Episode 008: Facilitating Breakthroughs Online with Gwyn Wansbrough
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Summary
When the pandemic began and group experiences shifted from in-person to online, international facilitator Gwyn Wansbrough had a breakthrough that changed the trajectory of her career. In this episode, we explore what it means to have a “breakthrough,” unpack ways we can create the conditions for people to have them in online environments, and share what it’s been like behind the scenes as facilitators to pivot from in-person to virtual… with a surprisingly emotional breakthrough moment emerging along the way!
Today’s Guest
Gwyn Wansbrough is an international facilitator, learning experience designer, and course creator. She focuses on empowering educators and team leaders with the skills to make learning more creative, engaging, and human. She specializes in ways to create learning experiences that lead to breakthroughs. Gwyn recently stepped down as Executive Director of global facilitation training organization, Partners for Youth Empowerment, scaling programs to over 15k educators and team leaders in 15 countries. She has collaborated with organizations and schools around the world including the Ashoka Foundation, WISE (World Innovation Summit for Education), private foundations, departments of education, and universities. She publishes a weekly newsletter on creativity, facilitation, and learning called The Quest, and she launched an online cohort-based course in October called Breakthrough Facilitation for professionals who lead virtual groups.
She lives in Barcelona, Spain. She loves spending time by the sea, experimenting with watercolors, and playing cards with her family.
Resources
Gwyn’s Website: www.gwynwansbrough.com
The Quest Newsletter: https://www.gwynwansbrough.com/newsletter
Breakthrough Facilitation Live Online Course: https://www.breakthrough-facilitation.com
Gwyn’s social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/home
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwynwans/
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