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Learning and Development Roundtable
2020-11-20 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 7+ years of meetings!

Watch this space for more details about this month’s specific topic. And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Health and wellness strategies that actually work for the holidays, COVID and more
2020-11-19 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Stressed. Weary. Worried. Overwhelmed. Screen fatigued. Anxious. Lonely. Beleaguered. Pulled in a zillion directions. Bored.

These are just some of the words that I’m hearing people use to describe their mental state at the moment. We’re months into an unprecedented global pandemic with no end in sight.

Oh, and the holidays are approaching. And quickly.

How do we muster up the energy to be well and to celebrate, to lift our heads up and look to a better future that we all have a hand in creating?

It doesn’t have to be as hard as it may sound.

With a few, fun strategies we can not only rally but come back, come together, connect, and overcome.

Eighteen strategies in fact. After we take a dive into dispelling some myths about wellness and balance, and replace them with accurate information that takes the pressure off and gives you a break, we’ll play with eighteen ways to be well in mind, body, and spirit.

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Map your stressors by discovering three types of stress, including the stress that is actually good for you
Uncover the surprisingly simple way to handle stress and overwhelm with this incredibly important key
Give yourself a break by banishing the hype about wellness and balance
Find more energy for creating social change with its key counterpart ‘innervism’
Come away refreshed, inspired, and energized with 18 simple, fun techniques you can practice and use anywhere
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP here by November 17th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.

For regular Learning and Development Roundtable members, please note the new date and time that I’m experimenting with. I am reaching out to include people in other timezones at their request.

8-10 am Mexico
11am – 1pm Rio
9-11 am Montreal/New York
5-7 pm Nairobi
6-8 pm Abu Dhabi

Click here to convert to your timezone if it’s not listed above.

And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, eight-plus years of meeting resources, and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Easy tech tools to amp up online engagement, learning and communication
2020-10-23 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
With the ever-increasing pace of life, attention is scarcer than ever these days. We flip channels, YouTube playlists, Spotify songs, and other online content faster than you can say ‘Zoom, zoom, zoom a zoom.’

Added to that, typical online events, meetings, and workshops tend to be boring, repetitive, uninteresting, flat, and stale. Be honest, are words like these ones you’d use to describe the last online interaction you had?

Aside from the endless meetings, you’ve got important work to get done, and need to get it done online at that. So how do you nab people’s attention, get them engaged and all pulling together?

It’s not that hard if you have a few innovative, engaging tech tools in your pocket. Pull these out for your next online gathering and you’ll have people connecting, contributing, and effecting change in no time. And you’ll look like a star.

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Discover why you should never be without your ‘umbrella’ when it comes to using online tech tools
Learn what the four most important things are to consider when picking engaging online tech tools
Figure out how to use two methods to make sure your tech tools are not only engaging but are accessible and inclusive
Experiment with and experience a bunch of diverse tools designed to help people engage, learn, communicate, and more
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP here by October 21st. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.
And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources, and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Leave no one behind: four inclusive, accessible steps to teaching workshops
2020-09-18 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
You’ve signed up for that workshop you’ve wanted to take. It’s started. You’re in. You’re motivated. You’re learning…well, sort of. Okay, not really. Not at all actually. Your learning has sunk farther and faster than the titanic.

All of a sudden, instead of looking forward to learning, you’re feeling excluded, left out, and ignored. Enter major roadblocks to your learning.

Can you relate? It.doesn’t.have.to.be.that.way. And it shouldn’t.

Here’s how to help make sure that doesn’t happen the next time you’re designing and delivering a learning event.

Great learning is powerful learning and when we set out to create powerful learning, we must take into account the art and science of learning and development and how to not only make the learning materials inclusive and accessible but also the teaching.

What’s accessible and inclusive for some, isn’t for everyone. And when someone doesn’t feel included then not only do we block their learning, but we block the opportunity to learn from them too. Everyone loses—individuals, organizations, and our communities.

“Leave no One Behind” – it sounds good yet often workshops do just that. Most learning events are not designed using an inclusive approach. As a result, we leave both learners and valuable insights and potential solutions to pressing social problems behind. This Learning and Development Roundtable aims to resolve that with four inclusive steps that anyone can use for face to face and/or online/blended workshops, to overcome bias in workshop design and delivery.

By using these four inclusive steps, not only will everyone have a seat at the table, but they will be able to meaningfully engage.

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Learn how to use two simple tools to design powerful, inclusive workshops
Discover where your bias is in teaching and learning and how to work around it so you don’t unwittingly exclude your learners
Discover the link between starfish and wonder woman a.k.a. two tools you can use right away to help you provide more accessible learning
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP here by September 16th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.
And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, seven plus years of meeting resources and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Virtual team building in the time of COVID - Yes it’s possible and here’s how with very special guest Emmanuel Jal
2020-08-21 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Is your virtual team lagging? Unmotivated? Overwhelmed? Bickering?

Have I got a special treat for you. Emmanuel Jal, former South Sudanese child soldier and now international peace activist, musician, performer, artist, and humanitarian, will join us to share his hard-earned, well-honed tips on how to keep calm and carry on.

“I share my story for social-emotional learning through the arts, business, and philanthropy. I offer experiences with music, healing, education, and healthy living – so that together we can create positive, global awakening.” – Emmanuel Jal

In recent Learning and Development Roundtables, we’ve learned how to Harness Technology in Turbulent Times and we’ve learned how to Manage Virtual Teams.

Feeling accomplished? You should be. High fives all round.

Now more than ever before we need to be focusing on our teams – how we are connecting, collaborating, and communicating. Now that we are practically Zoom experts we need to focus on building our teams, including “replicate the small things that knit a team together” (Leading Virtual Teams, Harvard Business Review).

Sounds impossible to do online? Not so! Join me for this creative, fun, and engaging session where we’ll focus on virtual team building, part two. You don’t need to have participated in last month’s part one to be able to join this month’s.

You do ideally need to have a fast internet connection because due to timezone issues, Jal will join us via a prerecorded video he and I will make especially for our Roundtable.

You and your team will thank you for participating.

As social distancing continues, in these turbulent, trying times we are apart but that doesn’t mean we have to be isolated. And in fact, we shouldn’t be. Isolated that is.

Now is the time to learn, laugh, and lead with our teams. And in case you’re thinking group groans (aka activities that are embarrassing or silly), know that they will be banished.

“I’m still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.” Emmanuel Jal

In this free workshop with Emmanuel Jal and Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Discover Jal’s hard-won tips and techniques for overcoming hardship and not just surviving but thriving and how to apply those tips and techniques to yourself and your team
Get a taste of some of the tools Jal uses to maintain his well-being and mental health
Finally figure out the difference between what makes for a fun, engaging team building activities and the ones that make you groan with disbelief and dread (hint: we’ll be doing the former, NOT the latter)
Go from ‘ugly to f.u.g.l.a,’ while relaxing and having fun with 3 different types of activities
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP here by August 19th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.

And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, seven-plus years of meeting resources, and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Virtual team building in the time of COVID - yes it’s possible and here’s how
2020-07-17 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Is your virtual team lagging? Unmotivated? Overwhelmed? Bickering?

In recent Learning and Development Roundtables, we’ve learned how to Harness Technology in Turbulent Times and we’ve learned how to manage virtual teams.

Feeling accomplished? You should be. High fives all round.

“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler

Now more than ever before we need to be focusing on our teams – how we are connecting, collaborating, and communicating. Now that we are practically Zoom experts we need to focus on building our teams, including “replicating the small things that knit a team together” (Leading Virtual Teams, Harvard Business Review).

Sound impossible to do online? Not so! Join me for this creative, fun, and engaging session where we’ll focus on virtual team building. You and your team will thank you for participating.

As social distancing continues, in these turbulent, trying times we are apart but that doesn’t mean we have to be isolated. And in fact, we shouldn’t be. Isolated that is.

Now is the time to learn, laugh, and lead with our teams. And in case you’re thinking group groans (aka activities that are embarrassing or silly), know that they will be banished.

“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” – Ryunosuke Satoro

In this free workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Discover how to use the keys to your own team M.A.P. to diagnose what your team really needs right now
Finally figure out the difference between what makes for a fun, engaging team building activities and the ones that make you groan with disbelief and dread (hint: we’ll be doing the former, NOT the latter)
Go from ‘ugly to f.u.g.l.a,’ while relaxing and having fun with 3 different types of activities
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP here by July 15th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.

And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, seven-plus years of meeting resources, and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Virtual team work in the time of COVID - Turning you and your team right side up again
2020-06-19 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
We need to be thinking about the mental health of our teams, our staff, our colleagues, and ourselves because catching up around the office water cooler or dishing over an impromptu lunch is a distant dream.
Zoom has become part of our daily vocabulary and we’ve climbed the learning curve of:

Juggling working from home.
Being more comfortable with all the tech that entails.
Adding ‘teacher’ to our list of titles as we homeschool our kids. (for some of us)
Holding online meetings.
Figuring out new coping strategies as our physical sense of community has shrunken drastically.
Keeping safe and staying well while socially distancing.

Feeling accomplished? You should be. High fives all round.
As we lean into continued social distancing it’s time to focus on our teams. In these turbulent, trying times we are apart but that doesn’t mean we have to be isolated. And in fact, we shouldn’t be. Isolated that is.
In this free workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Discover the keys to your own team M.A.P. and a diagnostic tool for figuring out what your team really needs right now.
How to identify red flags and warning signs and how to turn them into benefits for you and your team.
Simple easy peasy tips to amp up your virtual teamwork.
Seven strategic ways to improve your team that all start with the letter C.
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training. (If you’re a UN staff)

And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources, and more.
RSVP here
(For those who’ve registered in the past, note that this RSVP looks a little different but the questions are the same.)

Learning and Development Roundtable: Harnessing Tech Tools for Turbulent Times Part Two
2020-05-15 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
In these turbulent, trying times we are apart but that doesn’t mean we have to be isolated. Tech tools can help bring us together, they can help us connect, bridge and help us feel like we belong. Seriously.

Based on popular demand, building on last month’s Roundtable, we’re back for part Two of Harnessing Tech Tools for Turbulent Times.

Ever felt so frustrated that you wanted to throw tech in the toilet? While tech tools can definitely make us feel anxious and overwhelmed this May’s Learning and Development Roundtable will help you get a handle on those feelings by harnessing tech to help you (no that’s not a typo). Instead of feeling heckled by tech, and out of control, we’ll have fun demonstrating a bunch of tools that will put you back in the driver’s seat, feeling calm, competent and confident.

“It’s using the technology, and being creative with it, and solving problems that people have or creating something beautiful with it.”
Limor “Ladyada” Fried — MIT Graduate and Owner of DIY electronics company Adafruit

Getting a handle on tech is a must today but that doesn’t mean it has to be painful or stressful. Come and discover a whole new world of how tech can help you get more ease, efficiency and productivity. So you can get on with being of service and doing what you do best.

“Technology is best when it brings people together.”
Matt Mullenweg, Social Media Entrepreneur, Developer of WordPress

In this free workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll

Review four ways to be in charge of tech (instead of it controlling you), which includes figuring out if you are an armadillo, turtle, duck or dolphin and why it’s SO important to know when you’re using tech tools.

Discover 3 categories of tech tools with demos of tools in each category: tools for research and listening, tools for communication and learning and tools for ease and efficiency.

Experience the magic and feel transformed as we pull back the curtain and demystify tech.

Discover the use and usefulness of tech in your work (and personal life) and get access to resources with all the tech tools we’ll cover.

Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

“Technology will never replace great teachers but technology in the hands of great teachers is transformational.” – George Couras

RSVP here by May 13th. Then watch your inbox for how to participate online and our agenda.
And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Harnessing Tech Tools for Turbulent Times
2020-04-17 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
In these turbulent, trying times we are apart but that doesn’t mean we have to be isolated. Tech tools can help bring us together, they can help us connect, bridge and help us feel like we belong. Seriously.
If your eyebrows have just climbed up your face and you’re snorting in derision, I get it.
Ever felt so frustrated that you wanted to throw tech in the toilet? While tech tools can definitely make us feel anxious and overwhelmed this April’s Learning and Development Roundtable will help you get a handle on those feelings by harnessing tech to help you (no that’s not a typo). Instead of feeling heckled by tech, and out of control, we’ll have fun demonstrating a bunch of tools that will put you back in the driver’s seat, feeling calm, competent and confident.

