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 | 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 | 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 | Apr 5, 2022 | Business, Company Culture, Great Leadership, Online Learning
What do you think is more important? To be interested—or to be interesting? You can actually answer that and see everyone else’s response right here. My answer to this question in today’s video might surprise you. I hope you choose to spend 7 minutes and 51...
by Chad Littlefield | Mar 15, 2022 | Facilitation Skills, Interactive Presentation, Online Learning, Remote Teams, Virtual Engagement Tips & Strategies, Virtual Meetings & Zoom Tutorials
At this point, we’re all (perhaps a bit too) familiar with virtual meetings. Your team is quite possibly burned out by them. They might even feel like they’re going to pull their hair out if they get. One. More. Calendar. Invite! But you can hit “refresh”...
by Chad Littlefield | Feb 15, 2022 | Conversation Skills, Great Leadership, Online Learning, Questions
One of the smartest people I know, Matt Church, said this to me once, and frankly, it stopped me in my tracks. Third option? What third option? What did this mean, and how was I supposed to use this idea to stretch my comfort zone and find the middle? Right now, we’re...
by Chad Littlefield | Oct 5, 2021 | Business, Company Culture, Great Leadership, Online Learning, Questions
The world is hybrid. No matter how we feel about, virtual is never going to go away completely. And this isn’t all COVID related. Our shift to a blended world certainly sped over the last couple of years, but the world has been heading this way for a good...
by Chad Littlefield | Sep 28, 2021 | Business, Great Leadership, Online Learning, Questions
Silence doesn’t have to be awkward. Used wisely, it can actually be one of the most useful tools in our communication toolbox. Using just silence, you can change the tone and narrative of the conversation. Silence has the power to quite literally change what...
by Chad Littlefield | Sep 21, 2021 | Facilitation Skills, Great Leadership, Online Learning
Sometimes you have to engage with a group of people that simply doesn’t want to be there. Maybe they’re at the end of a long week. Maybe the session is mandatory and they don’t yet see the value or purpose. Maybe they’re just simply cranky...
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