Welcome to Anamaria Dorgo, our guest today. Anamaria began her career in learning and development and created her first community with her peers before Covid. A few years later, she became community manager of Butter, the remote platform for virtual interactive sessions.

She is the queen of member engagement and knows how to create a space where they can grow together so that networking becomes a way of creating meaningful links and value with and for everyone.

Last year, she combined her passions for L&D and community management by starting her own freelance business for meaningful projects close to her heart. But don't worry, she's still all about the communities she leads👏.

In this episode, we discuss:

👉🏻 Anamaria's background and her path to community management.

👉🏻 What a community is and how to meet like-minded people and grow together.

👉🏻 How Anamaria combined all her learning to create Handel with Brain.

👉🏻 She shares with us why you should start your own business before you're ready.

Welcome to this episode!

Today, Axelle Vanquaillie is my guest. She's a visual storyteller and founder of Drawify, a platform that helps you turn dull texts into memorable Illustrations. She is the author of the book "Start to draw", a hands-on guide discussing the positive aspects of drawing and visualizing your ideas in your work environment.

She will be one of the main speakers/trainers at the Facilitators Connection Retreat, which will take place in the Netherlands in September 2023.

Axelle's skills as a visual facilitator, also known as a Sketch Noter or Graphic Recorder, take her all over the world listening to the stories of important people and visually summarising them.

So welcome to this episode, where we talk about .

👉🏻 Axelle's background and her journey into visual facilitation.

👉🏻 What difference does visualisation make in workshops?

👉🏻 How do you get started in visual facilitation?

👉🏻 Drawify, the platform where you can create your own visual communication without drawing yourself.

👉🏻 What you can expect in his workshop at the "Facilitators Connect" retreat in September.

Today I'm welcoming Laura Duchatelet, a Belgian workshop facilitator, who sent me a message a few weeks ago asking if we could meet in Bali, where I've been based for the last few months. We're involved in the same communities of workshop facilitators, connected on social networks, but we'd never spoken or met before.

We spent 4 days together and took the opportunity to record a live episode, as Laura is involved in a number of very interesting projects.

So welcome to this episode, where we talk about .

👉🏻 Her background and path to facilitation

👉🏻 The event she organised to teach women how to network better and make deeper connections.

👉🏻 Why travel makes us better facilitators.

👉🏻 The learning experience with AI, she prepares for teams to teach them about this new technology and the impact on future work.

👉🏻 Her mission for worknomads, a global employer for digital nomads.

Today I welcome Chris Bradshaw, Product Strategist Director at Infinum and Innovation Consultant, whose mission is to help people turning their ideas into innovations.

To do this, he has developed an entire workshops blue sprint to help his clients ask themselves the right questions, identify the real challenges and needs of the market, in order to reduce the risks of a failure.

So welcome to this episode, where we talk about

👉🏻 Chris's mission and journey into facilitation

👉🏻 How the SPRINT book by Jake Knapp was a revelation in his approach

👉🏻 Why Workshops foster the culture of innovation giving a step-by-step process guided by facilitators

👉🏻 Sneak Peak in the four steps Framework of goodness he is developing to help business grow

In the field of facilitation, there are some people I really admire. My guest today is one of them. Brittni Bowering is a highly skilled workshop facilitator, known in the facilitation world for being the face of AJ&Smart on social media for years.

Don't miss our Talk about:

👉🏻 Her background and career transformation

👉🏻 What differentiates good workshops from great workshops

👉🏻 And we get a sneak peek at what she's up to as a speaker and facilitator at the Facilitators Connect retreat in the Netherlands in September.

Collaboration within a team has an impact on its performance, which is essential to accelerate innovation. But what are the essential factors for healthy collaboration based on trust and communication? Why do companies still separate team process management from team climate management? What changes in mindset are needed to create and foster collaboration in a team and what is our role as facilitators?

Our guest for this episode is Stefano Mastrogiacomo, a project management practitioner and academic with over 20 years of experience. He is the designer of the team alignment map and all the tools included in Strategyzer's book "High-Impact Tools for Teams".

He has led tons of digital projects, including for Swiss companies Rothschild and Pictet, advised executives and cross-functional teams, and taught and researched project management at universities.

In this episode, we share our thoughts on:

👉🏻 The challenges of team collaboration

👉🏻 What gaps Stefano's tools in the book "High-Impact Tools for Teams by Strategyzer" fill in comparison to agile and waterfall methods

👉🏻 The importance of linking process and team climate to drive innovation

👉🏻 The impact of team cohesion on task performance

If you want to improve team's performance and foster innovation in companies, this episode is for you.

Find out how the tools designed by Stefano can help you meet the challenges of collaboration and ensure the success of your projects.

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**GUEST**

**Stefano Mastrogiacomo**

LINKEDIN : [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanomastrogiacomo/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanomastrogiacomo/)

HOMEPAGE: [https://www.teamalignment.co/about](https://www.teamalignment.co/about)

Download the tools : [https://www.teamalignment.co/downloads](https://www.teamalignment.co/downloads)

**CONTACT -**

**LA WORKSHOPPEUSE / Nathy Ravez**

🙏🏻 Share with me your thoughts about this episode or what you would like to hear in this podcast.Feeling inspired by the conversation in this episode?

We can have our own and you could also be the next podcast guest if you wish to :)

Email me at : [email protected]

**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse

LINKEDIN: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez)

PAGE: [https://bento.me/laworkshoppeuse](https://bento.me/laworkshoppeuse)

Book a 30 min free Call: [https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa](https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa)

Welcome to today's podcast episode, where we will be discussing the challenges and solutions for remote and hybrid working. While the shift towards remote and hybrid work has opened up opportunities for digital nomads and companies to find talent globally, it has also presented new challenges such as social isolation and lack of personal connections. In fact, 25% of employees in a recent survey revealed that the loss of regular face-to-face contact with their colleagues was their biggest issue with virtual and hybrid working.

Joining us today is Florian Jacques, co-founder and CEO of Midstay, a company that helps remote workers overcome isolation by connecting them with like-minded individuals in their local area and recreating their colleagues' environment. Midstay also helps companies build their teams by organizing company retreats.

We dive into Florian's background and experience, the challenges of digital nomadism and remote teams, and how Midstay has addressed these challenges to enable more human connection in this remote world.

Stay tune and don’t hesitate to reach out to me and give me your feedbacks.

Also don’t miss the Discount COUPON here below in the shownotes for the Facilitator Connect Retreat, which will take place in September in the Netherland.👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

****FACILITATORS RETREAT - 11 to 15 September in The Netherlands****

SiGN UP on [https://www.facilitatorsconnect.com](https://www.facilitatorsconnect.com)

Grab your COUPON here:

👉🏻 Use these Discount Coupons by typing when you sign up on

COUPON 1 - NATHY : giving you the early bird Price, a discount of 400€ for the first 2 listeners signing up

COUPON 2 - NATHY200: giving you a discount of 200`€` for the first 10 listeners signing up

CONTACT GUEST:

**LINK- Guest**

Florian Jacques: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-jacques/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-jacques/)

Midstay: [https://www.midstay.com](https://www.midstay.com/)

**CONTACT - LA WORKSHOPPEUSE / Nathy Ravez**

Email me at : [email protected]

Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez)

Book a 30 min free Call: [https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa]

While a consultant provides advice in a particular area of expertise, a facilitator is a neutral guide who brings a group of people together to accomplish a task.

My guest today, Javier von Westphalen has been a consultant for years and is now taking on a new role as a workshop facilitator.

Today we are talking about

- the role of a facilitator

- Why this new role gives him energy when his consulting role was so draining.

- What is the method he discovered that led him to change roles?

- And finally he gives us an insight into the techniques and exercises he likes to use to help a group of people make decisions.

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Stay tune and don’t hesitate to reach out to me and give me your feedbacks.

Also don’t miss the Discount COUPON here below in the shownotes for the Facilitator Connect Retreat, which will take place in September in the Netherland.👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

****FACILITATORS RETREAT - 11 to 15 September in The Netherlands****

SiGN UP on [https://www.facilitatorsconnect.com](https://www.facilitatorsconnect.com)

Grab your COUPON here:

👉🏻 Use these Discount Coupons by typing when you sign up on

COUPON 1 - NATHY : giving you the early bird Price, a discount of 400€ for the first 2 listeners signing up

COUPON 2 - NATHY200: giving you a discount of 200`€` for the first 10 listeners signing up

**CONTACT - LA WORKSHOPPEUSE / Nathy Ravez**

🙏🏻 Share with me your thoughts about this episode or what you would like to hear in this podcast.Feeling inspired by the conversation in this episode?

We can have our own and you could also be the next podcast guest if you wish to :)

Email me at : [email protected]

**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse

Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez)

Book a 30 min free Call: [https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa](https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa)

**LINK- Guest**

Javier von Westphalen : [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jvwestphalen/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jvwestphalen/)

Newsletter: Magic Play : [https://javiervonwestphalenpea.substack.com](https://javiervonwestphalenpea.substack.com/)

Stop thinking, start doing! This is the motto of the Facilitators Connect retreat that will take place from 11 to 15 September 2023 in the Netherlands.

An event not to be missed if you are an entrepreneur, facilitator or coach who aspires to start your own business.

Connecting, face to face, exchanging and learning from the experience of others has a unique value. The organizers of this retreat, Michiel Hauwaert and Katrien Shepers, two lovely people I had the pleasure to meet at another retreat in 2022, are my guests today.

Both of them give us an overview of what is in store for us in September:

👉🏻 The concept

👉🏻  The programme

👉🏻  An introduction to the speakers:

- Ahmad Munawar

- Axelle Vanquaillie

- Brittni Bowering

👉🏻 and of course the place where they will welcome you for these 5 days of intense connection on the theme of facilitation and mainly on how to position or sell yourself as a facilitator.

Don't forget to listen to this episode and take advantage of the discount for this event, thanks to the coupons kindly offered for listeners of this podcast.

Have a good listen!

Don't forget to leave your comments on your podcast app or on my linkedin profile.

**CONTACT - LA WORKSHOPPEUSE / Nathy Ravez**

🙏🏻 Share with me your thoughts about this episode or what you would like to hear in this podcast.Feeling inspired by the conversation in this episode?

We can have our own and you could also be the next podcast guest if you wish to :)

Email me at : [email protected]

**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse

Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez)

Book a 30 min free Call: [https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa](https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa)

FACILITATORS RETREAT - 11 to 15 September in The Netherlands

SiGN UP on [https://www.facilitatorsconnect.com](https://www.facilitatorsconnect.com)

Grab your COUPON here:

👉🏻 Use these Discount Coupons by typing when you sign up on

COUPON 1 - NATHY : giving you the early bird Price, a discount of 400€ for the first 2 listeners signing up

COUPON 2 - NATHY200: giving you a discount of 200`€` for the first 10 listeners signing up

**LINK- Guest**

Michiel Hauwaert : [https://www.linkedin.com/in/michielhauwaert/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michielhauwaert/)

Katrien Shepers: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/scheperskatrien/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/scheperskatrien/)

I am very happy to present the first bonus episode of a series of talks, recorded live, face to face, during my travels. I am very lucky to meet interesting and inspiring people along the way who in one way or another have a connection to facilitation.

This episode was recorded in the southeast of Bali, in a town called Sanur. There I discovered not only a welcoming workspace, called Livit Hub, but also an incredible team. Livit is much more than a hub for digital nomads, it is also a community and a startup incubator, offering workshops and trainings for its members.

It was a real pleasure to meet Agnes Kay, Head of Growth, in person and to record this bonus episode face to face.

Stay tune if you want to learn more about:

- The world of digital nomads

- What services does Livit offer to digital nomads, but also to entrepreneurs and businesses

- What tools or methods can be used to manage multi-cultural teams

- What kind of workshops or team retreats are organised at Livit Hub

Enjoy this episode and if you liked it, feel free to rate the podcast with 5 stars on your player.

Let's go

**CONTACT - LA WORKSHOPPEUSE / Nathy Ravez**

🙏🏻 Share with me your thoughts about this episode or what you would like to hear in this podcast.Feeling inspired by the conversation in this episode?

We can have our own and you could also be the next podcast guest if you wish to :)

Email me at : [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

**Nathy Ravez** - La Workshoppeuse

Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathyravez)

Book a 30 min free Call: [https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa](https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/epQP5VNa)

**LINK- Guest**

Agnes Kay

Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnes-k/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnes-k/)

[L](http://Liv.it)ivit on Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/company/livit-ecosystem/](https://www.linkedin.com/company/livit-ecosystem/)

Webside: [https://liv.it](https://liv.it/)

Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/liv.it](https://www.instagram.com/liv.it)