by Beth Cougler Blom | Aug 27, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Julie Dirksen about designing learning experiences that support real behaviour change. Julie shares insights from her latest book, Talk to the Elephant, and offers practical ways to go beyond knowledge transfer to...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Aug 13, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with accessibility consultant Nora Loyst about designing learning experiences that truly welcome everyone. Nora shares how personal experiences led her to this work and explores the shift from a medical model to a social...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 25, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
In this solo episode, host Beth Cougler Blom reflects on how to create learning that truly lasts. Beth shares thoughts about how we can shift from simply delivering content to designing experiences that drive behaviour change and embed meaningful memories for...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 11, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Sumesh Khatua and Simrat Pahwa about the power of storytelling to create lasting impact in learning experiences. They explore how stories help drive clarity, build emotional connection, and support learning transfer...
by Beth Cougler Blom | May 28, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Leanne Joe and Amea Wilbur about how they designed a course on Indigenous pedagogies for adult educators at the University of the Fraser Valley. Their conversation offers insights that can inspire all of us, wherever...
by Beth Cougler Blom | May 14, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Guillaume Vermette about his work as a therapeutic clown, using theatre, emotion, and deep listening to build human connection in long-term care homes. While the conversation doesn’t focus directly on facilitation,...
by Beth Cougler Blom | May 2, 2025 | Facilitation, Online facilitation, Teaching, Teaching online, Workshops
This post is about preparing to meet with us about our facilitation services. To learn about exploration meetings for our learning design services, read this post. We offer two types of facilitation services: Meeting facilitation: To help your group have...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 23, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Marisa Gelfusa about how poetry and expressive writing can become powerful tools for facilitators to connect with themselves and with others. Beth and Marisa also talk about: Using poetry as a reflexive practice in...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 9, 2025 | Podcast Episodes
In this solo episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks about how podcasting is an act of facilitation and the many behind-the-scenes ways she brings facilitation skills into each episode. Beth reflects on how she approaches podcast conversations with intention, clarity,...