Amber ✨ Workshop Strategist
@thehellocode.com
Dream first, then Design:
✊🏽 Co-create vibrant worlds
✨ Playfully transform ideas
🌍 Reimagine the status quo
Let's bring your vision to life👇🏽
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✊🏽 Co-create vibrant worlds
✨ Playfully transform ideas
🌍 Reimagine the status quo
Let's bring your vision to life👇🏽
BETA LISTEN INFO: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ys-XZx7wFQDJ4IZWN9pFZTYh7wsxqzy7vvi3l2Yx6wI/edit?usp=sharing
![Dream Days are a path to crystallizing the unique, nuanced, values-led workshop that might currently feel a little foggy.
[screenshot:
"LOVE THESE thoughts - they feel right"]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w5rfskra3mi2kmmzoqfh6dre/bafkreihdnxcb6maevnunhtfpz6rusi533p4bfx5ajeef3qzswhuleaeeru@jpeg)
![Imagine what it’d be like if you didn’t just outline a curriculum and make a slide deck*...
but you actually created something uniquely yours.
Something that, say, built community, helped people DO stuff, and had your values on full display.
[screenshots of messages:
"Girrrrl it's gonna be something to remember!"
"Love the insights!"]
*the few slides we can create later are top tier tho [painting nails emoji]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w5rfskra3mi2kmmzoqfh6dre/bafkreidimmswq4yfrt7ulxm53kl3gu2c6brbbck6xdacisld22mpr4cabq@jpeg)
![Pink header on a creamy background:
'These recent messages got me all in my feelings:'
[screenshot of a message:
"Ok - you don't know how much better I feel about this whole thing. You have such a beautiful way of hearing/seeing/understanding things and then your ability to say it out loud just makes my heart so happy. I do not have this power so thank you!!!!! I want to cry happy tears 'cause you get it!"]
highlight text written underneath:
"You don't know how much better I feel ... I want to cry happy tears"
[screenshot of a voice message and transcript:
"Okay, yeah, after going through all of this and like just thinking about all the different possibilities, I can see why not doing it, so many workshops turn out kind of boring and the same because you're just kind of following the same templates. And it seems like this is doing something different and yeah, I'm excited to move into the next um phases as well.]
highlight text underneath:
"I can see why not doing it, so many workshops turn out kind of boring and the same."
[screenshot of message:
"Seriously though - I do knowo how much energy, time, care, effort, etc. you have put into this. I so appreciate that. As for where we got today, I am very happy with it! I have a clearer direction AND you gave me my end-game in a way that feels like me!!!!!"]
highlighted text underneath:
"You gave me my end game in a way that feels like me"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w5rfskra3mi2kmmzoqfh6dre/bafkreic5sjf7jrffg3uwfhlfvm3fz2hjtj3uggtvx7i2uja55ldnndhhsq@jpeg)
If your workshop/event is a *dress rehearsal for the future*, what role do you want?
Lead actor?
Director?
Craft services?
Lead actor?
Director?
Craft services?
August 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If your workshop/event is a *dress rehearsal for the future*, what role do you want?
Lead actor?
Director?
Craft services?
Lead actor?
Director?
Craft services?
My big projects this week are:
👩🏽💻 restructuring my homepage
✍🏽 editing/publishing an essay (almost ready!)
✨ updating other assets featured on that page
I changed the Pep Talk page after sharing it yesterday and something about this cartoon sparkly pink megaphone graphic just makes me so HAPPY 🥰
👩🏽💻 restructuring my homepage
✍🏽 editing/publishing an essay (almost ready!)
✨ updating other assets featured on that page
I changed the Pep Talk page after sharing it yesterday and something about this cartoon sparkly pink megaphone graphic just makes me so HAPPY 🥰
August 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My big projects this week are:
👩🏽💻 restructuring my homepage
✍🏽 editing/publishing an essay (almost ready!)
✨ updating other assets featured on that page
I changed the Pep Talk page after sharing it yesterday and something about this cartoon sparkly pink megaphone graphic just makes me so HAPPY 🥰
👩🏽💻 restructuring my homepage
✍🏽 editing/publishing an essay (almost ready!)
✨ updating other assets featured on that page
I changed the Pep Talk page after sharing it yesterday and something about this cartoon sparkly pink megaphone graphic just makes me so HAPPY 🥰
Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as a condition with its own meaning and power? Going unseen may be becoming a sign of decency and self-assurance."
- How to Disappear, Akiko Busch
(3/3)
- How to Disappear, Akiko Busch
(3/3)
August 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as a condition with its own meaning and power? Going unseen may be becoming a sign of decency and self-assurance."
- How to Disappear, Akiko Busch
(3/3)
- How to Disappear, Akiko Busch
(3/3)
"When identity is derived from projecting an image in the public realm, something is lost, some core of identity diluted, some sense of authority or interiority sacrificed. It is time to question the false equivalency between not being seen and hiding.
