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🧠 Want to help your participants take charge of their own learning? Here are three engaging methods that make it meaningful and memorable.
October 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🧠 Want to help your participants take charge of their own learning? Here are three engaging methods that make it meaningful and memorable.
Are you looking to develop facilitation skills across your organization?
Try the facilitation skills training agenda publicly available in SessionLab. You can take a peek at the exact workshop we ran with our own 12-person team:
Try the facilitation skills training agenda publicly available in SessionLab. You can take a peek at the exact workshop we ran with our own 12-person team:
Facilitation Skills Training | SessionLab
A one-day practical workshop to introduce and practice facilitation skills. Based on a real-life workshop designed for the SessionLab team.
www.sessionlab.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Are you looking to develop facilitation skills across your organization?
Try the facilitation skills training agenda publicly available in SessionLab. You can take a peek at the exact workshop we ran with our own 12-person team:
Try the facilitation skills training agenda publicly available in SessionLab. You can take a peek at the exact workshop we ran with our own 12-person team:
400+ responses are in for the State of Facilitation 2025 survey.
Early insight: in-person is seen as most impactful, but online/hybrid dominates practice.
👉 Add your perspective here: buff.ly/RdYsXjk
🌍 We’d especially love to hear from facilitators in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East!
Early insight: in-person is seen as most impactful, but online/hybrid dominates practice.
👉 Add your perspective here: buff.ly/RdYsXjk
🌍 We’d especially love to hear from facilitators in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East!
State of Facilitation 2025 Survey
Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
400+ responses are in for the State of Facilitation 2025 survey.
Early insight: in-person is seen as most impactful, but online/hybrid dominates practice.
👉 Add your perspective here: buff.ly/RdYsXjk
🌍 We’d especially love to hear from facilitators in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East!
Early insight: in-person is seen as most impactful, but online/hybrid dominates practice.
👉 Add your perspective here: buff.ly/RdYsXjk
🌍 We’d especially love to hear from facilitators in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East!
The full agenda for the International Association of Facilitators’ Europe & Middle East “Why I 💜 Facilitation” Conference is live!
👉 Learn more & get your tickets: ilovefacilitation.ro
#whyilovefacilitation #conference #iafeme #iafromania #facilitation
👉 Learn more & get your tickets: ilovefacilitation.ro
#whyilovefacilitation #conference #iafeme #iafromania #facilitation
September 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The full agenda for the International Association of Facilitators’ Europe & Middle East “Why I 💜 Facilitation” Conference is live!
👉 Learn more & get your tickets: ilovefacilitation.ro
#whyilovefacilitation #conference #iafeme #iafromania #facilitation
👉 Learn more & get your tickets: ilovefacilitation.ro
#whyilovefacilitation #conference #iafeme #iafromania #facilitation
✨ I’m excited to introduce our new free Facilitation Assistant, a CustomGPT powered by SessionLab's vast repository of facilitation resources.
👉 Try it out here: chatgpt.com/g/g-cCPrbS3Q...)
👉 Try it out here: chatgpt.com/g/g-cCPrbS3Q...)
ChatGPT - Facilitation & Meeting Assistant
SessionLab's expert agenda planner and facilitation coach is designed to help you design better meetings, workshops, training and group sessions. Improve your facilitation skills and discover…
chatgpt.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
✨ I’m excited to introduce our new free Facilitation Assistant, a CustomGPT powered by SessionLab's vast repository of facilitation resources.
👉 Try it out here: chatgpt.com/g/g-cCPrbS3Q...)
👉 Try it out here: chatgpt.com/g/g-cCPrbS3Q...)
A big thank you 💛
We’re gathering responses for the State of Facilitation survey - Impact of Facilitationand want to pause to thank those who’ve helped shape it with their advice and insights.
We’re gathering responses for the State of Facilitation survey - Impact of Facilitationand want to pause to thank those who’ve helped shape it with their advice and insights.
State of Facilitation 2025 Survey
Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.
state-of-facilitation.typeform.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A big thank you 💛
We’re gathering responses for the State of Facilitation survey - Impact of Facilitationand want to pause to thank those who’ve helped shape it with their advice and insights.
We’re gathering responses for the State of Facilitation survey - Impact of Facilitationand want to pause to thank those who’ve helped shape it with their advice and insights.
The State of Facilitation survey 2025 is live!
This year, the focus is on Impact:
- How do you measure the results of your sessions?
- What works?
- How do you communicate impact to others.
Take the survey 👉 [https://buff.ly/lLsmFqn]
And please share so we can capture a broader picture 🙌
This year, the focus is on Impact:
- How do you measure the results of your sessions?
- What works?
- How do you communicate impact to others.
Take the survey 👉 [https://buff.ly/lLsmFqn]
And please share so we can capture a broader picture 🙌
State of Facilitation 2025 Survey
Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.
buff.ly
September 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The State of Facilitation survey 2025 is live!
This year, the focus is on Impact:
- How do you measure the results of your sessions?
- What works?
- How do you communicate impact to others.
Take the survey 👉 [https://buff.ly/lLsmFqn]
And please share so we can capture a broader picture 🙌
This year, the focus is on Impact:
- How do you measure the results of your sessions?
- What works?
- How do you communicate impact to others.
Take the survey 👉 [https://buff.ly/lLsmFqn]
And please share so we can capture a broader picture 🙌
Facilitators in Europe or the Middle East: this is for you 👇
The IAF EME Conference is in Bucharest, 7–9 Nov 2025.
3 tracks, amazing venue, focus on facilitation + leadership.
Hosted by the excellent IAF Romania team
Tickets now available: [ilovefacilitation.ro](ilovefacilitation.ro)
The IAF EME Conference is in Bucharest, 7–9 Nov 2025.
3 tracks, amazing venue, focus on facilitation + leadership.
Hosted by the excellent IAF Romania team
Tickets now available: [ilovefacilitation.ro](ilovefacilitation.ro)
I 💜 Facilitation
Join the IAF EME Conference on 7-9 November 2025 in Bucharest to experience 3 days of learning and sharing with fellow facilitators and leaders in the region.
ilovefacilitation.ro
August 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Facilitators in Europe or the Middle East: this is for you 👇
The IAF EME Conference is in Bucharest, 7–9 Nov 2025.
3 tracks, amazing venue, focus on facilitation + leadership.
Hosted by the excellent IAF Romania team
Tickets now available: [ilovefacilitation.ro](ilovefacilitation.ro)
The IAF EME Conference is in Bucharest, 7–9 Nov 2025.
3 tracks, amazing venue, focus on facilitation + leadership.
Hosted by the excellent IAF Romania team
Tickets now available: [ilovefacilitation.ro](ilovefacilitation.ro)
Collecting information from participants is key, every step of the way. We've made it easy to collect input directly in your workspace.
✨ Use Forms to:
- Capture feedback post-workshop
- Gather expectations before a session
- Run a quick retro
📊 Spot trends + improve, without switching tools!
✨ Use Forms to:
- Capture feedback post-workshop
- Gather expectations before a session
- Run a quick retro
📊 Spot trends + improve, without switching tools!
August 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Collecting information from participants is key, every step of the way. We've made it easy to collect input directly in your workspace.
✨ Use Forms to:
- Capture feedback post-workshop
- Gather expectations before a session
- Run a quick retro
📊 Spot trends + improve, without switching tools!
✨ Use Forms to:
- Capture feedback post-workshop
- Gather expectations before a session
- Run a quick retro
📊 Spot trends + improve, without switching tools!
📚 Whether you're planning a strategy session, training, or workshop, we’ve collected our top PDF guides in one place: www.sessionlab.com/pub
- Facilitating Futures
- Training Design Handbook
- Workshop Planning Guide
- Meeting Facilitation Toolkit
Perfect for bookmarking – or taking on holiday 😉
- Facilitating Futures
- Training Design Handbook
- Workshop Planning Guide
- Meeting Facilitation Toolkit
Perfect for bookmarking – or taking on holiday 😉
Publications | SessionLab
Explore our collection of free PDFs and downloads and improve your facilitation and session design skills.
www.sessionlab.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📚 Whether you're planning a strategy session, training, or workshop, we’ve collected our top PDF guides in one place: www.sessionlab.com/pub
- Facilitating Futures
- Training Design Handbook
- Workshop Planning Guide
- Meeting Facilitation Toolkit
Perfect for bookmarking – or taking on holiday 😉
- Facilitating Futures
- Training Design Handbook
- Workshop Planning Guide
- Meeting Facilitation Toolkit
Perfect for bookmarking – or taking on holiday 😉
🚀 When workshops get tough, facilitators get magical.
Level 3 of the Workshops & Wizards deck is for murky waters and mountainous terrain:
🔹 Stay neutral
🔹 Act on values
🔹 Reframe stuck conversations
Designed for tricky moments in team dynamics or deep facilitation training.
Level 3 of the Workshops & Wizards deck is for murky waters and mountainous terrain:
🔹 Stay neutral
🔹 Act on values
🔹 Reframe stuck conversations
Designed for tricky moments in team dynamics or deep facilitation training.
July 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚀 When workshops get tough, facilitators get magical.
Level 3 of the Workshops & Wizards deck is for murky waters and mountainous terrain:
🔹 Stay neutral
🔹 Act on values
🔹 Reframe stuck conversations
Designed for tricky moments in team dynamics or deep facilitation training.
Level 3 of the Workshops & Wizards deck is for murky waters and mountainous terrain:
🔹 Stay neutral
🔹 Act on values
🔹 Reframe stuck conversations
Designed for tricky moments in team dynamics or deep facilitation training.
🎤 What happens when a facilitator designs a speaker-heavy conference?
Deborah Rim Moiso shares how she used tools like SessionLab, backcasting, and Impromptu Networking to make a big event more participatory.
🎥 Watch the interview here: buff.ly/E1tiVVD
#Facilitation #EventDesign #FutureThinking
Deborah Rim Moiso shares how she used tools like SessionLab, backcasting, and Impromptu Networking to make a big event more participatory.
🎥 Watch the interview here: buff.ly/E1tiVVD
#Facilitation #EventDesign #FutureThinking
100+ People? Here's how to engage them
Behind the Sessions: episode one with Deborah Rim Moiso
buff.ly
July 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎤 What happens when a facilitator designs a speaker-heavy conference?
Deborah Rim Moiso shares how she used tools like SessionLab, backcasting, and Impromptu Networking to make a big event more participatory.
🎥 Watch the interview here: buff.ly/E1tiVVD
#Facilitation #EventDesign #FutureThinking
Deborah Rim Moiso shares how she used tools like SessionLab, backcasting, and Impromptu Networking to make a big event more participatory.
🎥 Watch the interview here: buff.ly/E1tiVVD
#Facilitation #EventDesign #FutureThinking
Facilitators, team leads: are you helping your group plan for what’s ahead?
Scenario planning is a practical, hopeful way to explore complexity and build resilience. Our latest blog breaks it down, with tools you can use and a free guide on Facilitating Futures.
Scenario planning is a practical, hopeful way to explore complexity and build resilience. Our latest blog breaks it down, with tools you can use and a free guide on Facilitating Futures.
July 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Facilitators, team leads: are you helping your group plan for what’s ahead?
Scenario planning is a practical, hopeful way to explore complexity and build resilience. Our latest blog breaks it down, with tools you can use and a free guide on Facilitating Futures.
Scenario planning is a practical, hopeful way to explore complexity and build resilience. Our latest blog breaks it down, with tools you can use and a free guide on Facilitating Futures.
✨ Add a bit of magic and reflection to your day!
Last minute call to join a free 90-minute community session where we’ll explore the whimsical Workshops & Wizards card deck 🧙♀️🃏✨
📅 July 23rd – 3PM CET / 9AM ET
🔗 Join us here: (buff.ly/YeWjfk9)
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
Last minute call to join a free 90-minute community session where we’ll explore the whimsical Workshops & Wizards card deck 🧙♀️🃏✨
📅 July 23rd – 3PM CET / 9AM ET
🔗 Join us here: (buff.ly/YeWjfk9)
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
Workshops and Wizards Card Deck: Community Play + Q&A with Deborah Rim Moiso and James Smart // 2... | SessionLab Community
Join us on July 23rd for a playful, hands-on session exploring the Workshops & Wizards facilitation card deck, a magical tool to help you reflect on, learn and celebrate great collaboration and…
community.sessionlab.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
✨ Add a bit of magic and reflection to your day!