“It’s using the technology, and being creative with it, and solving problems that people have or creating something beautiful with it.” Limor “Ladyada” Fried — MIT Graduate and Owner of DIY electronics company Adafruit

Getting a handle on tech is a must today but that doesn’t mean it has to be painful or stressful. Come and discover a whole new world of how tech can help you get more ease, efficiency and productivity. So you can get on with being of service and doing what you do best.

“Technology is best when it brings people together.” Matt Mullenweg, Social Media Entrepreneur, Developer of WordPress

In this free workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll

Figure out if you are an armadillo, turtle, duck or dolphin and why it’s SO important to know when you’re using tech tools.

Feel your eyebrows rise in excitement instead of frowning in frustration as you take part in tech tools demos that will show you how to stay in control of tech instead of feeling overwhelmed and controlled by tech.

Experience the magic and feel transformed as we pull back the curtain and demystify tech.

Discover the use and usefulness of tech in your work (and personal life) and get access to resources with all the tech tools we’ll cover.

Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

“Technology will never replace great teachers but technology in the hands of great teachers is transformational.” – George Couras

RSVP here by April 14th. Then watch your inbox for how to participate online and our agenda.
And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable : How to put your learning into action
2020-03-20 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Remember that terrific workshop, course or other learning event you took last year and all your good intentions for putting your learning into action? I’m guessing you may have fallen short by being overwhelmed, forgetting where you put your notes or just simply not having any clue where to start. Don’t worry. You’re in good company. We’re inundated with so many learning opportunities these days that it can be tough to make time for learning, let alone how to make sure you apply that learning.
“Knowledge without application is like a book that is never read”― Christopher Crawford
Learning is key in today’s fast-paced world, it’s key to social change, to keep current and connected and contributing. But too often learning stays academic or theoretical and doesn’t make its way into application.
“Most of the people readily accept the principle but resist its practice.” ― Amit Kalantri
The March Learning and Development Roundtable will help you make sure your learning sticks and that you actually use it.
In this free workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Learn why putting your learning into action is so important, especially these days and the three things you can do to get started immediately.

Discover two key ingredients for using your learning and how to completely customize both to fit you and your style.

Put into practice three things you absolutely must have to apply your learning.

Examine three specific circles that literally surround you to help you help yourself with applying your learning: environmental, organizational and community.

Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

“Make your education valuable. Apply what you learned. Refuse to take the back seat and watch things happen. Join the change and be part of the change.” ― Israelmore Ayivor
RSVP here by March 17th.
On the day of the Roundtable Workshop, use this link if you’re joining us online. And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources and more.
Get all your questions about the Roundtable answered here.

Designing a Learning Plan for you and/or your team that rocks
2020-02-21 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 7+ years of meetings!
What’s your learning plan for 2020? Don’t have one and want to get one? This month’s Learning and Development Roundtable will help you with that.
Learning plans help you be deliberate about learning; “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ―Abigail Adams
Learning plans help you to be proactive about learning; “In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams. ~ Nigerian proverb
Learning plans help you put learning in context: “Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.” ~ Guinean proverb
In this workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll learn:

What a learning plan is and why its so important that you and/or your team have one
How to use the learning plan template you’ll receive in the workshop to create a customized learning plan for yourself and/or your team
How to use S.A.K.E.s (c) to streamline the process
How to do all of the above in a fun, interactive way (Hint: the Pink Panther just may make an appearance and there might be a friendly small group competition with a prize)
(If you’re a UN staff) How to sync up your learning plan with the UN learning offerings

RSVP here by February 18th.

On the day of the Roundtable Workshop, use this link if you’re joining us online.
Watch this space for more details about this month’s specific topic. And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable - Reflecting Forward: Learning from Last Year to Create the Vision for Your Best Year Yet
2020-01-17 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 7+ years of meetings!

When trying to do world-changing work, it’s easy to get lost in the day to day grind, but for people trying to move the needle on the world’s biggest problems, taking time to celebrate successes and learn from challenges can radically amplify your impact.

Combining insightful backward-looking reflection exercises with visioning prompts for the year ahead, this workshop will give you the tools to integrate, learn from, and release 2019 so you can build a powerful vision for 2020 that will focus your attention and increase your results. You’ll leave this workshop feeling a sense of accomplishment and closure from the year before, and focused excitement to make this your best year yet.

This workshop is a perfect set up to February’s workshop, where you’ll take the vision you’ve created and turn it into a learning plan. The attached reflection guide isn’t required pre-work, but will help you get the most out of the workshop… plus, if you print it out and fill it out, it makes for a great New Years’ tradition!

Lindsey’s Bio

Lindsey Rogers is a coach for mission-driven leaders building lives and organizations that change the world. With more than six years of coaching experience and more than thirteen years in social impact work, she marries her focus on meaningful missions and world-changing work with her experience in organizational development, personal growth, and leadership development to help leaders, founders and creators who feel called to realize a bold vision that requires them to step up to a new level of leadership and growth. Through highly customized coaching programs, Lindsey helps them tackle their biggest personal and professional challenges as they navigate the journey to making their visions real, so they can live their dreams of building world-changing organizations and leading joyful, meaningful lives.

Access Lindsey’s resource here.
RSVP by Tuesday, January 14th COB to attend in person or online here.
Join us online for the session on January 17th using this link.

Learning and Development Roundtable - Build your own Learning Organization
2019-11-08 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!

This month’s workshop is on adaptive management. We all know that working together, solving problems innovatively and experiential learning is fun and rewarding for any organization, but have we realized that playing games and use our hands when building pathways, structures and solutions will create better end products and services? That creating together and thinking aloud while doing so can allow an organization to achieve better outcomes?

