Facilitation Stories
Episodes
🎙️ FS79_Julia Slay & Ending Sessions Well
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Olivia is joined by Julia Slay, founder of Facilitation 101, to explore an often-overlooked part of facilitation: how we end sessi...
🎙️ FS 78 – Relaunch Episode: Meet the New Hosts; Umah, Sam, Olivia
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, the Facilitation Stories podcast returns with a brand-new hosting team — Olivia, Sam, and Umah — who share their stories, insp...
FS 77 Facilitation in the Agile Space with Farah Egby and Çiğdem Saka Jackson
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Helene speaks to Farah Egby and Cigdem Saka-Jackson about Agile. They talk about: Agile as a set of working practices that p...
FS 76 Chapter Chat with Andrew Spiteri EME Regional Director
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helene talks to Andrew Spiteri, Regional Director of the IAF Europe and Middle East Region. Andrew tells Helene about himself as a fac...
FS 75 Race Ahead for Facilitators with Bianca Jones, Cat Duncan-Rees and Paul Brand
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helene talks to Bianca Jones - Award Winning Mental Health & Anti-Racism Training Provider, MHFA England Associate and Founder & Mana...
FS74 Representation and Lego with Camilla Gordon
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Nikki talks to Camilla Gordon, a process facilitator , about representation in Lego and her new “Figiverse” project. They talk a...
December pause
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! We're pausing for December and so there won't be an episode this month. We'd like to thank everyone who chatted to us this year and all of o...
FS73 Reflections on being Chair of IAF England and Wales with Jane Clift
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helene talks to Jane Clift about her role as the Chair of IAF England and Wales. They talk about: How Jane got involved with the ...
FS 72 Working as an Internal Facilitator with Cath Brooks from the Environment Agency
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helene talks to Cath about her role as Senior Engagement Advisor and internal facilitator with the Environment Agency (EA) Cath tells ...
FS71 Chapter Chat with Jan Lelie IAF Netherlands
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is one of our quarterly “Chapter Chats” where Helene and Nikki talk to a member of the leadership team from another IAF Chapter. ...
FS70 Journaling, Writing and Facilitation with Claire Pearce
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Nikki talks to Claire Pearce about Journaling and Writing. Claire is a writer and facilitator who runs journaling and writing works...
FS69 Social Presencing Theater with Rosie Cripps
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
FS69 Social Presencing Theater with Rosie Cripps In this episode Nikki talks to Rosie Cripps, a facilitator and evaluator who helps build social mo...
FS68 Chapter Chat with Sara Tremi Proietti and Andrea Panzavolta from IAF Italy
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is one of our quarterly “Chapter Chats” where the team talks to leaders of other IAF Chapters. In this episode Helene and Nikki cha...
FS67 - Public Dialogue with Suzannah Lansdell
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Nikki talks to Suzannah Lansdell about Public Dialogue. Suzannah is a freelance facilitator who also advises organisations on how ...
FS 66 Facilitate 2024: Growing Together with Paul Brand
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helene talks to Paul Brand, Director of Risk Solutions and part of the IAF England and Wales Leadership Team, Board member and confere...
FS65 Chapter Chat with Bogdan Grigore IAF Romania
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In epsode Bogdan tells us about himself as a facilitator and trainer, what it means to be a playful facilitator and his journey into facilitation. H...
FS64 State of Facilitation Survey and Report with Deborah Rim Moiso
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helene talks to Deborah Deborah Rim Moiso from SessionLab about their recent survey and report. Deborah shares her experience as a fr...
FS63 Jamie Colston - Facilitating Systemic Constellations
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helene talks to Jamie Colston - father, facilitator, poet and systemic constellations practitioner about his work using Systemic Const...
FS62 - Chapter Chat with Tamara Zivadinovic
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re introducing a new quarterly feature “Chapter Chat”. As many listeners know, the England and Wales chapter is just one of the many IA...
FS61 Authentic Facilitation with Christine Bell
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helene talks to Christine Bell about a session they co-facilitated for Facilitation Week. They share some of the group’s thoughts on...
FS60 Exploring Philosophical Inquiry with Rosie Carnall
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Nikki talks to Rosie Carnall about Philosophical Inquiry. It’s a way of engaging in a conversation explorating into philosophical...