Last minute call to join a free 90-minute community session where we’ll explore the whimsical Workshops & Wizards card deck 🧙♀️🃏✨
📅 July 23rd – 3PM CET / 9AM ET
🔗 Join us here: (buff.ly/YeWjfk9)
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
Last minute call to join a free 90-minute community session where we’ll explore the whimsical Workshops & Wizards card deck 🧙♀️🃏✨
📅 July 23rd – 3PM CET / 9AM ET
🔗 Join us here: (buff.ly/YeWjfk9)
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
Facilitators, consultants, futurists — curious what a full-day futures workshop looks like in practice?
We’ve created a 1-day template with futurist @SuzanneWhitby that you can duplicate and remix in #SessionLab.
We’ve created a 1-day template with futurist @SuzanneWhitby that you can duplicate and remix in #SessionLab.
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Facilitators, consultants, futurists — curious what a full-day futures workshop looks like in practice?
We’ve created a 1-day template with futurist @SuzanneWhitby that you can duplicate and remix in #SessionLab.
We’ve created a 1-day template with futurist @SuzanneWhitby that you can duplicate and remix in #SessionLab.
You know that feeling when you’re about to design a workshop but your notes are scattered everywhere?
July 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
You know that feeling when you’re about to design a workshop but your notes are scattered everywhere?
How do you help people imagine the future, without drifting into fantasy or succumbing to fear?
We’ve pulled 4 methods from our new guide Facilitating Futures to help facilitators lead future-focused workshops.
We’ve pulled 4 methods from our new guide Facilitating Futures to help facilitators lead future-focused workshops.
July 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
How do you help people imagine the future, without drifting into fantasy or succumbing to fear?
We’ve pulled 4 methods from our new guide Facilitating Futures to help facilitators lead future-focused workshops.
We’ve pulled 4 methods from our new guide Facilitating Futures to help facilitators lead future-focused workshops.
Yes, you *can* plan your workshop in Excel.
But should you?
Spreadsheets eat up time and mental energy that facilitators could use to improve the experience of the session.
But should you?
Spreadsheets eat up time and mental energy that facilitators could use to improve the experience of the session.
July 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Yes, you *can* plan your workshop in Excel.
But should you?
Spreadsheets eat up time and mental energy that facilitators could use to improve the experience of the session.
But should you?
Spreadsheets eat up time and mental energy that facilitators could use to improve the experience of the session.
Uncertainty isn’t going away, but facilitators are helping people face it, together.
We are celebrating the launch of Facilitating Futures, a free guide packed with tools to run better futures-focused sessions.
🧰 15 methods
📖 Case studies from climate, AI, equity & more
🧠 Expert tips
We are celebrating the launch of Facilitating Futures, a free guide packed with tools to run better futures-focused sessions.
🧰 15 methods
📖 Case studies from climate, AI, equity & more
🧠 Expert tips
July 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Uncertainty isn’t going away, but facilitators are helping people face it, together.
We are celebrating the launch of Facilitating Futures, a free guide packed with tools to run better futures-focused sessions.
🧰 15 methods
📖 Case studies from climate, AI, equity & more
🧠 Expert tips
We are celebrating the launch of Facilitating Futures, a free guide packed with tools to run better futures-focused sessions.
🧰 15 methods
📖 Case studies from climate, AI, equity & more
🧠 Expert tips
In these volatile times, teams are turning to futures workshops to navigate uncertainty & spark transformation. 🌍
Want to level up your futures and foresight skills? We teamed up with Suzanne Whitby to create Facilitating Futures a free PDF full of real-world tips, stories, & methods
Want to level up your futures and foresight skills? We teamed up with Suzanne Whitby to create Facilitating Futures a free PDF full of real-world tips, stories, & methods
July 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In these volatile times, teams are turning to futures workshops to navigate uncertainty & spark transformation. 🌍
Want to level up your futures and foresight skills? We teamed up with Suzanne Whitby to create Facilitating Futures a free PDF full of real-world tips, stories, & methods
Want to level up your futures and foresight skills? We teamed up with Suzanne Whitby to create Facilitating Futures a free PDF full of real-world tips, stories, & methods
📄 Pages just dropped in SessionLab! Keep every brief, need-assessment & logistics note right beside your agenda, no more app-hopping.