All development organizations, large and small, encounter challenges and bottlenecks that prevent them from achieving the highest results and make the impact they envisioned. QED and I have developed a game that can be played by any team in any development organization to solve any problem and design pathways to improve results.

The game – Makusudi (Purpose in Swahili) – is an adaptive management tool and is used by teams in an organization when they need to figure out how to meet challenges, address problems and find ways to correct the course. It is currently used by USAID in Uganda, USAID in Egypt and headquarters of development organisations in Washington DC.

Come and play the game and have a conversation about how to build an organization that promotes collaboration and learning to allow for course corrections and adaptations. November 8, 10am to noon EAT.

Workshop leader Charlotta Sandin has 20 years of professional experience in strategy and policy development in public administration and extensive experience in Organizational Development, M&E and Quality Assurance system management, including CLA in USAID. Her areas of expertise include Strategy and policy, Organizational Learning, Governance, Political Economy Analysis. A Swedish national, she now makes her home in Kenya.

Please join us online or in person. To RSVP please do so here no later than Tuesday, November 5th COB. Click here to find out what time we’re meeting in your time zone if you’re not in the EAT timezone listed.

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Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-10-25 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 6+ years of meetings!

Workshop Title: Visual communication – THE leadership skill of the 21st century.

Increasingly complex work processes and situations create communication challenges. Simple visual language, however, can help you too say more with less. Even when you think you can’t draw, you can learn to speak visually.

Speaker Bio:
Mireille van Bremen works internationally as a visual catalyst. Everything she does as a visual skills trainer and coach, graphic recorder, visual mediator and facilitator, steams from an intention to invigorate creative power in order to navigate change, establish sustainability and build trustful relationships.
After a career as a design department leader, she nowadays works internationally as a visual catalyst to increase the impact of presentations, workshops, strategic meetings and conferences by providing visual translation and by teaching others how to communicate and facilitate visually.
The training programs she designs and offers, such as the online Visual Skills Training academy she founded, help trainers, facilitators, coaches, educators and leaders from all over the world become resourceful and self-reliant in their communication so they can facilitate impactful dialogues.

Please join us online or in person.

Click here to find out what time we’re meeting in your time zone if you’re not in the EAT timezone listed.
To join us online on the 25th use this link.
To RSVP to attend in person (deadline to RSVP is Oct 22): use this link

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Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-09-20 10:00 - 12:00 UTC, 2019-06-21 08:00 - 17:00 UTC, 2018-11-16 10:00 - 12:00 (Africa/Nairobi)
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!
Stay tuned for more information on the topic for this month’s gathering.
Please join us online or in person. Click here to find out what time we’re meeting in your time zone if you’re not in the EAT timezone listed.
And to receive regular invites & get access to all 5+ years of meeting resources join our mailing list. Welcome!

Learning and Development Roundtable; Learning within Volunteering in the Global South
2019-05-17 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 6+ years of meetings!

This month’s gathering is all about learning within volunteering in the Global South – individual development vrs social impact.

Volunteering for Development has gained high rise during the last 10 years, accompanied by (critical) research and evaluation on its impact. In this interactive workshop guest speaker, Sonja Richter will take a deeper view on the concept of Volunteering for Development focusing on learning processes of the individual volunteers. Her explanations are based on empirical research results that she and colleagues have undertaken in several studies.

Depending on the participant’s background we will also work with primary data (interviews with volunteers) or reflect the own, individual learning processes in similar settings.

Guest speaker: Sonja Richter, Researcher and Consultant for Global Education. academic career in educational sciences and Latin America studies, 10+ years of experience in conceptualization of formal and informal educational settings; since 02/2018 based in Rwanda as an individual researcher and consultant; passionate about learning processes and global interconnectedness.

The roundtable will take place at the UN in Nairobi, Kenya as well as online. Please join us in person or virtually (the link to join will be provided later).

To RSVP please click here.

Note: due to UN security regulations you must RSVP using the link above to gain access to the compound.

See you in person or online. Cheers.

Please join us online or in person. Click here to find out what time we’re meeting in your time zone if you’re not in the EAT timezone listed.

And to receive regular invites & get access to all 6+ years of meeting resources join our mailing list. Welcome!

Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-04-26 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 6+ years of meetings!

Workshop Title: Did it, Done, Do it again

This month’s workshop is all about Learning Culture.

Really, do it again? The same way? Yes and No. Join the next Roundtable to learn how you can take what you did and how you did it and turn into learning for you, your teammates, your Organization. You’ll never just do it again, you’ll do it better. And you’ll learn about how to build a learning culture to boot.

Kate McBride’s (this month’s speaker / bio below) learning culture includes:

Have fun
Solve problems, don’t admire them
Celebrate crossing the finish line
Capture the good, not so good at the finish line celebration
Prep for the next project, starting with the celebration notes (lessons identified)

Speaker Bio:
Ms. Kate McBride was appointed to the position of Chief, Information and Communication Technology Service (ICTS), in UNON. The position also includes serving as Chief for the Regional Technology Centre – Africa.

Kate started her UN career in 1998 with the World Food Programme in Rome as an information systems officer, followed by a secondment to the UN mission in Kosovo, and then appointments in Departments of Peacekeeping Operations and Field Support and most recently in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

In Peacekeeping, Kate implemented a peacekeeping wide approach to delivering information services to field and HQ entities including the establishment of information management capacity in the UN 24×7 Situation Centre and embedded GIS services in field operations. In OCHA, Kate led the development and transformation of OCHA’s global ICT network enabling OCHA to respond and operate with cloud based information services and scalable, light technologies. Kate holds a BA in Economics from Merrimack College and a MILS in Information Science from the University of Michigan.

Kate’s experiences in various UN entities, commitment to client focused, cost effective services are well suited to lead and continue to transform UNON’s Information and Communications Technology Services.

Please join us online or in person. Click here to find out what time we’re meeting in your time zone if you’re not in the EAT (East Africa Timezone) timezone listed.

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Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-03-22
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!