FS59 - A new Chapter
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After over 100 episodes spanning 4 years, Pilar Orti is stepping down from her role as co-host on the Facilitation Stories podcast. In this special ep...
FS58 Facilitating Dialogue Spaces with Jindy Mann
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Facilitation Stories, brought to you by the England and Wales chapter of the International Association of Facilitators, also known as IAF. ...
FS57 Open Source Facilitation with Perle Laouenan-Catchpole
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Nikki talks to Perle Laouenan-Catchpole, an Amsterdam-based facilitator and experienced designer. Perle shares the origins of Perl...
FS56 Facilitating a Multi-Faceted Project with 4 Facilitators
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pilar talks to fellow podcast team members Helene and Nikki, along with Penny Walker and Shanaka Dias about a global, hybrid process ...
FS55 From Working for the European Commission to Independent Facilitator with Sue Bird
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Facilitation Stories Pilar is joined by Sue Bird, who is a European public affairs specialist and facilitator. Sue ran a session ...
FS54 Falling Back in Love with Appreciative Inquiry with Ann Nkune
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Nikki talks to Ann Nkune about her rediscovery of Appreciative Inquiry. Ann is a facilitator working with charities, social...
FS53 A Co-facilitation story with Paul Kelly and Caroline Jessop
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Pilar talks to Paul Kelly and Caroline Jessop about co-facilitation. Caroline is a facilitator based just outside Winchester. She...
FS52 Learning to let go, Shoop and the IAF conference 2023
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Helene talks to Catherine Wilks about her experience of running a session at last year's conference. They talk about The Shoopery,...
FS51 Exploring play in climate conversations with Lucy Hawthorne
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Nikki talks to Lucy Hawthorne who for the past year has been experimenting with bringing playfulness to conversations about climate. L...
FS50 Wrapping Up the Year Reflecting on Our Meetups
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We wrap up the year talking to three hosts of our Meetups to find out what's been going on in their regions: what common themes have emerged throughou...
FS49 Two lenses on photography and facilitation
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a treat for you: Nikki Wilson interviews two guests who use photography as part of their facilitation practice. Gianpietro Pucciariello ...
4 ways to get started in Facilitation
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You know you are great at holding space for a group, getting people together and thinking productively, exploring challenges or organising by getting ...
BONUS Incorporating asynchronous communication into team facilitation
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Facilitation Week everyone! We are releasing this bonus episode to celebrate all things facilitation. In this episode, which we've borrowe...
FS48 How to have a conversation with clients about whether a workshop should be in person or online - with John Monks
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, Pilar is joined by John Monks to talk about how to have a conversation with a client about whether your event or workshop should be ...
FS47 Facilitators and the Sustainable Development Goals with Tanya Nash
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Nikki talks to Tanya Nash. Tanya is the Founder of Future Clarity. She is a facilitator, coach, trainer and researcher and works wit...
FS46 From Event Organiser to Facilitator of Facilitators
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Pilar talks to Myriam Hadnes, facilitator and host of the Workshops Work podcast and founder of the Never Done Before festival. ...
FS45 What we've learned from running a hybrid conference
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Nikki talks to Helene about the recent “Re-Facilitation Conference”. This was a hybrid conference with around half of the particip...
FS44 Understanding How Neurodiversity Affects Workshop Participants' Experience
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Pilar talks to facilitator Paul Kelly. He’s going to be running two sessions at the IAFEW Re-Facilitation conference on 13th-...
FS43 Facilitation in the Agricultural Sector
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Facilitation Stores, host Helene Jewell is joined by guest Lisa Morgans Lisa is a vet, researcher and facilitator. She is Head of L...
FS42 Designing the Space for Others to Learn in Conferences
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Pilar welcomes two guests. First she talks to Adrian Ashton. They start talking about Adrian’s relationship with facilitation and ...
FS41 Making Workshops Work with Penny Pullan
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Pilar talks to Penny Pullan, Director of “Making Projects Work” and author of “Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Succ...
A note to say we're still around and haven't podfaded...
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just saying hello, we'll be back with a proper episode soon. Let us know you're listening! We're @fac_stories on Twitter Check out facilitationstori...
FS40 The Endorsed Facilitator programme and the Challenges of Inclusivity
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pilar talks to Anish Hindocha, who has recently taken the IAF Endorsed Facilitator assessment process. They talk about Anish’s expe...
FS39 Growing as a Facilitator through the CPF Certification Process
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pilar interviews Helene Jewell CPF about her experience of going through the CPF Certification Process as someone already experienced...
Back to the Room
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With many people returning to face-to-face facilitation after months sat staring at a Zoom screen, we thought we’d share some of our top tips. Thank...
FS38 David Bishop Introduces the New Ireland Chapter
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s host is Nikki Wilson, talking to guest David Bishop, bilingual trainer and facilitator, based in France. David’s adventures in facilitati...
Sketchnotes Created During The Power of Facilitation Panel Discussion
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you listened to our last episode, the panel discussion by some of the co-authors of The Power of Facilitation, you might be interested in the sketc...
FS37 The Power of Facilitation - a panel discussion
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pilar talks to three of the co-authors of the book The Power of Facilitation, which was released this summer of 2021. Our conversatio...
FS36 From Scottish Retreats to Unleashing Potential through Liberating Structures
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We have two guests joining our host Nikki Wilson in this episode: Steve Yorkstone, talking about IAF Scotland and Ewen Le Borgne, who talks about proc...
How to Make Your Virtual Event a Success
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Suzanne Bennett, Board member of the International Association of Facilitators England and Wales chapter kicks off our blog with 5 hacks to make the m...
FS35 Facilitating Outdoors
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helene talks to Alex Williams Lead Trainer and Facilitator for nature-based learning at Muddy Feet. All Alex and her team’s facil...
FS34 Facilitation Worldwide with Vinay Kumar
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Pilar and Helene both join a conversation with Vinay Kumar. Vinay is Chair of IAF Global, based in Bangalore, India. He is a C...
FS33 Changes to our Meetup Groups
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a short, bonus episode to let you know about how we've changed the organisation of our Meetups over at Meetup.com. See below for more details....
FS32 Back to Facilitating Face to Face
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, host Helene Jewell talks about returning back to face-to-face facilitation after a year spent moving facilitation online due to ...
FS31 Clean Language & Metaphor
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
FS31 Clean Language and Metaphor In today’s episode, host Nikki Wilson takes a deep dive into clean language and metaphor, and talks to three guests...
FS30 The IAF's CPF Certification Process and How It Has Been Adapted Online
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Helene Jewell talks to Lindsay Sumner and Simon Wilson about the IAF's Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) assessment process...
FS29 Planning, Working and Leading Adventures Together
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features three initiatives from members of the IAF England and Wales Chapter. First, Nikki speaks to Mike Clargo about “Leading by Adve...
FS28 Exploring Metaphorum with Judy Rees
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
FS28 Exploring Metaphorum with Judy Rees – Show Notes Today’s episode starts with an overview of upcoming IAF meetups from Pilar, with a specific ...
FS27 Facilitation for Online Celebrations
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Helene Jewell hosts this episode about the skill of online facilitation and the importance of Facilitation to make your celebrations go with (or witho...
FS26 We Review the IAFEW Annual Conference - Online
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Pilar talks to the rest of the podcast team (Vic Hopkins based on the Cambridge Suffolk border, Nikki Wilson in Danbury in Essex, Hele...
FS25 Our Conference Has Gone Online and We're Being More Pirate!
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Helene Jewell talks to TWO guests! First to Susannah Raffe and then to Cat Duncan-Rees and the episode focuses on the IAFEW Confer...
FS24 The Future of Facilitation Survey with Paolo Martinez
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Pilar is joined from Italy by Paolo Martinez, an IAF Certified Professional Facilitator, Leader of the IAF Italy Chapter and Partner a...
FS23 Facilitating Meetings for Introverts
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helene talks to Jon Baker about introverts. They start off by discussing Jon’s passion for scuba diving! Jon talks about his work wi...
FS22 Voices from the Meetups
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a short one, but with plenty of voices, from the June Virtual Coffee Meetup. You can find out more about these meetups here: ...
