✨ A tip I love: invite learners to continue their journey by joining a course, visiting an exhibition or reading a book that aligns with their vision.
💬 Have a go-to method for self-directed learning? Submit it to the SessionLab library! www.sessionlab.com/library
💬 Have a go-to method for self-directed learning? Submit it to the SessionLab library! www.sessionlab.com/library
Facilitation Techniques and Workshop Activities | Library
Hundreds of group facilitation activities for workshops, meetings and training sessions. Find the best team building activities, energisers, process facilitation and leadership development techniques.
www.sessionlab.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
✨ A tip I love: invite learners to continue their journey by joining a course, visiting an exhibition or reading a book that aligns with their vision.
💬 Have a go-to method for self-directed learning? Submit it to the SessionLab library! www.sessionlab.com/library
💬 Have a go-to method for self-directed learning? Submit it to the SessionLab library! www.sessionlab.com/library
Are you looking to develop facilitation skills across your organization?
Try the facilitation skills training agenda publicly available in SessionLab. You can take a peek at the exact workshop we ran with our own 12-person team:
Try the facilitation skills training agenda publicly available in SessionLab. You can take a peek at the exact workshop we ran with our own 12-person team:
Facilitation Skills Training | SessionLab
A one-day practical workshop to introduce and practice facilitation skills. Based on a real-life workshop designed for the SessionLab team.
www.sessionlab.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Are you looking to develop facilitation skills across your organization?
Try the facilitation skills training agenda publicly available in SessionLab. You can take a peek at the exact workshop we ran with our own 12-person team:
Try the facilitation skills training agenda publicly available in SessionLab. You can take a peek at the exact workshop we ran with our own 12-person team:
💬 Share your experience in the comments or DM me directly, I’d love to hear how you’re experimenting with it!
Carrin from SessionLab
September 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
💬 Share your experience in the comments or DM me directly, I’d love to hear how you’re experimenting with it!
Carrin from SessionLab
📚 Whether you're planning a strategy session, training, or workshop, we’ve collected our top PDF guides in one place: www.sessionlab.com/pub
- Facilitating Futures
- Training Design Handbook
- Workshop Planning Guide
- Meeting Facilitation Toolkit
Perfect for bookmarking – or taking on holiday 😉
- Facilitating Futures
- Training Design Handbook
- Workshop Planning Guide
- Meeting Facilitation Toolkit
Perfect for bookmarking – or taking on holiday 😉
Publications | SessionLab
Explore our collection of free PDFs and downloads and improve your facilitation and session design skills.
www.sessionlab.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📚 Whether you're planning a strategy session, training, or workshop, we’ve collected our top PDF guides in one place: www.sessionlab.com/pub
- Facilitating Futures
- Training Design Handbook
- Workshop Planning Guide
- Meeting Facilitation Toolkit
Perfect for bookmarking – or taking on holiday 😉
- Facilitating Futures
- Training Design Handbook
- Workshop Planning Guide
- Meeting Facilitation Toolkit
Perfect for bookmarking – or taking on holiday 😉
Grab the full deck + ready-to-use Miro board: www.sessionlab.com/blog/worksho...
miro.com/miroverse/wo...
miro.com/miroverse/wo...
Thanks for registering your interest | SessionLab
Workshops & Wizards is a deck of magical items designed to support effective collaboration and facilitation. Thanks for registering interest in a physical copy!
www.sessionlab.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Grab the full deck + ready-to-use Miro board: www.sessionlab.com/blog/worksho...
miro.com/miroverse/wo...
miro.com/miroverse/wo...
🎤 What happens when a facilitator designs a speaker-heavy conference?
Deborah Rim Moiso shares how she used tools like SessionLab, backcasting, and Impromptu Networking to make a big event more participatory.
🎥 Watch the interview here: buff.ly/E1tiVVD
#Facilitation #EventDesign #FutureThinking
Deborah Rim Moiso shares how she used tools like SessionLab, backcasting, and Impromptu Networking to make a big event more participatory.
🎥 Watch the interview here: buff.ly/E1tiVVD
#Facilitation #EventDesign #FutureThinking
100+ People? Here's how to engage them
Behind the Sessions: episode one with Deborah Rim Moiso
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July 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎤 What happens when a facilitator designs a speaker-heavy conference?
Deborah Rim Moiso shares how she used tools like SessionLab, backcasting, and Impromptu Networking to make a big event more participatory.
🎥 Watch the interview here: buff.ly/E1tiVVD
#Facilitation #EventDesign #FutureThinking
Deborah Rim Moiso shares how she used tools like SessionLab, backcasting, and Impromptu Networking to make a big event more participatory.
