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Hi Reader🙋🏼‍♀️

How have you been?

I have to admit, I started this year a little more gently.
And I hope you've had space to do the same.

One month off from the newsletter.
Two months off from the podcast (that never happened before 😅).

But just because it's been quiet on the surface doesn't mean nothing's been moving behind the scenes.

My Mondays are now dedicated to the Facilipreneur Mastermind, and we just wrapped up the first 3 sessions, all focused on better position.

My dear mentees have been working on:

Identifying their expertise
Defining the clients they truly want to support
Clarifying the kinds of challenges they're ready to help solve

In short: we've been shaping the Who, What, and "Why me?" - the foundation that helps each of them become a strategic partner their clients can trust.

As part of this work, we've also been paying close attention to what's happening in the organizations our clients serve.

Because when you understand what keeps them up at night, you can position yourself not just as a facilitator - but as a strategic partner.

💬 The Top 5 Challenges Organizations
face in 2026

(…and the opportunities they create for facilitators like you)

1️⃣ Turning AI into measurable value (beyond pilots)

💡Opportunity:
Facilitators can guide teams through sensemaking, experimentation, and aligning AI use cases to real needs - beyond the hype.

2️⃣ Operating under cost, margin & shareholder pressure

💡Opportunity:

There's growing demand for lean, high-impact formats (like workshops) that accelerate decisions and bring clarity - fast.

3️⃣ Skills gaps and talent competition

💡Opportunity:

You can design upskilling programs, onboarding experiences, and peer-learning spaces that help organizations grow internal talent.

4️⃣ Bureaucracy & silos slowing decisions

💡Opportunity:

Facilitation helps break down silos through cross-functional workshops, co-creation sessions, and strategic alignment rituals.

5️⃣ Cybersecurity & reputational risk at scale

💡Opportunity:

This is an opportunity to create safe, structured environments for addressing sensitive issues, building shared responsibility, and fostering a culture of trust.

What kind of challenges are you addressing as a consultant, facilitators or trainers?

🧩 Want to Clarify Your Own Strategic Value?

To help my mentees position themselves clearly, I shared a simple but powerful reflection tool.

Feel free to try it yourself

From this clarity, they can:

✅ Map the services they offer to help their clients

✅ Create content based on real pain points and the transformation they support

✅ Choose one key challenge for one audience - and turn it into a signature workshop

This kind of foundational work can really change the way you show up and sell your services.

And if you’d like support. I offer mentoring sessions that can help you move forward, especially with positioning and business development.
Let's catch-up on a call and check how we can work together on it

📞Book a call

🎙️ This Week on There’s a Workshop for That

I had a great conversation with Alex Judges, a Learning Experience Designer who created "The Co-Design Workshop" - a repeatable format he now uses to co-create training, retreats, and programs with his clients.

One Signature workshop for all the services he provided, integrated in his process.
This is just genius💡

During the episode, we talked about:

We both reveal our magic recipe to engage people in Webinar, Training, Workshops, actually any kind of session

Ask a Question → Tell or Teach → Apply or Debrief

A format that avoids passive listening and brings people into the session from the very first minute.

Alex immediately picked up on that rhythm and shared:

"As soon as someone hears a good question, they realize: Oh, this is for me. I'm part of this."

✨ What you'll learn:

How Alex simplified a 2-day format into a focused 2-hour workshop
Why he always starts with co-design - and what that unlocks
How using the same Miro board every time became a strength
Why having a repeatable format can be your best business asset

🗓️ What’s Coming in the Fit For Facilitation Community

+ 750 members are in the space - posting their thoughts, asking for tips, connecting with each other, and sharing great resources, for example in the comments of the Question of the week.
This week, we asked about the best recommended facilitation gatherings around the world in 2026.

🗓️ FFF Event of the month :

How to Run Brainstorms That Actually Work

📍Wednesday, Feb 11, 06:00 CET

Whether you’re leading a team, running workshops, or just tired of unproductive brainstorms, this session will give you what you need to do it better.What you’ll learn: