Life Changing Magic
I love the ideas Marie Kondo shares in her book (now a Netflix show!), The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. At least, I do in theory. I read her book while we were living in China. In China, it […]
Category: Active Learning Strategies
Up On Their Feet
You know something I really dislike about attending workshops and meetings? Sitting in a chair for hours on end. Even if the presenter is highly engaging and full of bright ideas, the act of sitting still and listening tries both […]
Facilitating Peer Coaching
In the workshop I facilitated today, and, increasingly in my workshops, I have been setting up peer-coaching opportunities. Reviewing the feedback from today’s session, it was clearly a favorite activity, so let me share a few ideas with you here. […]
On Using Visuals
This past week I ran a workshop that involved a lot of moving parts, meaning, I wanted participants to walk away with three very distinct but interconnected pieces of knowledge. I was worried that we were packing too much “information” […]
Using Quotes
I saw a great bumper sticker the other day… “Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.” I looked it up, and it is attributed to Hubert H. Humphrey, a mid-20th century American politician who passed […]