Notes, lessons, and facilitation insights. By Alexandre Eisenchteter.
Blog
Stormz v2 is closing: moving to Stormz v3
Stormz v2 closes on 1 March 2027. A note from Alex on Stormz v3, with practical guidance to save your existing workshops.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Facilitation
How to handle a workshop sniper without getting into a duel
Practical ways to handle sharp remarks and repeated interruptions in workshops, with examples, facilitation techniques and research.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
AI & Facilitation
What always-on AI agents could mean for Stormz
How background AI agents could use Stormz's MCP connector to create activities and prepare workshop reports, with human approval where it matters.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Product updates
What’s new in Stormz: from quick polls to full workshops
A month of Stormz improvements for visual polls, workshop preparation, organizing ideas, voting, mobile participation, and AI assistance. Alpha extended to October 11.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Facilitation
How I handle duplicate ideas in workshops
How I use Stormz stacks to keep every contribution, prepare clearer votes, and save time with AI while reviewing the decisions myself.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Facilitation
How to create a simple signal ritual for your workshop
Choose a moment, give it an object and let the group use it as a shared signal.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Facilitation
How to Make Training and Workshops Fun (Without Losing the Plot)
Nine practical levers for making training and workshops more fun while keeping every activity tied to the outcome.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Facilitation
How to Design a Workshop, Step by Step
A practical step-by-step method for designing workshops by defining outcomes, decomposing the process, and choosing activities last.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Facilitation
Signal rituals: a field guide to workshop objects
A practical field guide to using small objects as shared signals for courage, drift, pacing, and unspoken tensions in workshops.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Facilitation
What Science Actually Says About Movement in Workshops (Including Three Things It Doesn't Say)
Five evidence-backed findings about movement in workshops, plus three popular facilitation claims that research does not support.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Facilitation
Stop Adapting Your Workshop to Zoom. Your Body Is Still There.
Three remote-native movement patterns that get participants physically moving instead of merely moving cursors between digital workshop spaces.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Facilitation
The 10 Movement Patterns Hiding in Every Workshop
A practical framework for ten in-person and three remote-native movement patterns that facilitators can use to understand, adapt, and invent workshop activities.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Stormz V3
Stormz v3: What's New for Stormz v2 Users
A practical guide for Stormz v2 users covering what changed in Stormz v3: content, views, card types, AI, participant flows, and facilitator tools.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Facilitation
The Power of Objects in Facilitation
Tangible objects help groups enter abstract conversations, say difficult things, and create useful distance from sensitive topics.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Workshop Design, Workshop Facilitation
Why Workshop Clustering Fails (And How to Fix It)
Clustering is a powerful tool for creativity workshops, but it can fail if not done correctly. This post explores why clustering fails and how to fix it.
Alexandre Eisenchteter
Build in Public
Stormz V3: A Rebirth Story
I built Stormz in 2012. Back then, I was a facilitator who couldn't find a tool that worked the way I needed. So I built one...
