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Notes, lessons, and facilitation insights. By Alexandre Eisenchteter.
How to Make Training and Workshops Fun (Without Losing the Plot)
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

Alexandre Eisenchteter

How to Design a Workshop, Step by Step
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

Alexandre Eisenchteter

Signal rituals: a field guide to workshop objects
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

Alexandre Eisenchteter

What Science Actually Says About Movement in Workshops (Including Three Things It Doesn't Say)
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

Alexandre Eisenchteter

Stop Adapting Your Workshop to Zoom. Your Body Is Still There.
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

Alexandre Eisenchteter

The 10 Movement Patterns Hiding in Every Workshop
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

Alexandre Eisenchteter

Stormz v3: What's New for Stormz v2 Users
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

Alexandre Eisenchteter

The Power of Objects in Facilitation
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

Alexandre Eisenchteter

Why Workshop Clustering Fails (And How to Fix It)
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

Alexandre Eisenchteter

Stormz V3: A Rebirth Story
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...
Alexandre Eisenchteter

Alexandre Eisenchteter