Miracle happens before and after
I was reflecting with a few facilitators on how to handle a difficult situation in a workshop. One facilitator shared a quote –...
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ASK, NOT TELL
....and many other thoughts about facilitation, coaching ( teams & individuals) and learning
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David
Apr 20, 20122 min read
Seoul – Willingness to Learn
I have had a great experience in Seoul last week. My learners in this leadership development class were awesome. I was quite worried...
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David
Jan 8, 20122 min read
What does a facilitator do? Space and Time
I facilitated 2 senior management meetings recently. Both were attended by intact teams comprising fewer than 10 people i.e. a small...
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David
Dec 11, 20112 min read
Co-design... trap
An additional idea on top of one of my recent posts – Co-designing with client. I talked about a lot the benefits in designing the...
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David
Nov 14, 20111 min read
Co-designing with client
Here is another learning from the ARL (Action Reflection Learning) workshop – always co-design with the client for learning or meeting...
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David
Oct 27, 20111 min read
Be prepared, and prepared not to use what you prepare
Recently, things have been happening much faster than I can reflect and capture. It is good since my capability and confidence will...
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David
Feb 8, 20112 min read
Small-group Facilitators
In the top-100-managers conference mentioned earlier, we ran the conference with 9 other small-group facilitators. Each had to...
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David
Oct 16, 20102 min read
A Big Lesson
I just conducted a Leadership program in Indonesia. It is a hard but valuable experience for me. In a sense, I am glad that I...
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David
Mar 4, 20102 min read
My journey towards greater flexibility
I have had a few great learning experiences in Feb. First, I facilitated a one-day planning workshop in Shanghai for the HR team in...
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David
Jan 15, 20103 min read
A Rare Opportunity (Cont’d)
Let me share my learning from the rare opportunity I mentioned in my last post. Summarizing the various feedbacks from the others, my...
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David
Jul 5, 20093 min read
The “Missing Piece” – The Learners
The 5-day Shanghai workshop did turn out to be a great learning experience for me. I learnt a lot by observing my fellow facilitators...
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David
Feb 11, 20092 min read
Learning from failure
I facilitated a team building activity earlier for a group of 90 people in a business conference in Shanghai. Right after the event, I...
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David
Dec 11, 20082 min read
Preparation – the fine balance between ‘task’ and ‘people’
I have written quite a number of posts on preparation (link) before. I strongly believe in preparation. “Proper Preparation Prevents...
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David
Mar 20, 20082 min read
Should I be the ‘trainer’ or ‘facilitator’?
In my previous post on ‘Presenter vs Trainer vs Facilitator’, I discussed about the difference between these 3 roles. I want to zoom in...
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David
Oct 29, 20072 min read
‘Tell, then Show’ rather than ‘Show, then Tell’
I attended a lot of presentations on a regular basis. They include presentations by participants in my training class, product briefing...
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David
Oct 1, 20073 min read
“Product Briefing” is boring by nature?!
One of the most common internal presentation made in our industry is product briefing. The briefing could be an overview on a product...
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David
Sep 25, 20072 min read
PQF #3 - ‘Arrive Early’
There is no magic. I can guarantee you that your presentation performance will improve simply arriving early at the scene. My experience...
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David
Sep 20, 20071 min read
PQF #2 – ‘Ask an “answerable” question at the start’ – Continued
To illustrate my previous post of the same topic, here is a real example which one presenter used in the Toastmaster lunch session this...
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David
Sep 9, 20071 min read
‘It is just a general briefing!!’
I conducted 3 presentation classes last week in Shenzhen and Beijing. Like most other classes, some participants picked some general...
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David
Jun 13, 20071 min read
ASTD - Interactive Handout
I always argue we should not give to the participants the handout before the class, because they will focus on the handout instead of...
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