by Sharon Tewksbury-Bloom | Apr 7, 2021 | Meeting Facilitation
In Fall 2020, I met Jed and Sophia Lazar and had a chance to try their online team-building game, “Cozy, Juicy, Real.” I was put on a team with 3 strangers and sent to a zoom breakout room. In addition to me, our team consisted of one woman from Mexico, a woman from...
by dogoodbegood | Mar 29, 2021 | Meeting Facilitation
As a professional facilitator, I am always looking for new tools to create experiences for the groups I work with. Whether it is training, team building, or strategic planning, I find that groups are able to reach new insights when they have a meaningful experience...
by dogoodbegood | Mar 22, 2021 | Meeting Facilitation
I am an Organizational Development Consultant and I work with a lot of AmeriCorps programs and State Commissions. In my own pursuit of learning, I took a free course last year called Intro to Human-Centered Design, led by Acumen. If you’ve never seen Acumen’s course...
by SharonSpeaks | Mar 17, 2021 | Meeting Facilitation
Congratulations, you have now been working for over a year during a pandemic. You have learned new technology. You have adjusted your audio / visual setup. You may have even gone beyond Zoom to try tools like Wonder or Mural or Miro. Before you devote any more time...
by SharonSpeaks | Nov 13, 2020 | Meeting Facilitation
When meetings are held in person, they naturally include a little settling into the room time. Often people greet one another and chat as they wait for the meeting to begin. In the past, even if you didn’t structure it into your meeting or workshop, participants...
by SharonSpeaks | Nov 6, 2020 | Meeting Facilitation
Since our meetings, check-ins, workshops, and basically everything have moved online, we are staring at our screens all day. What I have found is that people miss tangible experiences. It is sometimes hard to differentiate between watching a recorded video and being a...
