Gwyn Wansbrough

The Quest #183: ๐Ÿค” Are Virtual Conferences Worth It?

By Gwyn Wansbrough | November 6, 2024

Hello friends, Thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.โค๏ธ Organizing a virtual event is no small feat. Are they really worth it? And if they are, what makes them worthwhile? That’s our Quest for today. ๐Ÿ”Ž Let’s jump […]

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The Quest #182: ๐Ÿš€How I Launched My Digital Course

By Gwyn Wansbrough | October 15, 2024

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona.โ˜€๏ธ Thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.โค๏ธ A lot of people have been asking me about how I launched my digital course Live Session Magic. I’m going to break down the exact steps […]

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The Quest #181: ๐Ÿ”Ž The suprising science behind online engagement

By Gwyn Wansbrough | October 8, 2024

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona.โ˜€๏ธ Thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.โค๏ธ I’m diving into the science behind why we interact so differently online. And how understanding 5 simple facts about online engagement can completely transform the way […]

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The Quest #180: ๐Ÿ”Ž Can ChatGPT Design Live Online Sessions For You?

By Gwyn Wansbrough | October 1, 2024

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona.โ˜€๏ธ Thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.โค๏ธ In today’s edition, I’m sharing the results of a recent experiment where I used Chat GPT to design a virtual session. Spoiler: I made one big […]

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The Quest #179: ๐Ÿ‘ A Simple Timing Rule of Thumb

By Gwyn Wansbrough | September 17, 2024

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona.โ˜€๏ธ Thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.โค๏ธ I want to talk about something that a lot of people struggle with when it comes to running live online sessions: โœจTIMINGโœจ I’ll share a simple timing […]

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The Quest #178: โญ๏ธ How to Get Instant Feedback on Your Live Sessions

By Gwyn Wansbrough | September 10, 2024

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona.โ˜€๏ธ Thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.โค๏ธ I’m sharing a simple but often overlooked method for getting instant feedback on your live sessions that I’ve been reminded of over the past week. It […]

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The Quest #153: โฐ10 Strategies for Staying on Time (even when you fall way behind) – Greatest Hits

By Gwyn Wansbrough / February 27, 2024 / 0 Comments

Hello Friends, Greetings from Barcelona.โ˜€๏ธ ๐Ÿ™ŒMany thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional virtual sessions that your group members will love.โค๏ธ Everything started well. I kicked off the session right at 5:00 pm. I started with a warm welcome. Then moved onto a fun connection […]

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The Quest #152: Greatest Hits – The #1 reason that online sessions fail

By Gwyn Wansbrough / February 20, 2024 / 0 Comments

Hello friends, Greetings from Kerala, India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ where I’ll be on a learning journey with my husband. For the first time in ages, I won’t be taking my laptop. While I’m gone I’ll be sharing some of The Quest’s “greatest hits” – the most-read editions of the newsletter to date. What’s the #1 reason most […]

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The Quest #151: ๐Ÿ™„How to lead icebreakers for eye-rollers and skeptics

By Gwyn Wansbrough / February 13, 2024 / 0 Comments

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona โ˜€๏ธ A very special welcome to the facilitators joining The Quest from the New Zealand Facilitator’s Network Festival of Facilitation. ๐ŸŽ‰ I had the huge honor of leading the Festival’s opening session on icebreakers that inspired this newsletter. There is one question that keeps coming up… “How do I lead […]

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The Quest #150: ๐ŸŽ‰How to Engineer Surprise in Your Live Session

By Gwyn Wansbrough / February 6, 2024 / 0 Comments

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona where we are enjoying some surprising sunsets.โ˜€๏ธ Pop Quiz! Do you prefer when things a) go according to plan? Or b) when the unexpected happens? Me? I’m a planner. I like lists. I print out calendars. I guess it’s what comes with being a Virgo perfectionist. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผ Most people pick […]

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The Quest #149: ๐Ÿค” Is Facilitation Having a “Moment”?

By Gwyn Wansbrough / January 31, 2024 / 0 Comments

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona. โ˜€๏ธ I’m excited to bring you a special edition of the Quest with key takeaways from Session Lab’s brand newย 2024 State of Facilitation report.ย ๐ŸŽ‰ I am beyond honored to be one of 15 experts asked to contribute to the report.๐Ÿ‘‡ What exactly is facilitation anyway? Facilitation is one of those […]

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The Quest #148: ๐Ÿ”Ž From Sage on the Stage to Guide on the Side

By Gwyn Wansbrough / January 23, 2024 / 0 Comments

Hello friends, The other day I was talking with a client preparing an online facilitation training. โ€‹https://www.linkedin.com/in/romy-alexandra/They had a group of senior leaders delivering in-house corporate training. โœ”๏ธThe leaders have a wealth of experience and knowledge. โœ”๏ธThe training content is solid. But when the feedback forms came in, there was a common complaint: The leaders […]

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