshops on so many things: leadership, team dynamics, negotiation, communication, Strengths – I’m still a generalist and everyday, I […] The post Facilitating your passion pivot (and being brave to step in...

Send Leanne a message This is a surprise, pop-up show! I had so many of you asking questions about how to facilitate virtual meetings and webinars, so I’ve created a practical episode, on this very topic this week. It seems like there is more of a demand to do this well, particularly given world events like coronavirus, we’re seeing […] The post Effective virtual facilitation using Zoom Webinars w...