Workshop Facilitator Gifts

'Dang, I forgot my notes!'

Cliche Workshop, "Who wants to get the ball rolling?"

'Do you get the feeling that, in educational workshops, there are way too many buzzwords thrown around?'

"Now let's walk through slide 67...'50 ways to make your presentation more exciting'."

"We'll start with some 'ice breakers' and 'team building' games..."

A man splits in half when lifting a heavy box.

Keys to Success: Focus, Alertness, Concentration...

"Well...this meeting is about...ummhh...structure and...ummhhh...preparation. Well...ummhh...at least I think so..."

Decisions: Yes or No, 'Or maybe?'

Forward Planning - The key to Success

'Turn that damn phone off!'

Stress Seminar Today

"Well, your posture needs work, but I can't fault you for eye-contact."

"I hope I haven't taken you aback by asking you to attend the change seminar."

Substance Abuse Seminar: How Not To Get Hooked!

"I want to write what I know, but all In know is writing workshops."

Good Customer Service

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

"Shall we start with an icebreaker?"

Inclusive speech

'Complete sentences?? Jeez, how verbose can you get?'

The Importance of Planning Thoroughly in Advance

'All those in doubt, raise your eyebrows.'

Belief and Trust.

"Meanwhile, obsessing about productivity is way up."

'Come on, come on, let's work together!'

Brainstorm in progress.

"This isn't the big city anymore, Jim. I'm the facilitator now."

"If I were a surgeon, Mr. Ferguson, which I ain't, and your car was my patient, which it ain't—except that it is, in a funny sort of way; that is, if you want to look at it like that; you know what I mean—and you was her husband, I'd have to say, 'Sir, your wife is going to need a valve job.,"

"This is the communications workshop, right? Let’s get started, I’m prepared!"

'I thought people were quite receptive to the change seminar.'

The first week of the brainstorming session went slowly.

'Come on, Walter, you're wasting out time! Stop using complete sentences!'

'Before we begin, please turn off all cell phones.'

"I'm going to tell them our number one way to be stress-free is taking a day off to go fishing."