Here you will find past articles of The Spokesperson e-Newsletter, and other writings by our founder, Michelle Cummings. We love sharing Facilitation Tips & Tricks to help make you the best facilitator you can be. Enjoy!
Facilitator Tip: Olympic Rock Paper Scissors! Raise your hand if you have been glued to the TV the last few weeks watching the Olympics. Are you raising your hand? I
Facilitator Tip: Creative Brain Break Activities Schools all over the world are gearing up for another year. We have facilitated multiple Teacher In-Service programs this month, giving staff the opportunity
Facilitator Tip: Creative Brain Break Activities Schools all over the world are gearing up for another year. We have facilitated multiple Teacher In-Service programs this month, giving staff the opportunity
Choice and Consequences It’s AUGUST! Where did the summer go?! As kids and teachers gear up to head back to school, I wanted to focus some attention on building community
An end of an era…Michael Sherwood Have You Ever played the game Have You Ever? Have you ever… ordered anything from our online store? Have you ever… wondered who ships
Experiences from Istanbul Me-Shell Coach I had a wonderful opportunity to work with a summer camp in Istanbul, Turkey last week. I did some programming with the kids and some
Active Listening Training Game Raise your hand if you wish your participants were better listeners. Did you raise your hand? Most facilitators I know wish they could capture the attention
Facilitator Courage Did you know that Personify Leadership has a newsletter as well? It goes out every Tuesday and is loaded with great information. You can sign up to receive
Summer and Celebrations! Bicycle and Flower Basket The words ‘easy’ and ‘summer’ are a perfect match. In fact, pull out a thesaurus and look up the word ‘easy’ and you’ll
The Importance and Significance of Names One of my favorite ice breaker questions to ask is, “What is the significance of your name?” Usually this is the third or fourth