🎥 Watch the interview here: buff.ly/E1tiVVD
#Facilitation #EventDesign #FutureThinking
Read the blog & grab the guide:
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#Facilitation #ScenarioPlanning #FuturesThinking #WorkshopDesign
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#Facilitation #ScenarioPlanning #FuturesThinking #WorkshopDesign
How to facilitate scenario planning workshops | SessionLab
Learn how to lead teams in long-term strategy development in this article on scenario planning, futures, and foresight. Packed with methods, tips and templates.
www.sessionlab.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Read the blog & grab the guide:
buff.ly/DNSsOyn
buff.ly/JLxCNtZ
#Facilitation #ScenarioPlanning #FuturesThinking #WorkshopDesign
buff.ly/DNSsOyn
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#Facilitation #ScenarioPlanning #FuturesThinking #WorkshopDesign
✨ Add a bit of magic and reflection to your day!
Last minute call to join a free 90-minute community session where we’ll explore the whimsical Workshops & Wizards card deck 🧙♀️🃏✨
📅 July 23rd – 3PM CET / 9AM ET
🔗 Join us here: (buff.ly/YeWjfk9)
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
Last minute call to join a free 90-minute community session where we’ll explore the whimsical Workshops & Wizards card deck 🧙♀️🃏✨
📅 July 23rd – 3PM CET / 9AM ET
🔗 Join us here: (buff.ly/YeWjfk9)
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
Workshops and Wizards Card Deck: Community Play + Q&A with Deborah Rim Moiso and James Smart // 2... | SessionLab Community
Join us on July 23rd for a playful, hands-on session exploring the Workshops & Wizards facilitation card deck, a magical tool to help you reflect on, learn and celebrate great collaboration and…
community.sessionlab.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
✨ Add a bit of magic and reflection to your day!
Last minute call to join a free 90-minute community session where we’ll explore the whimsical Workshops & Wizards card deck 🧙♀️🃏✨
📅 July 23rd – 3PM CET / 9AM ET
🔗 Join us here: (buff.ly/YeWjfk9)
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
Last minute call to join a free 90-minute community session where we’ll explore the whimsical Workshops & Wizards card deck 🧙♀️🃏✨
📅 July 23rd – 3PM CET / 9AM ET
🔗 Join us here: (buff.ly/YeWjfk9)
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
Facilitators, consultants, futurists — curious what a full-day futures workshop looks like in practice?
We’ve created a 1-day template with futurist @SuzanneWhitby that you can duplicate and remix in #SessionLab.
We’ve created a 1-day template with futurist @SuzanneWhitby that you can duplicate and remix in #SessionLab.
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Facilitators, consultants, futurists — curious what a full-day futures workshop looks like in practice?
We’ve created a 1-day template with futurist @SuzanneWhitby that you can duplicate and remix in #SessionLab.
We’ve created a 1-day template with futurist @SuzanneWhitby that you can duplicate and remix in #SessionLab.
Yeah, same 😅
That’s why we love the new Pages feature in SessionLab:
- Your notes + your agenda in one place
- Templates for workshop briefs, needs assessments & more
- No more hunting through random files!
📂 Try starting with Pages next time, your future self will thank you.
That’s why we love the new Pages feature in SessionLab:
- Your notes + your agenda in one place
- Templates for workshop briefs, needs assessments & more
- No more hunting through random files!
📂 Try starting with Pages next time, your future self will thank you.
July 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Yeah, same 😅
That’s why we love the new Pages feature in SessionLab:
- Your notes + your agenda in one place
- Templates for workshop briefs, needs assessments & more
- No more hunting through random files!
📂 Try starting with Pages next time, your future self will thank you.
That’s why we love the new Pages feature in SessionLab:
- Your notes + your agenda in one place
- Templates for workshop briefs, needs assessments & more
- No more hunting through random files!
📂 Try starting with Pages next time, your future self will thank you.
SessionLab is purpose-built for designing workshops and trainings:
🧩 Drag-and-drop blocks
⏱️ Timings update automatically
🤝 Collaboration that doesn’t get lost in email threads.
Spreadsheets weren’t made for this. SessionLab was.
www.sessionlab.com/blog/excel-a...
🧩 Drag-and-drop blocks
⏱️ Timings update automatically
🤝 Collaboration that doesn’t get lost in email threads.
Spreadsheets weren’t made for this. SessionLab was.
www.sessionlab.com/blog/excel-a...
SessionLab Vs Excel | SessionLab
Still using Excel for agenda planning? Remove the frustration and upgrade to SessionLab for free. Agenda design made easy with automatic time calculation.
www.sessionlab.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
SessionLab is purpose-built for designing workshops and trainings:
🧩 Drag-and-drop blocks
⏱️ Timings update automatically
🤝 Collaboration that doesn’t get lost in email threads.
Spreadsheets weren’t made for this. SessionLab was.
www.sessionlab.com/blog/excel-a...
🧩 Drag-and-drop blocks
⏱️ Timings update automatically
🤝 Collaboration that doesn’t get lost in email threads.
Spreadsheets weren’t made for this. SessionLab was.
www.sessionlab.com/blog/excel-a...
Includes:
🧭 Scenario planning
💬 Postcards from the future
🌀 Futures Wheel, Backcasting & more
Created with Suzanne Whitby + contributors Christel Scholten, Sara Tremi Proietti, Sophia Cheng and Megan Evans 🙌
📥 Grab your copy: buff.ly/HGKUsTS
How are *you* facilitating futures?
🧭 Scenario planning
💬 Postcards from the future
🌀 Futures Wheel, Backcasting & more
Created with Suzanne Whitby + contributors Christel Scholten, Sara Tremi Proietti, Sophia Cheng and Megan Evans 🙌
📥 Grab your copy: buff.ly/HGKUsTS
How are *you* facilitating futures?
Facilitating Futures Playbook | SessionLab
15 methods and workshop tools for guiding a group through a meaningful futures conversation, from mapping the present to embodying the future and taking action.
www.sessionlab.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Includes:
🧭 Scenario planning
💬 Postcards from the future
🌀 Futures Wheel, Backcasting & more
Created with Suzanne Whitby + contributors Christel Scholten, Sara Tremi Proietti, Sophia Cheng and Megan Evans 🙌
📥 Grab your copy: buff.ly/HGKUsTS
How are *you* facilitating futures?
🧭 Scenario planning
💬 Postcards from the future
🌀 Futures Wheel, Backcasting & more
Created with Suzanne Whitby + contributors Christel Scholten, Sara Tremi Proietti, Sophia Cheng and Megan Evans 🙌
📥 Grab your copy: buff.ly/HGKUsTS
How are *you* facilitating futures?
📄 Pages just dropped in SessionLab! Keep every brief, need-assessment & logistics note right beside your agenda, no more app-hopping.
Click “+” → Page, pick a template (or blank) and plan away.
Try it today and tag us with your own Page templates! 💡
Click “+” → Page, pick a template (or blank) and plan away.
Try it today and tag us with your own Page templates! 💡
Save time building your agenda
The Session Planner makes it easy to design high-quality agendas in minutes. Drag, drop & rearrange blocks to quickly plan your agenda. Calculate timing automatically.
www.sessionlab.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📄 Pages just dropped in SessionLab! Keep every brief, need-assessment & logistics note right beside your agenda, no more app-hopping.
Click “+” → Page, pick a template (or blank) and plan away.
Try it today and tag us with your own Page templates! 💡
Click “+” → Page, pick a template (or blank) and plan away.
Try it today and tag us with your own Page templates! 💡
If you’re running large sessions, try SessionLab. It’s made for this kind of complexity.
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
#facilitation #eventdesign #collaboration #learningdesign
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
#facilitation #eventdesign #collaboration #learningdesign
June 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If you’re running large sessions, try SessionLab. It’s made for this kind of complexity.
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
#facilitation #eventdesign #collaboration #learningdesign
Deb 🐝 from SessionLab
#facilitation #eventdesign #collaboration #learningdesign
Ever run a big event & lost your agenda in a sea of email threads?
I just facilitated a 150-person workshop, & SessionLab helped keep everything clear and collaborative:
I just facilitated a 150-person workshop, & SessionLab helped keep everything clear and collaborative:
June 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Ever run a big event & lost your agenda in a sea of email threads?
I just facilitated a 150-person workshop, & SessionLab helped keep everything clear and collaborative:
I just facilitated a 150-person workshop, & SessionLab helped keep everything clear and collaborative:
👇 Are you using the Worskhops and Wizards card deck? Tell us about it in the comments!
#Facilitation #TeamDevelopment #LearningAndDevelopment #WorkshopDesign #SessionLab #WorkshopsAndWizards
#Facilitation #TeamDevelopment #LearningAndDevelopment #WorkshopDesign #SessionLab #WorkshopsAndWizards
June 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
👇 Are you using the Worskhops and Wizards card deck? Tell us about it in the comments!
#Facilitation #TeamDevelopment #LearningAndDevelopment #WorkshopDesign #SessionLab #WorkshopsAndWizards
#Facilitation #TeamDevelopment #LearningAndDevelopment #WorkshopDesign #SessionLab #WorkshopsAndWizards
Facilitators love card decks, & for good reason 🃏
They’re great for sparking creativity, encouraging engagement & learning new facilitation skills.
🎁 Bonus: they also make excellent gifts (self-gifting counts!)
Got a go-to deck? Share it, we’re collecting favorites!
They’re great for sparking creativity, encouraging engagement & learning new facilitation skills.
🎁 Bonus: they also make excellent gifts (self-gifting counts!)
Got a go-to deck? Share it, we’re collecting favorites!
10 Favorite Facilitation Card Decks (and How to Use Them) | SessionLab
A curated list of our favorite 10 decks of facilitation cards, with tips and ideas on how to use them. Which will you check out next?
www.sessionlab.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Facilitators love card decks, & for good reason 🃏
They’re great for sparking creativity, encouraging engagement & learning new facilitation skills.
🎁 Bonus: they also make excellent gifts (self-gifting counts!)
Got a go-to deck? Share it, we’re collecting favorites!
They’re great for sparking creativity, encouraging engagement & learning new facilitation skills.
🎁 Bonus: they also make excellent gifts (self-gifting counts!)
Got a go-to deck? Share it, we’re collecting favorites!
You packed sticky notes and markers…But did you remember the Compass of Helping Hands? 🧙♀️✨ We created a fantasy-inspired card deck to help facilitators name, share, and develop their skills.
🪄 Try the Use Workshops & Wizards card in your training or workshop!
www.sessionlab.com/blog/worksho...
🪄 Try the Use Workshops & Wizards card in your training or workshop!
www.sessionlab.com/blog/worksho...
Announcing the Workshops & Wizards facilitation deck! | SessionLab
Learn more about the Workshops & Wizards deck, a set of cards designed to support facilitation and create connection in any group setting.
www.sessionlab.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
You packed sticky notes and markers…But did you remember the Compass of Helping Hands? 🧙♀️✨ We created a fantasy-inspired card deck to help facilitators name, share, and develop their skills.
🪄 Try the Use Workshops & Wizards card in your training or workshop!
www.sessionlab.com/blog/worksho...
🪄 Try the Use Workshops & Wizards card in your training or workshop!
www.sessionlab.com/blog/worksho...
Feeling rushed in workshops? Try creating more *thinking space.*
🧠 Try these facilitation activities that invite reflection:
📝 [Two Wins and One Wish](buff.ly/YgOrX9z).
🚶 [Walking Brainstorm](buff.ly/exnMA65)
👥 [Fishbowl](buff.ly/QXAodli)
Try one, and share your own in the SessionLab library!
🧠 Try these facilitation activities that invite reflection:
📝 [Two Wins and One Wish](buff.ly/YgOrX9z).
🚶 [Walking Brainstorm](buff.ly/exnMA65)
👥 [Fishbowl](buff.ly/QXAodli)
Try one, and share your own in the SessionLab library!
Two Wins and One Wish
Unlike the traditional game of
www.sessionlab.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Feeling rushed in workshops? Try creating more *thinking space.*
🧠 Try these facilitation activities that invite reflection:
📝 [Two Wins and One Wish](buff.ly/YgOrX9z).
🚶 [Walking Brainstorm](buff.ly/exnMA65)
👥 [Fishbowl](buff.ly/QXAodli)
Try one, and share your own in the SessionLab library!
🧠 Try these facilitation activities that invite reflection:
📝 [Two Wins and One Wish](buff.ly/YgOrX9z).
🚶 [Walking Brainstorm](buff.ly/exnMA65)
👥 [Fishbowl](buff.ly/QXAodli)
Try one, and share your own in the SessionLab library!
Running workshops for global teams just got easier 🌍
Now you can translate your sessions inside SessionLab with our and faster AI Assistant.
Whether you’re facilitating in French, Swedish, or Spanish, you can adapt and simplify your agenda in seconds.
How do you handle translating your sessions?
Now you can translate your sessions inside SessionLab with our and faster AI Assistant.
Whether you’re facilitating in French, Swedish, or Spanish, you can adapt and simplify your agenda in seconds.
How do you handle translating your sessions?
SessionLab’s improved AI Assistant: smarter, context-aware session design | SessionLab
Read about SessionLab's improved AI Assistant which enables users to generate, modify, and improve session content with greater flexibility and power.
www.sessionlab.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Running workshops for global teams just got easier 🌍
Now you can translate your sessions inside SessionLab with our and faster AI Assistant.
Whether you’re facilitating in French, Swedish, or Spanish, you can adapt and simplify your agenda in seconds.
