by Beth Cougler Blom | Sep 11, 2014 | Facilitation, Online facilitation, Workshops
Today I was at Volunteer Victoria meeting with my co-facilitators for the upcoming Leading Volunteers: Foundations in Volunteer Management course. This is the blended model course that I was lucky to be able to develop in 2012 that has become even better over time.... by Beth Cougler Blom | Feb 2, 2014 | Facilitation, Workshops
I’m happy to say that there are a lot of facilitation-related workshops coming up in Victoria soon, so I thought I’d make this post a “roundup” of some of the options that I know are available over the next couple of months. Please share in the... by Beth Cougler Blom | Oct 4, 2013 | Workshops
I’m hanging out at the Volunteer BC conference yesterday and today and attending some great sessions all about non-profit and volunteer management. I’ll write a few blog posts on the conference, and I thought I’d start with a recap of a session that... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jul 23, 2013 | Online facilitation, Workshops
It seems like I’ve been teaching online non-stop since the end of April. Oh wait, I have. I had the good fortune while I was doing a contract as an Instructional Designer at Royal Roads University this past year to co-facilitate their Instructional Skills... by Beth Cougler Blom | May 16, 2013 | Workshops
A few weeks ago I taught a half-day workshop called “Vital Volunteer Management” with a group of about 20 participants. It was a very interactive introduction to Volunteer Canada’s volunteer screening cycle. I began the day introducing some of the... by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 5, 2013 | Workshops
There’s an event coming up that I’ve been looking forward to attending since about December 2011. That’s when I and a few other dedicated individuals started working on planning it! It’s the 2013 Administrators of Volunteer Resources BC... by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 2, 2013 | Facilitation, Workshops
In January I presented to The Victoria Business Moms at the invitation of the group’s organizer, Heather Solomonson. The topic I spoke about was non-traditional ways to create professional development opportunities for ourselves. At the delightful... by Beth Cougler Blom | Aug 6, 2012 | Facilitation, Workshops
Like many people I can sometimes be a real procrastinator. Often it involves things I don’t really want to be doing in the first place, but sometimes it includes work that I actually really do love. These days it’s busyness that takes me to that place,... by Beth Cougler Blom | May 12, 2012 | Facilitation, Workshops
So much has happened in the last few weeks, I’ve barely had time to sit down and write about it. So tonight I scratch out a few minutes for an update. Last week I spent three full days taking Christina Merkley’s Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals course...