It’s my pleasure to invite you to the Friday, March 22nd Learning & Development Roundtable from10 am to noon East Africa Timezone (click here to convert to your timezone if it’s different). I’m particularly excited to welcome you to this month’s guest speaker, Anna Kuhmunen, a traditional Sami reindeer herder from Northern Sweden who will join us via Zoom.Workshop Description:

I will share with you the love of my Sami culture (my indigenous group from Northen Sweden) and how I work with non-Sami people to educate them about us “the fighting generation.” I started my company, “Silba Siida” because I’m so tired that hardly anybody in Sweden knows anything about my people, regardless of what generation you ask.
For my children’futurere, I want to be able to look them in the eyes and let them know that I did everything I could for them to carry on our proud traditions despite many challenges of discrimination. That the Swedish people hardly know anytning about us is dangerous. They say that my terrirotory is wilderness, but this it not widerness. My people have been here for 10.000 years. It’s my passion to share my culture with others and also what I’ve learned about working to educate others, often the same people who have historically done the discrimination.

Anna’s bio:

Anna Kuhmunen, a traditional Sami (indigenous person from Northern Sweden), is the co-owner of Silba Siida, an organization that educates people about Sami culture, traditions and history. Before she started her business Anna worked for many years for Swedish National TV (SVT) hosting Sami children’s programs, as well as touring internationally performing traditional Sami singing called Joiks. Anna just released her first book about reindeering herding with dogs. Her and her husband come from a long line of reindeer herders and carry on the tradition today sharing their Sami culture with others, garthered around a roaring fire in a traditional Sami tent called a Lavvu, while sharing a variety of homemade reindeer delicacies such as mince, sausage and reindeer rib soup. While her guests relax on reindeer furs, Anna shares her sacred Joik singing, all of whcih combine into a magical memorable experience. You can find out more here: www.silba.se

Please join us at the UN compound in Nairobi or online by following the instructions below.

How to RSVP: Please RSVP by March 19th 6pmby clicking on this link http://ow.ly/oCCHl. Due to security reasons if you want to come in person you MUST RSVP by the deadline in order to gain access to the compound. No late RSVP’s will be accepted I’m afraid.

If you want to join online simply click here on the day: https://zoom.us/j/827439436

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Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-02-15 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!

Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-01-18 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!
Stay tuned for more information on the topic for this month’s gathering.
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Life Lenses® and Goal Setting
2018-12-06 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Every year, clients come to me whispering the same secret.
They know they need to make a plan if they want their organization to be successful.
They know they need to have the processes to implement that plan if they want their actions to be effective.
And yet, the very thought of planning makes them want to run.
Can you relate?
I get it. Most of the planning systems out there work for a very small segment of the population who just happens to jive with them. But for everyone else, they’re too limited, too rigid, too boring, too complicated, too guilt-inducing … the very thought of them sends people running.
Because let’s be real: you’re busy. You don’t have time to implement some super-complicated uber-plan. You don’t want a generic plan that probably won’t work for your organization, much less your work style.
That being said, you really want 2019 to be the year you finally get yourself together and start having the impact you know you could with the right plan and processes. Quelle dilemma, right?
But what if you could craft your most effective, most enjoyable year yet … in just one afternoon?
(Hint: you totally can.)
I work with smart, savvy seekers and meaning-makers on a globally-minded mission to make the world (or at least your corner of it) a better place, and I can show you exactly how to create a plan that covers all your bases — and leverages your innate strengths.
The truth is, the world DESPERATELY needs more of what you have to offer. I can show you how to carve out some time to craft a year that fits you to a T so you can take off, jam-packed with both a dream to chase AND an anchor to hold you steady and on course while you chase it.
The result?
You get out of trenches of frustration, fatigue, and flopping about, shut down shiny object syndrome, and get a plan and a process to custom-tailor your best year yet.
You get the confidence that comes from knowing where you’re headed and EXACTLY how you’re going to get there. (Seriously, can you feel your blood pressure lowering?)
And ultimately, you get to dive in deep to the things that matter the most to you — making the world a better place in your own cool, creative way — knowing that you’ve got the plan and process to translate all that heart and energy into tangible, exciting effects.

How do I know it works? Well for starters, 100% of the people who have taken the course would recommend it to others. Plus they say lovely things like:
“The Life Lenses® have totally revolutionized the way I work — everything from my weekly planning all the way up to my yearly goal setting is just so. much. easier. And I feel so much relief knowing that I’ve got a system in place to help me both see my blindspots and really double down on my strengths.
The years before I used the Life Lenses® planning method started out great and then descended into craziness. In the years after using the method, everything just works, which means that I have so much more time to do the things I really love. Plus, I get better results with everything I do, because now I’m not stuck in my own perspective — I can now see possibilities that wouldn’t have even been on my radar before.” — Rachel Allen, Bolt from the Blue Copywriting.
So if you…
— Secretly fear that you’re wasting your time flopping about from one thing to another while your big dreams go ignored.
— Feel like you’re banging your head against the wall with the same planning challenges when you try to sort all that flotsam and jetsam in your head.
— Know there’s got to be a better way and you’re open to learning how.
— Crave more space & time to effectively work on the issues that really matter to you.
— Want it all but don’t want any bad medicine / suffering along the way.
Then I’d love to show you how to:
Create a solid start on a plan for 2019 that includes time for reflection, figuring out how you want to feel, what systems you need/want and more.
Use a bunch of fun tools to guarantee your plan fits you like a finely tailored Italian suit.
Learn how to get a 360-degree perspective with your Life Lenses® Assessment results. (Translation: you’ll overcome your built-in biases and blind spots and uncover opportunities and ideas you never dreamed of!)
By the end of the day, you’ll have a plan that’s custom made for you so you can work towards doing that stuff only you can do. (‘Cause you know the world needs more of your secret sauce, right?)

