by Chad Littlefield | Dec 13, 2022 | Connection Before Content, Conversation Skills, Conversation Starters, Improving Communication
How Long Does it Take to Make Friends? (Research-backed answer) Not going to lie…this is easily the most awkward thumbnail photo my design team has ever created 🤣 I cringed when I first saw it. But I asked the team leave it instead of revising...
by Chad Littlefield | Nov 15, 2022 | Connection Before Content, Conversation Skills, Conversation Starters, Facilitation Skills
What if the next keynote, lecture, or workshop you attended included only 500 words from the speaker? At roughly 175 words per minute, that is only 3 minutes of talking. Is it possible? Since long before microphones existed, we’ve been putting people up on...
by Chad Littlefield | Nov 1, 2022 | Connection Before Content, Conversation Skills, Conversation Starters, Facilitation Skills
I’d like to get rid of the word “icebreaker” all together. There are very few other words that can give so many people such immediate hives. (Although this 90 second video of a marriage proposal packed with jargon could definitely give you hives—and make you laugh out...
by Chad Littlefield | Oct 18, 2022 | Connection Before Content, Conversation Skills, Conversation Starters, Facilitation Skills
This is a special clip because I’m inviting you into a live Coaching Lab that I ran with a group of staff and faculty at a university I’ve been working with for the past 2 years. In today’s video, you’ll be hearing some honest conversation...
by Chad Littlefield | Oct 4, 2022 | Conversation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Great Leadership, Online Learning
Last week, I led a virtual workshop at a university where I completely failed to follow my own advice here. It ended terribly. Well…I should say that I ended it terribly. We got cut short, ran out of time, and closed in a bit of a hurried, “thanks,...
by Chad Littlefield | Sep 22, 2022 | Connection Before Content, Conversation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Group Activities, Team Building Activities
Have you had the experience of being in a group setting and hearing that dreaded sentence: “Before we begin, let’s do an icebreaker!”? Did your stomach automatically sink just reading that? It doesn’t have to be that way. There are 3 things your icebreaker...
by Chad Littlefield | Aug 30, 2022 | Conversation Skills, Improving Communication
Until you read this, you probably are not consciously aware of your own heartbeat. The phrase “How are you?” is a bit like that. Always there. But rarely top of mind. If you watch today’s video through to the end, I promise that it will rewire your brain and...
by Chad Littlefield | Aug 16, 2022 | Conversation Skills, Improving Communication
In today’s video, I have some gems and nuggets for your in-person meetings: One fun, interactive way to get your in-person group talking to each other My absolute FAVORITE way to make sure everyone’s voice is heard A better method to do a great activity that I often...
by Chad Littlefield | Jul 5, 2022 | Connection Before Content, Conversation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Great Leadership, Improving Communication, Interactive Presentation, Team Building Activities
If you go into a group setting and tell everyone that you’re going to do an icebreaker, some will start to break out in hives. Others will play along. And some will genuinely enjoy. But you can make great, meaningful engagement and connection happen without ever even...
by Chad Littlefield | Jun 21, 2022 | Conversation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Improving Communication, Interactive Presentation, Online Learning
This week, I’m going to make you do math! Just kidding. Well, sort of. Ok, maybe a little math. The concept of finding your “intersection point” is currently my favorite idea of the year! Admittedly, the very beginning of the video is a pinch slower than...
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