October 3rd • Madison, WI • Inspire, Engage, Connect & Reflect Workshop (Copy)

Experiential, Brain-Based Approaches to Enliven Group Facilitation, Teaching, and Community Building

9:00-3:00 • Madison, WI• Hosted by The Memorial Union

Tuition includes lunch and a copy of one of Jen Stanchfield's books: Inspired Educator, Inspired Learner or Tips & Tools for the Art of Experiential Group Facilitation. 

Join this interactive workshop and fill your toolbox with experiential, brain-based techniques to spark meaningful engagement, community building, and create lasting lessons.

Explore practical ways to cultivate belonging, involvement, voice, choice, and ownership in learning and groupwork. Enliven meetings, group facilitation, training, and teaching with brain-based engagement strategies for participants of all ages in all kinds of settings.

Bring learning to life with active review and reflection techniques. Spark meaningful conversation with intentionally and purposefully sequenced active reflection techniques — all of which can be integrated in a variety of ways throughout your programs.

Integrate teaching/ content delivery with collaboration, communication, positive group norm development, and other social-emotional, and 21st century skills.

Leave with creative inspiration, practical tools, and new connections. 

Attendees will take away:

•Engaging ways to create meaningful connection from the moment a group walks in the door

•Collaborative, participant-centered ways to create and maintain joyful and inclusive learning communities that meet the various needs of participants

•Group work, advisory, meeting, and circles facilitation ideas to bring learning to life

•Experiential strategies to empower participants of all ages in all kinds of learning situations -all brain-based methods aligned with both adult learning principles and positive youth development

•Practical strategies to integrate social and relational learning and community building with academics or training content that you can facilitate with simple materials and adapt to various audience

•Engaging ways to deepen learning through emotional connection and ongoing active reflection 

•Practices for becoming an intentional, responsive, and reflective educator/facilitator

Join us for an inspiring day of networking and meaningful conversation with other facilitators and educators. 

Tuition includes lunch and a copy of one of Jen Stanchfield's books: Inspired Educator, Inspired Learner: Experiential, Brain-Based Activities and Strategies to Engage, Build Community and Create Lasting Lessons. or, Tips & Tools for the Art of Experiential Group Facilitation.

Register Through UW Madison: https://members.hoofers.org/event/117290

What participants are saying:

"Jen Stanchfield's warm, authentic, gentle, and engaging style makes everyone feel welcome and supported - even online. Jen creates an atmosphere where participants feel like they are partners in the learning experience. I have attended multiple sessions with Jen over the last decade and always take away something new that I can use right away in my teaching and counseling."


" I appreciate that along with sharing your useful tools and techniques, you have helped us engage with and learn from each other. Your style gives everyone ownership in the learning process."