Click “+” → Page, pick a template (or blank) and plan away.
Try it today and tag us with your own Page templates! 💡
Click “+” → Page, pick a template (or blank) and plan away.
Try it today and tag us with your own Page templates! 💡
Save time building your agenda
The Session Planner makes it easy to design high-quality agendas in minutes. Drag, drop & rearrange blocks to quickly plan your agenda. Calculate timing automatically.
www.sessionlab.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📄 Pages just dropped in SessionLab! Keep every brief, need-assessment & logistics note right beside your agenda, no more app-hopping.
Click “+” → Page, pick a template (or blank) and plan away.
Try it today and tag us with your own Page templates! 💡
Click “+” → Page, pick a template (or blank) and plan away.
Try it today and tag us with your own Page templates! 💡
Ever run a big event & lost your agenda in a sea of email threads?
I just facilitated a 150-person workshop, & SessionLab helped keep everything clear and collaborative:
I just facilitated a 150-person workshop, & SessionLab helped keep everything clear and collaborative:
June 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Ever run a big event & lost your agenda in a sea of email threads?
I just facilitated a 150-person workshop, & SessionLab helped keep everything clear and collaborative:
I just facilitated a 150-person workshop, & SessionLab helped keep everything clear and collaborative:
✨ Sometimes, facilitation is about making the invisible visible.
The Level 2 cards in our Workshops & Wizards deck help name those hidden skills that make collaboration smoother 🧙♀️
The Level 2 cards in our Workshops & Wizards deck help name those hidden skills that make collaboration smoother 🧙♀️
June 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
✨ Sometimes, facilitation is about making the invisible visible.
The Level 2 cards in our Workshops & Wizards deck help name those hidden skills that make collaboration smoother 🧙♀️
The Level 2 cards in our Workshops & Wizards deck help name those hidden skills that make collaboration smoother 🧙♀️
Facilitators love card decks, & for good reason 🃏
They’re great for sparking creativity, encouraging engagement & learning new facilitation skills.
🎁 Bonus: they also make excellent gifts (self-gifting counts!)
Got a go-to deck? Share it, we’re collecting favorites!
They’re great for sparking creativity, encouraging engagement & learning new facilitation skills.
🎁 Bonus: they also make excellent gifts (self-gifting counts!)
Got a go-to deck? Share it, we’re collecting favorites!
10 Favorite Facilitation Card Decks (and How to Use Them) | SessionLab
A curated list of our favorite 10 decks of facilitation cards, with tips and ideas on how to use them. Which will you check out next?
www.sessionlab.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Facilitators love card decks, & for good reason 🃏
They’re great for sparking creativity, encouraging engagement & learning new facilitation skills.
🎁 Bonus: they also make excellent gifts (self-gifting counts!)
Got a go-to deck? Share it, we’re collecting favorites!
They’re great for sparking creativity, encouraging engagement & learning new facilitation skills.
🎁 Bonus: they also make excellent gifts (self-gifting counts!)
Got a go-to deck? Share it, we’re collecting favorites!
You packed sticky notes and markers…But did you remember the Compass of Helping Hands? 🧙♀️✨ We created a fantasy-inspired card deck to help facilitators name, share, and develop their skills.
🪄 Try the Use Workshops & Wizards card in your training or workshop!
www.sessionlab.com/blog/worksho...
🪄 Try the Use Workshops & Wizards card in your training or workshop!
www.sessionlab.com/blog/worksho...
Announcing the Workshops & Wizards facilitation deck! | SessionLab
Learn more about the Workshops & Wizards deck, a set of cards designed to support facilitation and create connection in any group setting.
www.sessionlab.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
You packed sticky notes and markers…But did you remember the Compass of Helping Hands? 🧙♀️✨ We created a fantasy-inspired card deck to help facilitators name, share, and develop their skills.
🪄 Try the Use Workshops & Wizards card in your training or workshop!
www.sessionlab.com/blog/worksho...
🪄 Try the Use Workshops & Wizards card in your training or workshop!
www.sessionlab.com/blog/worksho...