“Before this workshop, I hadn’t really thought about my goals for next year –– they felt too big and too nebulous. The workshop both got me making specific goals (realistic and ideal) and helped me come up with ideas, practises and systems to make sure they actually might happen!” Marsha Shandur

Imagine if you could…
Put all your energy into designing a custom plan for 2019 instead of fussing and farting around with worry about how you are (or aren’t) spending your time.
Get to the end of 2019 feeling on track, energized, focused and — glory, hallelujah — accomplished.
Relax and trust your own planning, instead of being all uptight and wound up with stress because you’re spinning your wheels deeper and deeper into a trench that isn’t your choosing.
Have fun, creative, super-simple strategies to pull out of your back pocket any time you feel like you might be getting off track.
Here’s how it works:
Click to pay the $97 USD course fee —>
(Yep. It’s that easy.)
Once that’s done, you’ll receive juicy great resources, including the link to take your Life Lenses® assessment, AKA the first step to customizing your 2019 plan. Then we do the course together live Thurs Dec 6th, 7-9am Vancouver, 10am to noon New York, 4-6pm Paris, 6-8pm Nairobi, using Zoom (like Skype but better). Don’t see your timezone? Click here to convert.
Bonuses!
Besides the training itself (which is so jam-packed with great content and helpful that it regularly revolutionizes organizations), you’ll also get:
— Your Life Lenses® assessment results; your key to planning a fun, fab year that puts you into high gear.
— My assessment for identifying systems that you need to get you working faster, easier and with waayyy less stress (they’ll make you sigh with relief – we’re talking major-level, Calgon-take-me-away relief that lasts all year!)
— Audio and visual recordings of the course so you can choose which works best for you.
— Ongoing support from me in the form of weekly tips and techniques that help you apply all the good stuff you’ll learn and help you start to use your newfound skills.
— An online treasure trove of resources that I’ve created over the last 20 years of training. There’s so much goodness in there, this bonus alone is worth more than the price of admission!
So the only question is … are you ready to create the plan and process that’s going to make 2019 the year you bring so much more of your goodness to the world?
Awesome! Click on the ‘buy now’ button to purchase. Then mark your calendar for Thurs Dec 6th, 7-10am Vancouver, 10am-1pm New York, 4-7pm Paris, 6-9pm Nairobi. Don’t see your timezone? Click here to convert.
“Never before has planning been simplified like this and yet in a very professional manner! Thank you very much Lee-Anne!!” Caroline Matsalia

From Overwhelm to Organized; Technology Tips & Techniques to Serve You
2018-11-08 18:00 - 21:00 (Africa/Nairobi)
Technology is supposed to make life easier … but more often than not it becomes just one more time suck.
Every other day there’s a new app or new software “you just have to try!” and you secretly wish everything would slow down — just a teensy bit — to give you time to catch up.
Think about it: your bank’s gone online, your kids’ school messages you through Whatsapp, heck, you’re even supposed to know how to control the temperature of your house from your cell phone!
And the weird thing is, everyone else just “gets it”. They seem to pick up on the latest thing with ease, while you’re still trying to get your head round the last big thing.
Don’t get me wrong, you’re not against all of this techy progress — you’re not looking to get back to the time when it took like 3 hours for your dial-up to connect. You just need things to be a little clearer, a little more … accessible.
Because when it comes to technology:
— You don’t have the time to muddle through “how to” guides that require a PhD-level education to get past the first page.
— You’re sick of feeling like the only person who doesn’t “get it” — hey, you’re not that old, right? You remember chuckling at your mom when she couldn’t work the VCR and now you wonder if you’re turning into her…
— You’re actually pretty curious to find out what the fuss is all about. I mean, who doesn’t want to take advantage of things that’ll make life easier, especially when your schedule is just so darn hectic.
Panic over, I’ve got your back!
I work with smart, savvy, seekers and meaning makers like you. Women (mostly) who are globally-minded and who are on a mission to change the world — or at least their small corner of it. Women who aren’t about to let a little thing like a slight(ish) fear of new technology hold them back.
Because all of the lovely new tech available to us really is a gift that can help us amp up our efficiency and make our lives sooo much easier. IF we can figure out how to harness it.
Imagine if you could…

Feel capable, energized, encouraged, and confident when it comes to tech. Instead of burying your head in the sand when you hear about the latest time-saving app, you’ll be lining up to get your hands on it!

Have fun as you discover how to benefit from the power of very simple tech tools (Yes I just used fun and technology in the same sentence. I stand by my choice!)

Gain control of your to-do list. Because life is frantic and you really don’t want to miss out on ANYTHING that’ll help make running your day-to-day schedule easier.

Reign in those mind numbing, soul sucking, repetitive tasks that drive you batty — I’m looking at you, finance records and diary management.

Master simple tech tools without having to learn a bunch of jargon, without hours of hard slog, and without getting sucked into the time-wasting black hole of the Internet (you know, the place where they keep all those cat videos…)

Be more efficient so you can devote space and time to the things that truly matter to you; the unique gifts you have to offer the world.

There are soooo many free, easy tech tools out there and I can show you how to harness them effectively, helping you reduce overwhelm, make your life easier, and amp up your efficiency so you can recharge, reboot, and (re)activate your superpowers. I’ll introduce you to uncovered possibilities haven’t even dreamt of; ways of using tech that will free up your time, letting you get back to what really matters — making the world a better place in your own cool, creative way.
It’s time to set aside the fear that you’re “past it” (you’re really not!), or that you’ve “missed the boat”. (You haven’t. Promise).
You’ve got this; you just need a little help in navigating all of that lovely new technology.
You need to find your way from Overwhelm to Organized.
How it works:

Register by paying $97 USD here to secure your spot.
Then email the name of the colleague or friend you’d like to join you on the course. Yep, because I’m all about building community and we all know how great it is to have someone to help you absorb your new skills, the price above is 2 for 1.
Then you’ll both receive my bonus primer on how to get the bestest and mostest out of the course (don’t worry nothing heavy, just simple things to do to get ready to soak up the learning).

Bonuses:
You’ll get access to the course recording; both audio and visual, so you can choose which works best for you

You’ll receive once a week tips and techniques that’ll help you apply all the good stuff you’ve learnt and help you start using your newfound skills.
You’ll get access to an online treasure trove of resources; easy peasy, all in one place ready and waiting for you to access anytime you wish.
And remember you get to bring along a buddy or a colleague (or a colleague buddy). For free!

The Result?

You’ll be able to use free, simple tech tools that bring bucketfuls of ease and efficiency to your work and personal life.
You’ll feel absolute confidence in your ability to install, use, and benefit from that new time-saving app everyone is raving about.
You’ll find you actually ENJOY using tech tools — as well as appreciating the heck out of the time and energy they save you each day.

