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sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · 12d

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:

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

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · 18d

400+ responses are in for the State of Facilitation 2025 survey.

Early insight: in-person is seen as most impactful, but online/hybrid dominates practice.

👉 Add your perspective here: buff.ly/RdYsXjk

🌍 We’d especially love to hear from facilitators in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East!

State of Facilitation 2025 Survey

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sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · 19d

The full agenda for the International Association of Facilitators’ Europe & Middle East “Why I 💜 Facilitation” Conference is live!

👉 Learn more & get your tickets: ilovefacilitation.ro

#whyilovefacilitation #conference #iafeme #iafromania #facilitation

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Sep 12

💬 Share your experience in the comments or DM me directly, I’d love to hear how you’re experimenting with it!

Carrin from SessionLab

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Sep 12

👉 Did it surprise you with any new methods or approaches?

👉 Where did it fall short, or what would make it more useful for you?

Your feedback will directly shape how we improve the tool to better support workshop design and facilitation practice. Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts! 💚

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Sep 12

It already has a 4.9/5 rating from a handful of reviews and I’d love for you to test it and tell us what works (and what doesn’t!).

I’d be especially curious to hear:

👉 What kinds of sessions or agendas did you try designing with the Facilitation Assistant?

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Sep 12

With the Facilitation Assistant, you can:

🔹 Design agendas and structure sessions with expert guidance

🔹 Reflect on and improve your facilitation skills

🔹 Discover curated methods and resources to use straight away!

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Sep 12

✨ I’m excited to introduce our new free Facilitation Assistant, a CustomGPT powered by SessionLab's vast repository of facilitation resources.

👉 Try it out here: chatgpt.com/g/g-cCPrbS3Q...)

ChatGPT - Facilitation & Meeting Assistant

SessionLab's expert agenda planner and facilitation coach is designed to help you design better meetings, workshops, training and group sessions. Improve your facilitation skills and discover…

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Sep 11

👉 Complete the survey + leave your email at the end

👉 Get the report in your inbox as soon as it’s published in early 2026

Take the survey here: [https://state-of-facilitation.typeform.com/survey2025](state-of-facilitation.typeform.com/survey2025?u...)

State of Facilitation 2025 Survey

Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

state-of-facilitation.typeform.com

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Sep 11

Special shoutout to: Romy Alexandra, Steve Bouchard, Julia Donohue, Myriam Hadnes, Anna Gullstrand, Shalaka Gundi, Tim Leake, Melanie Martinelli, Chris Taylor & Christine Thomas, our expert commentators for this year.

Want early access to the report?

State of Facilitation 2025 Survey

Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

state-of-facilitation.typeform.com

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Sep 11

A big thank you 💛

We’re gathering responses for the State of Facilitation survey - Impact of Facilitationand want to pause to thank those who’ve helped shape it with their advice and insights.

State of Facilitation 2025 Survey

Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

state-of-facilitation.typeform.com

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Sep 4

The State of Facilitation survey 2025 is live!
This year, the focus is on Impact:
- How do you measure the results of your sessions?
- What works?
- How do you communicate impact to others.

Take the survey 👉 [https://buff.ly/lLsmFqn]

And please share so we can capture a broader picture 🙌

State of Facilitation 2025 Survey

Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Aug 21

Facilitators in Europe or the Middle East: this is for you 👇
The IAF EME Conference is in Bucharest, 7–9 Nov 2025.
3 tracks, amazing venue, focus on facilitation + leadership.

Hosted by the excellent IAF Romania team
Tickets now available: [ilovefacilitation.ro](ilovefacilitation.ro)

I 💜 Facilitation

Join the IAF EME Conference on 7-9 November 2025 in Bucharest to experience 3 days of learning and sharing with fellow facilitators and leaders in the region.

ilovefacilitation.ro

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Aug 18

Collecting information from participants is key, every step of the way. We've made it easy to collect input directly in your workspace.

✨ Use Forms to:

- Capture feedback post-workshop
- Gather expectations before a session
- Run a quick retro

📊 Spot trends + improve, without switching tools!

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Aug 13

📚 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 😉

Publications | SessionLab

Explore our collection of free PDFs and downloads and improve your facilitation and session design skills.

www.sessionlab.com

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Jul 30

Grab the full deck + ready-to-use Miro board: www.sessionlab.com/blog/worksho...
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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

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Jul 30

🚀 When workshops get tough, facilitators get magical.

Level 3 of the Workshops & Wizards deck is for murky waters and mountainous terrain:

🔹 Stay neutral
🔹 Act on values
🔹 Reframe stuck conversations
Designed for tricky moments in team dynamics or deep facilitation training.

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Jul 28

🎤 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

100+ People? Here's how to engage them

Behind the Sessions: episode one with Deborah Rim Moiso

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Jul 24

Read the blog & grab the guide:

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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

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Jul 24

Top 5 tips for better scenario planning workshops:

✅ Adapt your plan

📌 Focus on action

🌍 Encourage diverse views

🌀 Give it space

💬 Include action planning

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Jul 24

Facilitators, team leads: are you helping your group plan for what’s ahead?

Scenario planning is a practical, hopeful way to explore complexity and build resilience. Our latest blog breaks it down, with tools you can use and a free guide on Facilitating Futures.

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Jul 23

✨ 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

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

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Jul 21

and grab the template too: buff.ly/SFyBM4W

#FacilitatingFutures #ScenarioPlanning #FuturesThinking #WorkshopDesign #Facilitation

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Jul 21

🧭 Explore trends
🎲 Use playful methods
💡 Build shared insight
💪 Strengthen resilience
🚀 Map out next steps

Download the full Facilitating Futures booklet: buff.ly/JLxCNtZ

sessionlab.com @sessionlab.com · Jul 21

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.