In today’s episode, I talk to Lynne Cazaly. Lynne is a communication and engagement expert. She is obsessed with helping leaders lead their teams through transformation and change. She helps people distil their thinking, apply ideas and innovation and boost the engagement and collaboration effectiveness of teams. She believes that having the ability to build rapport and connect with people is essential in a facilitation workshop.

Listen in to when I ask her about what her thinking or her strategies were going into on the first day of her facilitation workshop.

In this episode you’ll learn:

How you can use visuals to explain complex activity instructions

Strategies to get your audience attention and get them engaged in a workshop.

Strategies on how to embed learning in a workshop.

Essentials of creating safe environment in a workshop.

About our guest

Lynne Cazaly is a keynote speaker, a master workshop facilitator, an experienced board director and a partner with Thought Leaders and on faculty of Thought Leaders Business School. She is a published author and delivered keynotes, workshops and sessions for leaders globally including Europe, USA, Asia & NZ. Her published books are:

• Agile-ish: How to create a culture of agility

• Leader as Facilitator: How to engage, inspire and get work done

• Making Sense: A Handbook for the Future of Work

• Create Change: How to apply innovation in an era of uncertainty, and

• Visual Mojo: How to capture thinking, convey information and collaborate using visuals. 

Her programs in Sensemaking, Facilitation and Change are remarkable, impactful and innovative.

Send Lynne an email, say that you listen to the show and she’ll share a great visual resource with you!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

* Lynne Cazaly’s website 

The Groupwork Institute 

Lynne’s book – Visual Mojo

Lynne’s book – Facilitator as a Leader 

Lynne’s Sensemaking workshop

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Quotes of the show:

“So you’ve got to have this ability to rapidly build rapport and connect with people because you need them to be on your side.”

“Engaging with people when it’s all talk is very difficult. But as soon as you’ve got visuals there. Bang! Engagement goes up.”

“So, if facilitation means to make ease, to make easier- visuals do that. They instantly help make engagement easier, communication easier, collaboration easier, impact easier.”

Episode transcript

View the First Time Facilitator episode transcript with Lynne Cazaly.