The Spokesperson Newsletter from October 21, 2020 Hey there!From September to November I will have presented at 15 different virtual conferences, facilitated 30+ Virtual Scavenger Hunts and Team Building Sessions. I’ve been presenting on Best Practices for Virtual Facilitation, Effective Debriefing Tools & Techniques, Effective Staff Training, play sessions promoting my upcoming book, Team Building From the Toy Aisle, […]
Category Archives: Tips for Trainers
The Spokesperson Newsletter from October 14, 2020 I’m excited to share a new tool with you today. It’s not necessarily a new activity, but I’ve sourced new material that makes this activity more versatile (and frankly, more awesome). It’s the Colored Spider Web and Bungee Box! Squeeeeee! I know that may not excite everyone as […]
The Spokesperson Newsletter from October 7, 2020 Changes are a Comin’…I’ve been busy working on SO many things behind the scenes lately… a gigantic Website makeover, a new Newsletter template that is more user friendly (did you notice?), a new Online Games Database, Mobile Apps for virtual activities, creating content for new Online Courses, shooting marketing videos […]
The Spokesperson Newsletter from September 30, 2020 Hello Facilitator Friends,I spent much of last week on a video set. I’ve decided to up my video tutorial game at both Training Wheels and my other company, Personify Leadership. My Training Wheels videos will span from some short marketing videos to include in my newsletters and on […]
The Spokesperson Newsletter from September 23, 2020 Hello Facilitator Friends,The world is a little less Funn this week… I am sad to report the passing of Karl Rohnke. It’s hard to find words that describe who this amazing man was, and all that he did for experiential facilitators around the world. Even if you haven’t […]
The Spokesperson Newsletter from September 9, 2020 Renovations and Restorations Hello Facilitator Friends!Whether it’s a change in season, our homes, or our teams, most of us are fascinated by makeovers. I know I spend way too much time watching the HGTV channel myself. From magazines to trainings to television shows, we all drink in reinventions […]
The Spokesperson Newsletter from September 1, 2020 Teamwork and Leadership Virtual Scavenger Hunt Hello Facilitator Friends!I hope this email finds you and yours doing well. I’m excited to share a new Virtual Scavenger Hunt we have built out I have had a lot of requests from small teams that want to participate in one of […]
The Spokesperson Newsletter from August 29, 2020 Plan B Hello Facilitator Friends!Last week I co-lead a webcast called Resiliency in the Face of a Pandemic. We have an exercise we do in the presentation around resiliency and how we cannot always control what happens in life, but we can choose how we respond to it. […]
The Spokesperson Newsletter from August 19, 2020 Virtual Program Delivery Hello Facilitator Friends!Today is an Intentionally FULL day of Virtual Program Delivery for me.First, at 9:00am I’m delivering a ‘Tips for Successful Virtual Facilitation’ workshop for University Student Leaders. I will focus on six main points and will walk them through a variety of virtual […]
The Spokesperson Newsletter from August 12, 2020 My Writing Process Hello Facilitator Friends!I know it’s late on Wednesday, but I think I can still squeeze in this newsletter before the sun sets on this day. Remember last week when I wrote the article on being ‘Intentionally Full’ instead of ‘Busy?’ Man have I been intentionally […]