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...
by Chad Littlefield | Jun 14, 2022 | Conversation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Improving Communication, Interactive Presentation, Online Learning
Nearly every presentation I’ve heard ends this way. It’s not horrific, but it certainly is a horrifically average way to end a presentation. Unknowingly, I used to end many of my presentations in the same way. But I have since discovered a far better way! ...
by Chad Littlefield | Jun 7, 2022 | Creating Great Work Culture, Facilitation Skills, Great Leadership
There’s been so much so much chatter about The Great Resignation, or as an artist friend of mine calls it, “The Big Quit.” It seems like it’s just inevitable. “Everyone’s quitting, and there’s not much we can do about it” seems to be the place of...
by Chad Littlefield | May 31, 2022 | Connection Before Content, Conversation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Interactive Presentation
Not sure if I’ve ever shared this with you, but a few years ago I went on a middle-of-nowhere kayak camping adventure in Maine for 7 days. Heaps and heaps of time for quiet reflection. On that trip, I became crystal clear on why I’m here. On Earth that...
by Chad Littlefield | May 17, 2022 | Connection Before Content, Conversation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Interactive Presentation
Re: Hybrid…4 Ideas to Make It Better (Part 1) Re: Hybrid…2 Little Live Learnings (Part 2) I want to try something a little bit different with today’s newsletter. Instead of just sending you a video and a few bullet points for you to sit back and watch and...
by Chad Littlefield | May 10, 2022 | Connection Before Content, Conversation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Interactive Presentation
We tend to aim for bigger. Bigger reach. More revenue. Higher engagement. Increased impact. On and on. But what’s the point of constantly growing if it isn’t improving our lives or the lives of our clients, customers, students, family, loved ones, or whoever we’re...
by Chad Littlefield | May 6, 2022 | Facilitation Skills, Online Learning, Team Building Activities
I’m thrilled to let you know that you can now get a box of We! Connect Cards in Spanish! We’re really excited for you to be able to check these out. They’re the same great connection-building questions that you’ve been using for years—just en español. We have a...
by Chad Littlefield | Mar 29, 2022 | Conversation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Great Leadership, Interactive Presentation, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies
Turn the mundane memorable! Look around at the next meeting or training you are attending—or leading. What do you see? Are your team members engaged, leaning forward, taking notes, participating in the session? Or are you more likely to see people fighting to stay...
by Chad Littlefield | Mar 22, 2022 | Facilitation Skills, Improving Communication, Remote Teams
It was 66° and sunny yesterday where I live in Pittsburgh, PA. And after a long winter, the last place I wanted to be was on Zoom—even though I like thinking about How to Make Virtual Engagement Easy quite a bit. Pandemic or no pandemic, the world will always work and...
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