Lecture Notes: AJ&Smart Facilitation Training

Introduction

Speaker: Jonathan, CEO of AJ&Smart
Purpose: Intro to popular facilitation training
Impact: Over 130,000 people have taken the training
- Many report life-changing impacts
Personal Journey: From designer to facilitator; turning passion into career

Objective: Improve team collaboration using facilitation skills
- Tackle chaotic meetings and improve efficiency
Role of Facilitator: Key position in team collaboration
- Helps teams make decisions and align on goals

Problem: Collaboration chaos in meetings
- Initial excitement in projects often leads to misalignment
Experience: Frustrations with repeated issues across projects
Decision: Needed to find a solution or leave the industry

Trigger Event: Realization that meetings needed a fundamental change
Development: Creation of the "516 Method"
- Five steps to become a top 1% facilitator and earn six figures

Design Any Workshop: Based on first principles
- Ability to customize workshops for any team or situation
Master Core Exercises: Flexibility to adapt during workshops
- 10 core exercises as flexible tools
Confident Facilitation: Handle groups and troublemakers
- Six laws of master-level facilitation
- Be the guide, not the hero
Master Core Workshops: Learn crowd-pleasing recipes
- Three robust workshop templates
Sell Workshops: Build systems to attract and convert clients
- Use of sales funnels for marketing and client acquisition
- Applicable internally within companies

Approach: Two options to achieve mastery
- Self-learn through trial and error
- Join structured programs like "Workshopper Master"

Content: Comprehensive training in facilitation
- Detailed strategies, frameworks, and resources
- Building workshops, facilitating, and selling services
Live Support: Access to weekly live calls with experts
Community: Access to a curated online community for networking
Certification: Workshopper Master Certificate to validate skills