Episode 44: Creating rewarding workshop experiences: How to apply the SCARF model into your facilitation work

Listen to this episode from First Time Facilitator on Spotify. I recently co-facilitated a leadership course for mid-level leaders and as part of that, explained the SCARF mode. This is a brain based model created by David Rock in 2008; a summary of important discoveries from neuroscience about the way people interact socially.

I recently co-facilitated a leadership course for mid-level leaders and as part of that, explained the SCARF mode.  This is a brain based model created by David Rock in 2008; a summary of important discoveries from neuroscience about the way people interact socially.

Rock combines all the research and makes it easy for people that aren’t brain scientists, to use the research to determine why we behave in certain ways at certain times.

I thought the application of SCARF could be tremendously beneficial in our role as facilitations.  In this episode, I share my thoughts on what we can do, in our role as a facilitators to reduce the threat response for participants in our workshops, and optimise their rewards response.

Here are a couple of updates in the First Time Facilitator world:

• I’ll be celebrating my 50th episode which is released on 21 January. If you’d like to meetup and celebrate, I’m going to host an event or some nibbles and drinks in Brisbane on Friday 18 January, probably sundowners around 5pm. Comment below, or email me if you'd like to be on the invite list.

• I have a few people asking me about how to start a podcast, so I’m going to run a workshop in Brisbane in early January too, most likely Sunday 13 January. If you’re keen on that, shoot me an email - hello@firsttimefacilitator.com

On this episode, you'll learn:

• The three underpinning themes of the SCARF model

• Strategies on how you can apply SCARF to create rewarding workshop experiences for your participants and how you can apply this to create a safe workshop environment

• Facilitator hacks on how to reduce the threat response of your participants

Resources mentioned in this episode

• The Flipchart group on Facebook

• Article: Managing with the brain in mind

• Complete the free SCARF self-assessment

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