50 episodes of Workshops Work – wow! What a joy every episode has been. Thank you for joining me on this journey – whether this is your first or fiftieth time listening.To mark this milestone, I brought together ten Workshops Work alumni for a fishbowl discussion about facilitation.We covered a range of topics in such detail, it’s a struggle to summarise it in these show notes. If you are interested in hearing what a room of facilitators has to say about the complexities, joys, and novelties of our profession, I am very happy to present to you this episode.Thank you again for helping me on my journey to 50 episodes. Here’s to the next milestone…In this episode, we discuss:The different roles in workshopsWhy it’s so important to give participants and their discussions spaceWhether neutrality should be the facilitator’s goal – and whether it is even possibleHow best to tease out conflict in a safe and healthy mannerOur experiences of our discussion – from excitement to discomfortDon’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 [03:23] How do you ensure everyone in the room has the same understanding? Do you do so before or during a workshop? [08:08] How do you make sure everyone has a role? [11:51] What is your experience of wanting to act as a facilitator but knowing that you should not? [13:10] How do you deal with having assumptions about participants? [14:41] Neutrality and conflict [21:52] How do you make space for people in a fair and balanced way? [25:39] Neutrality, readiness, and being present [30:51] Reflecting on the experience of the fishbowl [40:54] What brings you the most joy from the transformation in the room of your workshops? [41:56] Coming back to discomfort [49:21] What do you do to limit yourself and avoid taking too much space when speaking? [51:54] Do you have any short lines you use to transfer power in the room? [53:11] Checking in on the participant’s experiences of the discussionLinks to Check007 – Mindset Management – with Jeremy Akers011 – How to design brainstorming sessions for huge groups – with Frans Scheepens020 – Create experiences for your audience to achieve results – with Rein Sevenstern021 – How to use Liberating Structures to translate the purpose into a process – with Max Brouwer030 – The day after! How to effectively document toShare your thoughts about our conversation!Support the show✨✨✨Subscribe to our newsletter to receive a free 1-page summary of each upcoming episode directly to your inbox, or explore our eBooks featuring 50-episode compilations for even more facilitation insights. Find out more:https://workshops.work/podcast✨✨✨Did you know? You can search all episodes by keyword to find exactly what you need via our Buzzsprout page!

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