FS21 How the Faciliation Profession is Changing with Trevor Durnford
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Helene talks to Trevor Durnford Co-Founder at Facil Profundo, Certified professional facilitator and until January of this year Ch...
FS20 Various Voices: Climate Hub, Creating Space to Reflect, Working with Interpreters and Async Facilitation
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we bring you a variety of different voices from different facilitators on a range of different topics. The Evening Learning and Networ...
FS19 From Facilitating through Theatre to the Online Space
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Helene interviews Pilar Orti from Virtual not Distant, creator and co-host of this IAF E&W podcast, Facilitator and trainer specialising in online col...
FS18 Working in Different Languages
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sharing stories about working with different languages in the room. Helene Jewell, podcast co-host and freelance facilitator based in Bristol, Marti...
FS17 How Facilitators are Adapting to the Virtual Environment
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Helene Jewell interviews Nicola Morris who together with Penny Walker conducted a survey to find out what facilitators feel they need ...
FS16 Training Internal Facilitators with Pinar Akkaya
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Pilar talks to Pinar Akkaya about how she supports organisations by training their internal facilitators. Pilar met Pinar for th...
FS15 Being Mentored as a Facilitator
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Helene talks to Celeste Brito and Camilla Gordon about their experiences of being mentees as part of the IAF Global Mentorship Pro...
FS14 What Does it Mean to be Nimble in Facilitation? With Rebecca Sutherns
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Helene Jewell talks to Rebecca Sutherns, author of Nimble: A Coaching Guide for Responsive Facilitation about how she became a facili...
FS13 Voices from our Virtual Meetup
22 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
These are challenging times for facilitators - in this bonus episode, we hear insights from Jonathan Bannister, Paolo Martinez, Koren Stark, Claudia, ...
FS12 IAF Voices and Facilitating Hybrid Meetups
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we hear from three people who attended one of our last virtual meetups, and one of our co-hosts, Pilar Orti, talks to Judy Rees about...
FS11 Getting started, Self-care and Fulfillment in Facilitation with Camilla Gordon
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Camilla Gordon is a freelance facilitator trainer and consultant specialising in working with marginalised groups and communities. She talks to Helene...
FS10 Thoughts and Reflections from Meetups and What's Coming Up
15 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Step into this episode brought to you by IAF England and Wales, with co-hosts Helene Jewell and Pilar Orti, plus three other voices, in both text and ...
FS09 First Year as Freelance Facilitator with Hilary Topp
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Helene talks to Hilary Topp about one of her favourite facilitation methods, why (and how) she got into facilitation and her involvem...
FS08 Voices and Stories from our Facilitation Meetups
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you haven't yet done so, please take a few minutes now to complete our survey - to help to make IAF England & Wales and our facilitation meetups mo...
FS07 The Importance of Values in Facilitation
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Gilbraith is a facilitato, trainer and consultant, and Chair of the IAF England and Wales board. He started hosting IAF meet ups about 5 years ...
FS06 Learning from Your Network and the Unexpected with Gary Austin and friends
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pilar talks to Gary Austin about what learning opportunities he's found during his 30 years as a facilitator. But before that, we ha...
FS05 Discovering the Joys of Facilitation with Megan Evans
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Evans is a consultant, facilitator and trainer and host of the IAF meet ups in Wales. Megan describes how she first got into facilitation quite ...
FS4 Lee Button and His Journey as a Certified Professional Facilitator
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lee Button is a freelance facilitator and Senior Partner at WeAreBPG. Lee tells us how he first came across facilitation, when he was part of a sessi...
FS3 What We Learned at the IAF Mega Meetup in Birmingham
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Helene Jewell and Pilar Orti discuss The IAF conference (18th/19th October 2019 in Birmingham) 2 days and an evening which included: Human map, C...
FS02 Facilitation and Sustainability with Penny Walker
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Get in touch! We’re @IAFEnglandWales or @Fac_stories on Twitter. Helene Jewell talks to Penny Walker Facilitator, Coach, Consultant and trainer in c...
FS1 Introducing Facilitation Stories and IAF England Wales Meetups
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Get in touch! We’re @IAFEnglandWales on Twitter. In this first episode, we introduce the show and the IAF’s England and Wales Chapter. We als...