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Why I Don’t Call Out Names in Workshops

By Mirna Šmidt
January 16, 2025

How to Set the Stage Right for Your Workshop Let’s encourage participants to participate through their motivation & sense of agency – instead of treating them like kids. I cannot…

Facilitation * Train the trainer * Training delivery * Training design

3 Practical Tips for Participation & Engagement in Workshops

By Mirna Šmidt
November 2, 2024

Game-changing tips so you never hear crickets in your workshops Did you know that many workshop participants when hearing “This is a safe space” start to feel less safe and…

Emotions in learning * Train the trainer * Training delivery * Training design

From Intuitive to Intentional Trainer

By Eszter Boros
May 21, 2024

My Unexpected Gains from Joining Train the Trainer Program Let’s back up to where my trainer journey started…. I have had a pretty solid public speaking experience. I started giving…

Emotions in learning * Train the trainer * Training delivery * Training design

Struggling with Difficult Participants? Do This Instead.

By Mirna Šmidt
May 9, 2024

A question that comes up often among trainers and facilitators, including during the Train the Trainer courses, is: How can I deal (better) with “difficult participants”? For example, what to…

Emotions in learning * Facilitation * Training delivery * Training design

Design Deeper Learning Experiences by Leveraging Emotions

By Mirna Šmidt
March 8, 2024

A Set of Guiding Questions for Workshop Facilitators Emotions are in the very core of learning. When there is no emotion, learning cannot happen. Emotion is what creates an imprint…

Facilitation * Training delivery * Uncategorized

What’s Your Facilitator Style?

By Pedro Segreto
February 16, 2024

Unbox It with The Archetyper Every facilitator discovers their unique pathway to orchestrate collaboration, weaving together a tapestry of professional and personal experiences. In my journey, spanning 30 years assuming…

Facilitation * Train the trainer * Training delivery * Training design

Learnings from TTT Advanced

By Mirna Šmidt
December 7, 2022

Insights are everywhere … but when a group of trainers comes together it escalates very quickly. An Advance Train-The-Trainers it’s an amazing gathering field with Train-the-Trainer graduates who decided to…

Facilitation * Train the trainer * Training delivery

How to add more movement to your workshops

By Mirna Šmidt
May 30, 2022

How do you add movement to your workshops? Movement in workshops (if done in a congruent way) leads to more engagement, livelier energy, superior cognitive skills and it helps participants…

Facilitation * Online Training * Train the trainer * Training delivery

Moving through training from home – body tips vs. screen fatigue

By Susanna Holowati
April 25, 2021

Moving through training from home – body tips vs. screen fatigue You’re a facilitator, it’s Covid time and initial excitement for online coffees has turned into Zoom bother. As online…

Facilitation * Online Training * Train the trainer * Training content * Training delivery * Training design

Virtual learning traps & how to avoid them

By Mirna Šmidt
April 5, 2021

Virtual learning traps & how to avoid them addressing 7 biggest traps in virtual learning Virtual learning brings in many new challenges for trainers, such as less visual feedback from…

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