Everyday Acts of Facilitation with Beth Cougler Blom

Beth Cougler Blom on how teaching and facilitation skills are built in life’s ordinary moments — noticing, saying hello first, and staying curious.

Quotes from the episode

When you love what you do, you see it everywhere.
-Beth Cougler Blom

I’m here in Canada, and I’m on the West Coast, and there’s so many people learning here all the time about how to be living and working in a diverse community.
-Beth Cougler Blom

If we hone our noticing skills, then we can notice what’s going on with ourselves when we’re teaching.
-Beth Cougler Blom

When I make a mistake, often, I’ll tell the group, because that’s how we all learn too.
-Beth Cougler Blom

Resources

• Everyday Acts of Facilitation, by Beth Cougler Blom
• Design to Engage, by Beth Cougler Blom
• Facilitating on Purpose Podcast
• BCB Learning Inc.
• Scarlett Johansson Has a Trick for Answering Questions (Dorie Clark)
• How Librarians Find Their Next Read (Instagram)
• ClassPass
• Jazzercise
• Your Brain on Art, by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross