First Time Facilitator

First Time Facilitator

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First Time Facilitator episodes

  • Unleash your inner intrapreneur: How facilitators can liberate innovation and creativity in organisations with Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw (Episode 41)

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    Today’s guest is on a mission to liberate innovation, creativity and leadership within organisations. On this episode, you’ll hear how Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw transitioned from a high school teacher to become Australia’s leading expert on creativity and innovation.  Listen in when she discusses the strategies she uses to facilitate knowledge retention and behaviour change in […]

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    48 min
  • Unleash your inner intrapreneur: How facilitators can liberate innovation and creativity in organisations with Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw (Episode 41)
    Today’s guest is on a mission to liberate innovation, creativity and leadership within organisations.
    On this episode, you’ll hear how Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw transitioned from a high school teacher to become Australia’s leading expert on creativity and innovation.  Listen in when she discusses the strategies she uses to facilitate knowledge retention and behaviour change in the workshops. We also talk about the role of Intrapreneurs in organisations, and how they’re the future of organisati
    48 min
  • A conversation with a CEO (Chief Education Officer) – Martin Probst (Episode 40)

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    The challenge with facilitating or running any type of training program, is ensuring that the lessons stick with participants. This week, I chat to Martin Probst from PROfound leadership on how you can help your learners retain their knowledge, and change their behaviour long after they have left the workshop. Martin is an author, a Career […]

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    Your name can feature on Leanne's Wall of Work Fame.

    Just pre-order her book by 30 Sep 2026; and follow the details to claim your star.

    Also, there are a ton of bulk order incentives as well!

    Support the show

    43 min
  • A conversation with a CEO (Chief Education Officer) – Martin Probst (Episode 40)
    The challenge with facilitating or running any type of training program, is ensuring that the lessons stick with participants. This week, I chat to Martin Probst from PROfound leadership on how you can help your learners retain their knowledge, and change their behaviour long after they have left the workshop.
    Martin is an author, a Career Coach, Professional Mentor, a Chief Education Officer and Managing Director of PROfound Coaching. He created the PROfound methodology to assist clients achieve ul
    42 min
  • Discover your facilitator zone of genius (and monetise your facilitation skills) with Sarah McVanel (Episode 39)

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    Sarah McVanel is a recognition expert, author, an experienced and dynamic speaker and coach. She helps leaders leverage the exponential power of recognition to retain top talent and sustain healthy bottom-lines.  She helps organisations by curating healthy workplace cultures through her FROG methodology (Forever Recognize Others’ Greatness), as well as through speaking, training, coaching and […]

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    Your name can feature on Leanne's Wall of Work Fame.

    Just pre-order her book by 30 Sep 2026; and follow the details to claim your star.

    Also, there are a ton of bulk order incentives as well!

    Support the show

    49 min
  • Discover your facilitator zone of genius (and monetise your facilitation skills) with Sarah McVanel (Episode 39)
    Sarah McVanel is a recognition expert, author, an experienced and dynamic speaker and coach. She helps leaders leverage the exponential power of recognition to retain top talent and sustain healthy bottom-lines.  She helps organisations by curating healthy workplace cultures through her FROG methodology (Forever Recognize Others’ Greatness), as well as through speaking, training, coaching and mentoring others.
    Her philosophy is that once we rediscover that understanding of our own greatness, we
    48 min
  • The ultimate facilitator packing checklist (and how the MOST method saves you energy) with Leanne Hughes (Episode 38)

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    How do you go about packing when you’re off to deliver a workshop? I’ve been travelling quite a bit and spending a lot of time and energy packing.  I thought it was high time I developed some kind of system or checklist around this because spending time and energy on things that can be automated, […]

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    Your name can feature on Leanne's Wall of Work Fame.

    Just pre-order her book by 30 Sep 2026; and follow the details to claim your star.

    Also, there are a ton of bulk order incentives as well!

    Support the show

    27 min
  • The ultimate facilitator packing checklist (and how the MOST method saves you energy) with Leanne Hughes (Episode 38)
    How do you go about packing when you’re off to deliver a workshop?
    I’ve been travelling quite a bit and spending a lot of time and energy packing.  I thought it was high time I developed some kind of system or checklist around this because spending time and energy on things that can be automated, is not a great use of time.  So I’ve developed a packing system for facilitators, it’s called the MOST method.
    Have you ever been in a workshop and realised that you forgot the attendance
    26 min
  • Announcement: Facebook Group is finally here (p.s. It’s called ‘The Flipchart’) (Episode 37)

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    This week’s episode is a bit unusual, it’s a lot shorter than others and it’s really an announcement episode. For a while, like more than six weeks, I’ve promised to launch a Facebook group for the First Time Facilitator audience, or really, anyone that wants to become a better facilitator, trainer or workshop content developer. […]

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    Your name can feature on Leanne's Wall of Work Fame.

    Just pre-order her book by 30 Sep 2026; and follow the details to claim your star.

    Also, there are a ton of bulk order incentives as well!

    Support the show

    8 min
  • Announcement: Facebook Group is finally here (p.s. It’s called ‘The Flipchart’) (Episode 37)
    This week’s episode is a bit unusual, it’s a lot shorter than others and it’s really an announcement episode. For a while, like more than six weeks, I’ve promised to launch a Facebook group for the First Time Facilitator audience, or really, anyone that wants to become a better facilitator, trainer or workshop content developer.
    Where can I find The Flipchart group on Facebook?
    The Facebook group is called ‘
    7 min

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