Ready to find a way to take care of those tedious, repetitive tasks with ease? Ready to prove to yourself (and your kids, your partner, and your colleagues) that you’re not a dinosaur? Ready to embrace new tech with confidence?
It’s time to harness the juicy goodness today’s technology has to offer so you have the time and space to focus on the things that really matter to you. Let’s go!
Your next steps:

Register right now by paying $97 USD here.
Then email the name of the colleague or friend who’ll be taking the course with you.

Testimonials:
— “All these tools- I had no idea about. Fantastic. Thank you.” ~ Here We Are participant.
— “We had a great workshop filled with a lot of “ohhh”s and “aah”‘s as we figured new and cool tech ways to solve or assist us in being smarter and/or more efficient ways of getting on with our personal and professional lives.” ~ Hanne, Anita & Susanne, Founders, Here We Are, Kenya
— “I learned a lot of very useful tools.” ~ Dr.Zhang, UNHABITAT
Register right now by paying $97 USD here.

Learning and Development Roundtable
2018-10-26 10:00 - 12:00 (Africa/Nairobi)
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!
This month’s gathering features Mark Kamau, Director of UX (User Experience) at the BRCK.
More details coming.
Please join us online or in person. And to receive regular invites & get access to all 5+ years of meeting resources join our mailing list. Welcome!

Training of Trainers
2018-10-18 18:00 - 21:00 (Africa/Nairobi)
“The best teachers teach from the heart, not the book.”

Have you heard that one before? Isn’t that cute?
Now forget it!
You already know that loving a subject and being able to teach it well are two totally different things. That’s why you’re here, right?
I’m willing to bet that at least one of these sounds familiar to you:

You’re burning and yearning to teach but get brain freeze — when you try to teach, nothing comes out. Suddenly your tongue is tied up tighter than a bank vault.
The thought of public speaking gives you literal, waking up at 2am in a cold sweat, nightmares (and the old adage of imagining everyone naked is decidedly unhelpful, and a little disturbing!)
Maybe you’ve taught before but you secretly fear that, horror of horrors, your fabulous content didn’t sink in. It was the glazed eyes of your students that gave it away.
You know in theory that it’s important to appeal to all different kinds of learners but you don’t have the first idea how to do that.
You’re Overwhelmed (with a capital O) and don’t know where to start. How do you organize your material? How much should you include? How to teach so you’re not lecturing? Do you really have to wear a tweed jacket with elbow patches?
You need some quick, interesting techniques — that are simple but not simplistic — to move forward so you can get up and running quickly with your teaching.

You’re in the right place.
I work with smart, savvy, seekers and meaning makers like you. Women (mostly) who are globally-minded and who are on a mission to change the world — or at least their small corner of it.
No matter how important your information is (and we both know how hard you’ve worked to master your area, huge high five!), no matter how excited you are about the subject, if you don’t know how to share it effectively … it might as well not exist. I know, serious stuff, right? But relief is at hand.
It’s time to mix passion with strategy.
I can show you how to:

Dip into a vast toolbox of simple, easy tips and techniques that you can use right away (AKA before your next workshop).
Use proven methods for designing an effective curriculum, structuring trainings, and delivering them in a way that works for everyone in the class (and not just the people who learn like you), while encouraging maximum retention.
Confidently address ANY room and know that you can get your subject across articulately and effectively –– even if right now, the thought of public speaking makes you want to curl up in a little ball.

I’ll share my top tips and techniques that I’ve honed by teaching more than 20,000 participants from more than 120 countries, in diverse settings from slums to the C-Suite.

Together we’ll pull you out of the trenches of teaching frustration, fatigue, and wheel spinning and get you effectively teaching with ease.
— No more feeling like you’ve totally wasted your time because you can just see the information trickling out of your students’ heads as they walk out the door –– and you know that this time next month they’ll barely remember who you are, much less what you taught them.
— No more feeling like you’re banging your head against the wall with the same teaching challenges — the so-called “problem students” you’re struggling to reach or those harder-to-teach concepts that never quite seem to hit the mark and leave your attendees scratching their heads.
— No more lying awake at night worrying that you’re expending all of your energy on techniques that don’t actually work, or spending hours trawling Pinterest for teaching tips, only to find advice that doesn’t really seem relevant to your students or the subject you’re teaching.
Instead you’ll be able to teach confidently, be seen, heard, and understood while lowering your blood pressure and getting back to what’s important to you — making the world a better place in your own cool, creative way by teaching your cool, creative content.
I’ll show you what to do to make everyone feel included and the steps you need to take to help your students enjoy themselves and engage with the material. Because, as you know, when you’re enjoying yourself you find it soooo much easier to absorb, remember, and practice what you’re learning so that it’s actually effective long term.
You’ll discover pocketfuls of creativity you never knew you had so you can amp up your next workshop, impress your boss, your students — and yourself.
Soon, you’ll be designing and delivering workshops with ease and grace, in ways that are super impactful and leave lasting learning.
Lee-Anne has given me superpowers.

Learning about how people learn has been transformative for me – and for my clients, and everyone else I teach. Now in my teaching, I know what to do in order to make everyone feel included, which helps them enjoy themselves, which – most importantly – helps them learn, remember and practise what I’m teaching, so that it’s ACTUALLY effective. We’ve all been to those workshops where, a month later, we remember nothing and nothing has changed.

Thanks to what Lee-Anne has taught me, my workshops will be ones that lead directly to people learning, remembering, and incorporating what I’ve taught them. ~Marsha Shandur, Storytelling Coach and Networking Mentor, YesYesMarsha.com
How it works

Register by paying $97 USD here to secure your spot.
Then email me with the name of the friend or colleague you’d like to join you on the course. Yep, because I’m all about building community and we all know how great it is to have someone to help you absorb new skills, the price above is 2 for 1.
Then you’ll both receive my bonus primer on how to get the bestest and mostest out of the course (don’t worry nothing heavy, just simple things that’ll help you soak up the learning).

Bonuses!

