✨ January Monthly Mailer from Facilitator Cards
Hello hello, welcome to January! This month always feels sparkly and new (and if like us you’re residing in the northeast part of the United States, it’s also cold). Has anyone successfully written 2023 on the first try yet?
📆 Events Coming Up This Month!
🦈 Become a Card Shark - January 12 @ 2PM ET
When you buy your deck of Facilitator Cards, you also gain access to our bi-monthly live workshop where we help Card Carriers become Card Sharks.
In this 60-minute session, you will:
- Figure out how to find the cards you need (without getting overwhelmed by the rest!)
- Work through real-life scenarios and experience how to plan with your Facilitator Cards
- Spend time getting to know other folks in our incredible Facilitator Cards community
You will need your deck of Facilitator Cards in hand to attend this session.
Don’t have a deck yet? Use code CARDSHARK to get 10% off!
📸 From the Insta!
With the spirit of resolutions alight in us, we’ve rounded up our favorite pro tips that help us as Facilitators set expectations for/from our participants before they even step foot in the room and/or open up the Zoom!
🏃 Pro Tip - It’s okay to tell people they can’t be late
⏲ Pro Tip - The power of a two-minute slow start
Looking for some icebreakers to kick off the year with? We’ve got you covered with both activity structures and prompts!
🙈 & check out how to run our favorite digital icebreaker PeekABoo!
🔴 From The YouTube
Looking to increase participation online? Check out our videos all about how to use activity frameworks that help broaden participation in virtual workshops!
🚫 What not to do when trying to increase participation
🙋 How to run your most participatory virtual sessions
🃏Card Of The Month: 100 Ideas 💯💡
Each month, we highlight a card in every newsletter so you can get to know the deck one at a time. This month, we’re spotlighting one of our favorite brainstorming processes: 100 Ideas!
Check out our blog post for how & when to facilitate 100 Ideas here & see the results of our 100 Ideas Brainstorm on MURAL here!
That’s going to be it from us for this month! Welcome to the new year everyone, we hope it’s filled with audacious goals and exciting sessions.
Until next time, happy facilitating!
Meg & the Facilitator Cards Team