(1/3)
(1/3)
August 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"When identity is derived from projecting an image in the public realm, something is lost, some core of identity diluted, some sense of authority or interiority sacrificed. It is time to question the false equivalency between not being seen and hiding.
(1/3)
(1/3)
This summer's ice cream insufficiency is beginning to be rectified!
Was in Collingwood earlier running errands and grabbed Ube & Chocolate Ganache from Nicky's (Sampled their Soursop & Butter Tart flavours too👌🏽)
Always love uncommon flavours, especially small batch.
Gimme some to dream about?
Was in Collingwood earlier running errands and grabbed Ube & Chocolate Ganache from Nicky's (Sampled their Soursop & Butter Tart flavours too👌🏽)
Always love uncommon flavours, especially small batch.
Gimme some to dream about?
August 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This summer's ice cream insufficiency is beginning to be rectified!
Was in Collingwood earlier running errands and grabbed Ube & Chocolate Ganache from Nicky's (Sampled their Soursop & Butter Tart flavours too👌🏽)
Always love uncommon flavours, especially small batch.
Gimme some to dream about?
Was in Collingwood earlier running errands and grabbed Ube & Chocolate Ganache from Nicky's (Sampled their Soursop & Butter Tart flavours too👌🏽)
Always love uncommon flavours, especially small batch.
Gimme some to dream about?
7. Participants choose all the options without my input. They do a vote, and majority rules.
8. Participants choose options without my input. They discuss until consensus is found.
8. Participants choose options without my input. They discuss until consensus is found.
July 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
7. Participants choose all the options without my input. They do a vote, and majority rules.
8. Participants choose options without my input. They discuss until consensus is found.
8. Participants choose options without my input. They discuss until consensus is found.
5. The attendees list ideas, I filter out suggestions before adding them to the list, and they choose from that list.
6. The attendees list options, I allow them all, but guide them away from choosing the option(s) I dislike, or towards the one(s) I like best.
6. The attendees list options, I allow them all, but guide them away from choosing the option(s) I dislike, or towards the one(s) I like best.
July 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
5. The attendees list ideas, I filter out suggestions before adding them to the list, and they choose from that list.
6. The attendees list options, I allow them all, but guide them away from choosing the option(s) I dislike, or towards the one(s) I like best.
6. The attendees list options, I allow them all, but guide them away from choosing the option(s) I dislike, or towards the one(s) I like best.
3. The audience gives me suggestions as starting point, and I make a decision.
4. I give some options to the attendees, and indicate which I think is best, letting them decide.
4. I give some options to the attendees, and indicate which I think is best, letting them decide.
July 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
3. The audience gives me suggestions as starting point, and I make a decision.
4. I give some options to the attendees, and indicate which I think is best, letting them decide.
4. I give some options to the attendees, and indicate which I think is best, letting them decide.
from LOWEST to HIGHEST:
1. I evaluate the options before the workshop, and make the decisions.
2. Something comes up in the moment and I unilaterally decide what to do.
1. I evaluate the options before the workshop, and make the decisions.
2. Something comes up in the moment and I unilaterally decide what to do.
July 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
from LOWEST to HIGHEST:
1. I evaluate the options before the workshop, and make the decisions.
2. Something comes up in the moment and I unilaterally decide what to do.
1. I evaluate the options before the workshop, and make the decisions.
2. Something comes up in the moment and I unilaterally decide what to do.
I just started experimenting with a one-page diagnostic, and it’s been helping my clients who host workshops and retreats quickly troubleshoot their "activity stacks", and design more engaging workshops.
Would you be interested if I made a quick post/guide to the tool?
Would you be interested if I made a quick post/guide to the tool?
![A colour-coded, quadrant-based framework.
Top left: Curious [Peach-coloured]
Top right: Open [Orange]
Bottom left: Decisive [Deep pink]
Bottom right: Evocative [Bright yellow]
Each quadrant has a list of activity types, most of which are blurred out. All activities say 'Not used' beside them. On one item, you can see this is actually a drop down menu with the options listed [Not Used, Used Once, Few times, Often].
The [Peach] Curious quadrant reads:
Exploring Logic - What am I studying?
The examples are 1. visual observation/sharing video and 2. Trivia/Quiz/Comprehension check.
The [Orange] Open quadrant reads:
Exploring Emotion - I'm sitting with...
The examples used are
1. Intentional silence / rest
2. Journalling
The [Pink] Decisive Quadrant reads:
Expressing Logic - Here's what I believe.
The examples are
1. Lecture/ verbal lesson / instruction
2. Q & A
The [Yellow] Evocative Quadrant reads:
Expressing Emotion - Feel my energy!
The examples are:
1. Storytelling
2. Physical creating (sculpt, LEGO)
Each quadrant also has a spot for 'Something else?' where you can add your own activity.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w5rfskra3mi2kmmzoqfh6dre/bafkreid4cirxkme6pxtfld3kpsghjh5mygit6uawdxwxvjck52u4bhr4tq@jpeg)
July 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I just started experimenting with a one-page diagnostic, and it’s been helping my clients who host workshops and retreats quickly troubleshoot their "activity stacks", and design more engaging workshops.
