First Time Facilitator
Leanne Hughes from the First Time Facilitator blog reveals all of her group facilitation, training and workshop tips and tricks so you can be ahead of the curve the next time you step out in front of a group.Discover how you can tweak elements of your facilitation style, or incorporate new techniques to engage your audience and leave with lasting impact (and 5-star feedback). Icebreakers, leadership, group interaction, preparation, games, conflict, props, flip-charts, delivery, voice, body language, confidence, discussions and everything that works (and doesn’t work) to help you better understand how to deliver and connect with your audience, every single time.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 278
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
FTF218: 5 parallels between book and workshop design with Leanne Hughes
Today I'm chatting to you from my living room (watch the YouTube version)!
In this episode, Leanne Hughes explores the parallels between writing a book and designing a workshop. S…
FTF217: Call the Game: Ben Crothers Shares His Tips on Being Bold in Your Next Workshop or Meeting
In this episode, we delve into the world of design and facilitation with our guest, Ben Crothers, who brings over 20 years of experience in the field. Ben shares his journey from…
FTF216: How to Create Productive Struggle in Your Workshops: Zaretta Hammond Shares Her Insights on First Pancake Facilitation
In this episode, Leanne has a conversation with Zaretta Hammond, an educator, author, and national speaker, who is renowned for her expertise in culturally responsive teaching an…
FTF215: The Ebb and Flow of Engagement: Anamaria Dorgo's Insights on Building Community
In this episode, Leanne chats with Anamaria Dorgo, a multifaceted professional in the Learning & Development (L&D) sector. She is the founder of "L&D Shakers", a mentor, communit…
Facilitating the Future: Douglas Ferguson shares insights on AI, Connection, and Change (Episode 214)
In this episode, Leanne Hughes engages in a captivating conversation with Douglas Ferguson, the founder of Voltage Control facilitation academy.
Watch the interview on YouTube.
Th…
Coaches Corner: Overcoming Fear and Embracing Change with Petra Zink and Dr Maike Neuhaus (Episode 213)
In this episode, host Petra Zink, Leanne Hughes, and Dr Maike Neuhaus cover a range of topics related to staying current with emerging technologies, overcoming fear and uncertain…
How to Chair A 2-Day Conference with Leanne Hughes
Hey there! I wanted to take this solo episode to share some insights from my recent experiences.
Last week, I had the opportunity to chair a two-day conference in Malaysia where …
2023 Update: Book announcement + workshop Wing-mates!
Here's a quick life and work update and announcement! I'd love to hear from you and feature you/get your feedback on a book I'm working on about workshop design.
Be a workshop win…
The ancient code of togetherness: A belonging conversation with Owen Eastwood
In this episode, I'm joyfully bringing you a conversation with the author of the book “Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness”, Owen Eastwood.
Creating great training programs and marketing them + see you in USA 2023 with Andy Storch (Bonus!)
I'm jumping in with a bonus episode I recorded for my friend, Andy Storch's podcast The Talent Development Hot Seat. In this episode we talk about the tactics of facilitation, a…
How to facilitate a 2-hour cocktail party with Nick Gray (Episode 208)
Who doesn’t love a good cocktail party?
Watch our conversation on Youtube!
I love going to events and meeting new people but gosh, sometimes I feel like I’m not even keeping up th…
What if you were already there? Leanne checks in!
"What if you were already there?"
I started journalling on this prompt recently and it reminded me of the great questions we ask our clients, like "What does success look like?", …
FTF Bonus: If your in-house mentoring program is failing, maybe you need to try this instead.
Hey First Time Facilitators! I'm dropping a quick episode on this feed as I think some of you may relate to this: You’ve launched a mentoring program in your business. Congrats! …
Hawaii Solopreneur Trip Reflections with Leanne Hughes
Aloha! I've just returned from a week in Kauai with my fellow Alan Weiss Growth Cycle group. What better way to reflect on what we discussed and learnt over there, than by a quic…
Bonus: What tool should you use to ramp up the engagement in your virtual meeting? (Two by Tuesday)
I created this episode for my new podcast but thought I'd share it on this feed today because it's definitely a facilitator-focused question!
Watch my video walk-through of this e…
Matthew Stewart shares how you can add a page to your book of life
You know how you have those friends from a while ago, and you mainly stay in contact with them by occasionally seeing what they're up to on social media?
I've been friends with t…
Announcement - Leanne's New Podcast: Work and Live Large
It's finally here!
You can find out all about my new show (and my recent trip to Las Vegas) on my new podcast which is called: Leanne Hughes' Work and Live Large.
Please help out! …
Content curation is key, be intentional! Charles Hsuan interviews Leanne Hughes (Episode 206)
I'm flying to Las Vegas tomorrow! I booked my flights a few days ago. Why? Life is too short and YOLO. The reason I'm sharing that with you, is because it's a theme that strongly…
2020 Leanne Talks Virtual Workshop Facilitation with Andy Storch #friendsoffirsttimefacilitator (Episode 205)
The legend that is Andy Storch, invited me as a guest speaker as part of his Talent Development Virtual Summit in 2020. I'm sharing this with you as a #friendsoffirsttimefacilita…
The Ideal Facilitation Space: Leanne Hughes and Lisa Evans #friendsoffirsttimefacilitator #204
The word facilitation comes from the Latin root “facilitis” which means: something that is done easily.
In today’s day and age where there are more online meetings, workshops, tra…