How do you handle translating your sessions?
Now you can translate your sessions inside SessionLab with our and faster AI Assistant.
Whether you’re facilitating in French, Swedish, or Spanish, you can adapt and simplify your agenda in seconds.
How do you handle translating your sessions?
Designing a workshop in 15 minutes? Yep. 🧠✨
🛠️ Sketch a plan in Notion + Miro
📸 Snap a screenshot
🤖 Ask SessionLab’s AI assistant to turn it into a workshop agenda
Inspired by tips from Alexandre Eisenchteter →
🛠️ Sketch a plan in Notion + Miro
📸 Snap a screenshot
🤖 Ask SessionLab’s AI assistant to turn it into a workshop agenda
Inspired by tips from Alexandre Eisenchteter →
7 practical GenAI use cases for facilitators and trainers | SessionLab
Learn from Alex Eisenchteter from the AI Tinkerer's club how to leverage AI for training and facilitation workshops, from preparation to wrap-up.
www.sessionlab.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Designing a workshop in 15 minutes? Yep. 🧠✨
🛠️ Sketch a plan in Notion + Miro
📸 Snap a screenshot
🤖 Ask SessionLab’s AI assistant to turn it into a workshop agenda
Inspired by tips from Alexandre Eisenchteter →
🛠️ Sketch a plan in Notion + Miro
📸 Snap a screenshot
🤖 Ask SessionLab’s AI assistant to turn it into a workshop agenda
Inspired by tips from Alexandre Eisenchteter →
Ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes of a facilitated workshop? 👀
Take a peek at my virtual planning desk for my full session planning process using SessionLab
Deb from SessionLab
Take a peek at my virtual planning desk for my full session planning process using SessionLab
Deb from SessionLab
How to organize a workshop with SessionLab | SessionLab
Peek into a day in the life of a workshop facilitator to learn how to organize a workshop with SessionLab step-by-step, from blank canvas to full workshop session design.
www.sessionlab.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes of a facilitated workshop? 👀
Take a peek at my virtual planning desk for my full session planning process using SessionLab
Deb from SessionLab
Take a peek at my virtual planning desk for my full session planning process using SessionLab
Deb from SessionLab
🗺️ The History Map #Workshop
Help your team reflect on the past to guide what comes next. Designed by @MeetingMakers, this template surfaces key moments & lessons to support better learning & decision-making, especially during times of change.
Try it here →
Help your team reflect on the past to guide what comes next. Designed by @MeetingMakers, this template surfaces key moments & lessons to support better learning & decision-making, especially during times of change.
Try it here →
History Map Workshop | SessionLab
The History Map Workshop is designed to help teams reflect on key past events, milestones, and lessons learned, laying a foundation for future decision-making.
www.sessionlab.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🗺️ The History Map #Workshop
Help your team reflect on the past to guide what comes next. Designed by @MeetingMakers, this template surfaces key moments & lessons to support better learning & decision-making, especially during times of change.
Try it here →
Help your team reflect on the past to guide what comes next. Designed by @MeetingMakers, this template surfaces key moments & lessons to support better learning & decision-making, especially during times of change.
Try it here →
Need a helping hand with your workshop plan?
SessionLab’s upgraded AI Assistant now:
🧠 Understands your session
📤 Turns docs into agendas
🌍 Translates content
💡 Suggests real improvements
Try it out → [sessionlab.com/blog/improved-ai-assistant-in-sessionlab]
SessionLab’s upgraded AI Assistant now:
🧠 Understands your session
📤 Turns docs into agendas
🌍 Translates content
💡 Suggests real improvements
Try it out → [sessionlab.com/blog/improved-ai-assistant-in-sessionlab]
SessionLab’s improved AI Assistant: smarter, context-aware session design | SessionLab
Read about SessionLab's improved AI Assistant which enables users to generate, modify, and improve session content with greater flexibility and power.
sessionlab.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Need a helping hand with your workshop plan?
SessionLab’s upgraded AI Assistant now:
🧠 Understands your session
📤 Turns docs into agendas
🌍 Translates content
💡 Suggests real improvements
Try it out → [sessionlab.com/blog/improved-ai-assistant-in-sessionlab]
SessionLab’s upgraded AI Assistant now:
🧠 Understands your session
📤 Turns docs into agendas
🌍 Translates content
💡 Suggests real improvements
Try it out → [sessionlab.com/blog/improved-ai-assistant-in-sessionlab]
✨ Find more in the SessionLab method library—and consider sharing one of your own too!
May 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
✨ Find more in the SessionLab method library—and consider sharing one of your own too!