You’ll get free bonus tips for how to harness tech tools in your teaching to really amp up your students’ learning.
You’ll get access to the course recording, both audio and visual, so you can choose which works best for you.
You’ll receive once a week tips and techniques to help you apply all the good stuff you’re learning and start using your newfound skills.
You’ll get access to an online treasure trove of teaching resources; easy peasy, all in one place, ready and waiting for you to access anytime you wish.
And remember you get to bring along a buddy or a colleague (or a colleague buddy). For free!

Thank you again for all the resources and your teachings. I learned so much from you in such a small amount of time and found your workshop so useful and of great value.” ~ Karina Edora

The Result?

You’ll finally be able to put your energy into designing and delivering effective workshops instead of wasting time worrying about how you’re being perceived as a teacher.
You’ll have a bank of proven tips and techniques at your fingertips, ready to help you design workshops easily, with minimum fuss.
You’ll finally be able to relax with your students and have fun teaching instead of being all up tight and stressed out. This is your passion, remember, you want to enjoy it!
You’ll have superstar strategies up your sleeve to help turn those so called “problem” students into confident, motivated learners.

Ready to design and deliver workshops with ease and grace? Ready to share your passion in ways that are super impactful and leave lasting learning? Ready to affect that social change you’ve been yearning for with your particular subject matter expertise? Then let’s go!
Your next steps:

Register right now by paying $97 USD here.
Then email me the name of the colleague or friend who’ll be joining you on the course.

“Lee-Anne’s style, delivery, and content is wonderfully enjoyable and effective.” ~ Alolan Remedios, Global Stewardship Program at Capilano University

Learning and Development Roundtable
2018-09-21 10:00 - 12:00 (Africa/Nairobi)
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!
This month’s gathering is a networking session. That means I’ll introduce the topic & then we’ll work in small groups (’cause you’re all so fabulous & deserve to share your shine).
We’ll focus on ‘discovering your why’ (aka Simon Sinek’s work – crystalizing where you want to focus & make a difference) & then we’ll create multi-media motivations that are custom fit for you.
Please join us online or in person. And to receive regular invites & get access to all 5+ years of meeting resources join our mailing list. Welcome!

Working Better Together
2018-09-12 18:00 - 21:00 (Africa/Nairobi)
Do you have that burning feeling behind your eyes sitting in meetings sometimes, when you feel brittle & like if you move, a geyser of tears is going to erupt?
Do you ever roll your eyes when you find yourself in the same annoying communication quagmire once again & despair how to ever get out of it (with your eyeballs intact)?
Do you feel Ignored, left out, talked over, under estimated over & over?

I work with smart savvy, seekers & meaning makers who are globally minded & have a mission to change the world (or at least your corner of it), BUT you’re stuck with some communication & conflict resolution challenges & you need some quick, interesting, simple but not simplistic techniques to move forward so you can recharge, reboot & (re)activate your super powers.
I can show you how to dip into a vast toolbox of simple, easy tips & techniques that you can use right away (before your boss has a chance to ignore you again) so that you can get out of the trenches of frustration, fatigue & spinning your wheels so you can see & feel the light again.
And you’ll have more confidence, be heard, seen & acknowledged while lowering your blood pressure & getting back to what’s important to you – making the world a better place in your own cool, creative way.
Through my Working Better Together course, you’ll have all that & more simply by investing 3 hours with me live (no canned lectures here!).
Do you:

Feel like you’re banging your head against the wall with the same communication issue?
Know there’s got to be a better way & you’re open to learning how?
Crave more space & time to work on the issues that really matter to you (& not the current ones that are dragging you down & out)?
Yearn to get rid of that bad taste in your mouth & sear to the soul when one more dude talks over you or mansplains?
Want it all but don’t want any bad medicine or suffering along the way?

I will show you how to:

Communicate with more ease & clarity so you’re better understood & heard
Discover pocketfuls of creativity you never knew you had so you can amp up that next work &/or personal project to impress your boss, your team & yourself

Soon, you’ll be handling the changes & challenges life throws at you with more comfort & resilience so you can put the pedal to the metal & get on with creating the social change that’s important to you

Imagine if you could…

Instantly know how to change directions when you bump against communication issues (& those bozos at work).
Dazzle yourself & others with your communication dexterity
Be understood with ease
Understand others with ease
Creatively approach your work & life challenges

How it works:

Down that coffee & think ‘Glory be, I’ve found it! The course that will help me
Register by paying $97 USD here to secure your spot
Then email me your colleague or friend’s name who you want to take the course with. Yep, because I’m all about building community & we all know how great it is to have someone to help you absorb your new skills, that price above is 2 for 1.
Then you’ll both receive my bonus primer on how to get the bestest & mostest out of the course (don’t worry nothing heavy, just simple things to do to get ready to soak up the learning)

Bonuses:

You’ll get access to the course recording; both audio & visual so you can choose which works best for you whenever you want
You’ll receive once a week tips & techniques for a month that help you apply all the good stuff you’ll learn & help you start to use your newfound skills
You’ll get access to an online treasure trove of resources; easy peasy, all in one place ready & waiting for you to access anytime you wish
And remember you get to bring along a buddy or a colleague (or a colleague buddy). For free!

Seriously, how good would it feel to get out of the trenches of frustration, fatigue, spinning your wheels so you can see & feel the light again.
Ready to have more confidence, be heard, seen & acknowledged while lowering your blood pressure & getting back to what’s important to you – making the world a better place in your own cool, creative way?

Your next steps:

Register right now by paying $97 USD here.

Send me your colleague or friend’s name & email you want to take the course with.

The workshop was life changing and inspired.The trainer/facilitator was so informed and practical. ~Joseph Egesa,UNOPS
Lee-Anne’s calm presence and facilitative style enabled us to learn so much. The team deeply appreciates the introspective process and the acknowledgement that all lenses are needed to be successful. I strongly believe that what we did today, will go a long way in our appreciation for each other as a project and also in understanding what kind of support our partners will need. ~Catherine Mbindyo ,Senior Network Learning Manager, BRICS East Africa
I am recommending Lee-Anne to everyone. ~Vishalini Lawrence, Somalia Stability Fund
