Episode 60: Practical recipes for change with Dr Cathryn Lloyd and Andrew Rixon
What's your process for designing meeting, workshop or conference content? in today’s episode I’m interviewing two expert facilitators who have compiled over 80 activities to elicit story-sharing in workshops, in a book called ‘The Story Cookbook’.
What's your process for designing meeting, workshop or conference content?
in today’s episode I’m interviewing two expert facilitators who have compiled over 80 activities to elicit story-sharing in workshops, in a book called ‘The Story Cookbook’.
The authors are Dr Cathryn Lloyd and Andrew Rixon. Cathryn has appeared on the podcast before, in episode 52 and is a facilitator, educator, researcher, arts practitioner, and creative development coach. She is the Founder and Director of Maverick Minds, a company that specialises in creative learning experiences designed to shift your thinking, gain new perspectives and create positive change.
Andrew Rixon is a consultant, coach and educator with particular interest and passion for entrepreneurship and innovation. He’s the Founder of Babel Fish Group, a boutique management consulting company specialising in innovative approaches to leadership and change. Andrew has worked across diverse industry and organisations within Australia and internationally across the US, UK and Asia.
In this episode we talk about the importance, not only of story-telling but of story listening and story-sharing. We talk about questions you need to consider prior to designing a workshop, and through this interview, both Cathryn and Andrew share their stories on how they got to know each other, why they wrote the book, and how you as a facilitator, can use a resource like this to help develop your next workshop - whether that’s facilitating a one-hour meeting; or even a one-week conference.
On this episode you’ll learn
How you can use stories to facilitate outcomes in a workshop
The questions you need to consider prior to designing a workshop
The MIT for a story - and how you can use it to craft a story; but also use it to understand what hits
How leaders can use stories to influence change
What a great resource The Story Cookbook is, for first time facilitators!
Resources mentioned in this episode
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Episode 52: Creative facilitation (and why doing gives you the greatest learning) with Dr Cathryn Lloyd
Dr Cathryn Lloyd is a facilitator, educator, researcher, arts practitioner, and creative development coach. She describes herself as a ‘bricoleur’ in the way she brings together different methodologies and processes to help people work well with one another. Dr. Cathryn brings in ‘Artful Inquiry’ processes and facilitation to move creativity into action and to create positive change.
Dr Cathryn Lloyd is a facilitator, educator, researcher, arts practitioner, and creative development coach. She describes herself as a ‘bricoleur’ in the way she brings together different methodologies and processes to help people work well with one another. Dr. Cathryn brings in ‘Artful Inquiry’ processes and facilitation to move creativity into action and to create positive change.
She loves working with others to develop collaborative, experiential and reflective learning environments and her clients include Govt agencies, academic institutes, corporate, and arts organisations.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How 'being', 'doing' and 'reflecting' help grow your skills and experience as a facilitator
Techniques on how to help create a shared group environment (and why it's important to understand that each group has their own energy)
Why it’s important to be sensitive to the environment, and how you can gauge the environment by using questions
Key questions to ask when you reflect on your practice at the end of a workshop
Why being creative helps you become a better leader (and facilitator!)
About our guest: Dr Cathryn Lloyd
Dr. Cathryn Lloyd is a facilitator, researcher, creativity coach and educator. She is Australia's first certified creativity coach with the Creativity Coaching Association. She is the Founder and Director of Maverick Minds Pty Ltd. Maverick Minds specialises in creative learning experiences designed to shift your thinking, gain new perspectives and create positive change.
Dr. Cathryn’s experience across design and business offers an eclectic approach to her facilitation and workshops. She loves working with others to develop collaborative, experiential and reflective learning environments.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Attend one of Cathryn's upcoming events in Brisbane (co-hosted with Andrew Rixon)
Stories and Narratives for Organisations & Community Building: Workshopping the Story Cookbook
Book launch: Andrew Rixon and Cathryn Lloyd - The Story Cookbook
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Quotes of the episode
“As a facilitator and or a person working with people, it's really about being sort of sensitive to the environment and trying to gauge and understand where people are at; rather than sometimes assuming things.”
“I think first and foremost, you have to be doing; and it's in the doing that is the greatest learning, ultimately.”
“I think time spent in building relationships is really important; and people often don't realise that. If you spend time doing all the other stuff, it will probably happen a lot more easily because those relationships are there and you've built community and a sense of ownership.”
“You've got to have creativity and you need to have people thinking creatively and owning the idea of creativity if we want innovation to actually happen. Innovation won't happen without creativity.”
“If you do want people to think differently or to be differently, then we have to be doing different things in order for that to actually happen.”