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by Admin4Site | Dec 23, 2024 | Finessing and Improving, Marketing and Promoting, Planning and Preparing, Staging and Managing, Uncategorized, Your Workshops

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Getting the group give appropriate feedback

Getting the group give appropriate feedback

by Vicki Pinkerton | Nov 5, 2024 | Finessing and Improving, Your Workshops

I am not new at group facilitation but I have a problem that I have addressed in as many kind ways as I can manage and I am sympathizing with old-time teachers who used to use a ruler on knuckles. I am facilitating a group of Life Writers at the local seniors center...
Workshop-related questions from the first Water Cooler

Workshop-related questions from the first Water Cooler

by Matthew Curlewis | Oct 5, 2024 | Finessing and Improving, Marketing and Promoting, Planning and Preparing, Staging and Managing, Your Workshops

As these questions are good conversation starters, I thought I’d share a few of them here. • How do we find the time to lead workshops when our lives are overwhelming? • I’ve led a few workshops for WAW, but I’d like to begin my own workshops. Do I...
Hearing Challenged Writers Online

Hearing Challenged Writers Online

by Susan (Deepam) Wadds | Sep 30, 2024 | Finessing and Improving

How do you deal with those writers in a workshop who have difficulty hearing others?

Does anyone adapt the fiction rule for memoir/personal essay writings?

by Admin4Site | Aug 13, 2024 | Finessing and Improving

Hello Everyone, Let me clarify – I LOVE the ‘all is fiction’ rule. It has kept my groups and my writers safe, adventurous and free for 16 years already! And it has prevented us from descending into ‘therapy’ on many occasions. However,...
Learning to lead trauma informed writing workshop

Learning to lead trauma informed writing workshop

by Admin4Site | Aug 13, 2024 | Resources, Trauma Informed Workshops

Hello! I’m interested in expanding my skill set as a facilitator and diving deeper into how to lead trauma-informed writing workshops. I have substantial knowledge of interpersonal violence from previous work experiences, but I’ve never led a writing group...
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