Would you be interested if I made a quick post/guide to the tool?
Would you be interested if I made a quick post/guide to the tool?
Spent a bunch of time in Canva building out graphics for a new mini product this week...
and also think I FINALLY made a brand moodboard I like.
Because playing at graphic design stuff is my current favourite avoidance technique. 😅
Anyway, do you like either of these?! Feel the vibe?
and also think I FINALLY made a brand moodboard I like.
Because playing at graphic design stuff is my current favourite avoidance technique. 😅
Anyway, do you like either of these?! Feel the vibe?
July 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Spent a bunch of time in Canva building out graphics for a new mini product this week...
and also think I FINALLY made a brand moodboard I like.
Because playing at graphic design stuff is my current favourite avoidance technique. 😅
Anyway, do you like either of these?! Feel the vibe?
and also think I FINALLY made a brand moodboard I like.
Because playing at graphic design stuff is my current favourite avoidance technique. 😅
Anyway, do you like either of these?! Feel the vibe?
There's just one duck that hatches there, so bit of an exaggeration. But Daisy comes back every year.
July 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
There's just one duck that hatches there, so bit of an exaggeration. But Daisy comes back every year.
Took a work break to make scones and have tea with my parents. (Mulberries and currants were picked from a friend's garden!)
Reminders I needed:
✨ Use the good china.
✨ Love on your people.
✨ Slow down.
What are some of the (small) ways you've done those things recently?
Reminders I needed:
✨ Use the good china.
✨ Love on your people.
✨ Slow down.
What are some of the (small) ways you've done those things recently?
July 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Took a work break to make scones and have tea with my parents. (Mulberries and currants were picked from a friend's garden!)
Reminders I needed:
✨ Use the good china.
✨ Love on your people.
✨ Slow down.
What are some of the (small) ways you've done those things recently?
Reminders I needed:
✨ Use the good china.
✨ Love on your people.
✨ Slow down.
What are some of the (small) ways you've done those things recently?
These four Ordinal Directions are your CODE Compass markers:
Curious.
Open.
Decisive
Evocative.
Curious.
Open.
Decisive
Evocative.
July 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
These four Ordinal Directions are your CODE Compass markers:
Curious.
Open.
Decisive
Evocative.
Curious.
Open.
Decisive
Evocative.
Every compass has cardinal directions—the four main points that define the map. (i.e. North, East, South, West)
For facilitation, our Cardinal Directions are:
Logic (factual, structured)
Emotion (feeling-based, intuitive)
Exploration (discovery, inquiry)
Expression (sharing, outputs)
For facilitation, our Cardinal Directions are:
Logic (factual, structured)
Emotion (feeling-based, intuitive)
Exploration (discovery, inquiry)
Expression (sharing, outputs)
July 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Every compass has cardinal directions—the four main points that define the map. (i.e. North, East, South, West)
For facilitation, our Cardinal Directions are:
Logic (factual, structured)
Emotion (feeling-based, intuitive)
Exploration (discovery, inquiry)
Expression (sharing, outputs)
For facilitation, our Cardinal Directions are:
Logic (factual, structured)
Emotion (feeling-based, intuitive)
Exploration (discovery, inquiry)
Expression (sharing, outputs)
If you can make a workshop inclusive, engaging, and memorable
it's inherently better for everyone attending (including you).
Any metric a client has come to me w/
🤸🏽♀️ have fun
💰 make more $
✊🏽 be equitable
✨ transformational results
🥰 client retention
has been met by these kinda workshops.
it's inherently better for everyone attending (including you).
Any metric a client has come to me w/
🤸🏽♀️ have fun
💰 make more $
✊🏽 be equitable
✨ transformational results
🥰 client retention
has been met by these kinda workshops.
July 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If you can make a workshop inclusive, engaging, and memorable
it's inherently better for everyone attending (including you).
Any metric a client has come to me w/
🤸🏽♀️ have fun
💰 make more $
✊🏽 be equitable
✨ transformational results
🥰 client retention
has been met by these kinda workshops.
it's inherently better for everyone attending (including you).
Any metric a client has come to me w/
🤸🏽♀️ have fun
💰 make more $
✊🏽 be equitable
✨ transformational results
🥰 client retention
has been met by these kinda workshops.
Yellow cake w/mini chocolate chips, passionfruit soak & passionfruit curd, chocolate crumbles, and hojicha icing. 🤤
Plan A was for it to look like a candle, and hide it amongst the decor. Maybe next time?
Plan A was for it to look like a candle, and hide it amongst the decor. Maybe next time?
July 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Yellow cake w/mini chocolate chips, passionfruit soak & passionfruit curd, chocolate crumbles, and hojicha icing. 🤤
Plan A was for it to look like a candle, and hide it amongst the decor. Maybe next time?
Plan A was for it to look like a candle, and hide it amongst the decor. Maybe next time?