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During this short and sweet 45-minute event, everyone's invited to share stories, have fun and meet new people! 💛 We're teaming up with 

​​​​​​💬 We'll start with an Impromptu Networking so you can meet five or six other facilitators.

​​​​​​🤹‍♀️ We'll continue with a SURPRISE activity that will surely give you a boost of inspiration through creativity, fun, and an experimental mindset.

⏰ Log on 5 minutes before the start time as we'll begin right on time;

💬 You are welcome to stay after for networking and conversation;

📶 Internet connection with high-quality video streaming loading rate;

📹 Video Camera On (This is an interactive workshop and we'd love to see you!);

Flash Fifteen is a series of 15' events meant to introduce strategic play into organizations. It is known to increase creativity, engagement, and team connection. And what happens during these events is always kept as a surprise.

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Are you selling workshops, and struggling to get them in front of the right audience? 😩

Or maybe you are hosting in-house learning sessions, and you're having a hard time filling up the seats? 🧐

Make your workshop a must-attend event by sharpening the ‘so what’! 🔥

This practical session will introduce the ‘Big 5’ framework. Your go-to tool that helps organise your thinking to communicate the value of your workshop to those who matter.

Bring a workshop you’re working on or want to offer. We'll apply the Big 5 and show you how to craft a compelling value proposition for key stakeholders. As a bonus, you'll learn how to use the Big 5 as the 'North Star' for designing your workshop, which will save you time and energy. 💪

By the end of the session, we'll walk away with:

 is a Co-Founder and CEO of the Skills Lab Limited specialising in growing training and facilitation businesses.

He brings 20+ years of learning design and facilitation experience in the public, private and charity sectors. He has worked in partnership to design and deliver programmes on projects ranging from culture change initiatives in Governmental bodies; team development in companies like Netflix and SC Johnson; soft-skills and creativity workshops for managers in companies like Google and Siemens; to boot camps for new starters in the digital start-up sector.

As an ex-theoretical Physicist who loves systems and frameworks, he developed tools and templates to create a repeatable process to design, develop and facilitate transformational experiences. His methodology blends academic approaches from Instructional Design and Adult Education with practical methods from Design-Thinking, Leadership Development, Systems Coaching and Storytelling. He now supports trainers and facilitators to create high-value workshops that get clients results and make them stand out from the crowd.

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Facilitation means a lot of stage presence, connecting with other actors in the play, and conveying different emotions. ✨ 

In essence, we constantly embody multiple roles and engage in different stories. 

What are the main characters you play in your daily life? 

What is your main facilitator character? 

Join us in this Butter Facilitation Sandbox session to further experiment with the theatrics of facilitation! 🎭

🤩 Spot the characters and roles we play in our daily lives

🧰 Discover tools from theater and improv

🎨 Design and define the ideal character to facilitate your sessions

, a training consultancy network focused on the interactions that breathe life into any organization. A Linguist and a Sociologist, both Guillem and Victor share Theater and Improv among their core interests and believe in their power to transform the world.

The Facilitation Sandbox sessions are not about "experts" and "perfection". They are about trying new things out, pushing beyond the comfort zone, making mistakes, reflecting, and learning with peers. The Sandbox is a testing ground, an experimental arena, and a space for us to hone our facilitation skills as a community.

The theatrics of facilitation: Drawing our epic character arcs

At the heart of Unbox, we explore the powerful synergy between design and strategy, shaping the bedrock of innovation and business triumph. 

Much like Design Thinking, which is all  about human-centric innovation, 'Business Thinking' adopts a business -centric approach.

'Business Thinking' seeks to achieve a product-market fit and frame framing robust strategies. This approach equips venture leaders, business designers, product leaders, and creators to ensure their solutions are compelling, financially sound, and aligned with market needs. 🔥

In our 90-minute session, we will work in teams to create and frame a winning strategy for a mock business challenge, Tesla's India GTM Strategy. 

The session aims to provide an overview of the complete Unbox System, of a board game, 200+ cards, plus accompanying MIRO templates.🧰

 is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience.

Throughout his career, Ajay has honed his skills as Product Builder, Designer, and Strategy execution consultant granting him a distinctive perspective that blends real world expertise with academic rigour. This fusion allows him to tackle industry challenges with ease and create engaging and learner centric experiences. His passion for his work shine through as he brings complex concepts, making them accessible and applicable.

Ajay is author of " PM vs PM : When Product Meets Project - A Graphic Novel on Project Management” a first-of-its-kind graphic novel designed to provide valuable insights, guidance, and case scenarios for aspiring product managers, project managers, process designers and engineers.

When not designing, teaching, consulting or facilitating, Ajay is enjoying Himalayas or organising exploration trips.

 is seasoned strategist, facilitator, and designer passionate about finding effective ways to bring people together and approach complex challenges. 

Throughout her 20+ year career she worked with leaders in big and small companies and teams around the globe to improve processes and teamwork, remove inefficiencies, create beautiful brands and launch interesting products. 

She founded Curious collaborations (previously WakeMake) to focus on power of facilitation and bring modern collaboration methodologies to businesses around the world as to increase their mission impact and make work effective, meaningful, and fun for as many people as possible.

When not designing or facilitating she spends time with her family, swims, or plans the next travel.

Unbox: A business thinking game for creators, innovators and entrepreneurs

Why aren’t people doing more to make the world a better place? Are they all just selfish a##holes? 🙈

But, maybe there’s another reason people aren’t acting for the greater good. 

In this experimental session, we’ll examine why — despite good intentions — people might partake in bad behavior.

💪 Flex your empathy muscles to explore complicated themes through a variety of perspectives

💛 Understand the power of empathy and empathetic communication in creating meaningful behavioral change

🚀 Gain better clarity on why your messaging or communications initiatives might not be creating the desired results

 is a facilitator and messaging strategist who uses empathy to help purpose and impact-driven companies craft messages of change that spark action. Her background is a combination of brand and content strategy with a healthy scoop of behavioral psychology, nonviolent communication and emotional intelligence training. 

Tracy has worked in content marketing for over a decade and now focuses on helping activists, changemakers and ethical entrepreneurs harness the power of empathy and compassionate communication.

Empathy for change: The power of communication

A 6-week programme of live workshops, habit-disrupting experimentation and dedicated support to help you build a better relationship with your tech. 🎮

A combination of weekly live sessions, in-between habit-disrupting experiments, and a digital habits toolkit—this learning experience promises to 2x the wellbeing and productivity of its participants. 🔥🔥

For the last Show & Tell session, we are joined by Jonathan, the Founder of Mind over Tech, to take us on a journey into the design foundations of this cohort-based course. 

 is a seasoned web developer and user experience designer. Alongside that, he’s spent the last 10 years designing and delivering programmes that demystify disruptive technologies such as Machine Learning and AI to corporate leaders around the world.

In 2015, while on a meditation retreat, Jonathan suddenly found himself doom-scrolling twitter, despite his best intentions. He founded 

 with the mission to help himself, and others, find a better relationship with their tech while embracing the gifts of the digital world.

He firmly believes that exploring our digital habits can turn the mundane reality of emailing and zooming into fuel for personal transformation.

The Butter Show & Tell Series brings learning designers, trainers, course creators, and community builders behind some of our client's bespoke learning programs. Tag along!

💡 Show & Tell: How Mind Over Tech designs their cohort-based course on mastering digital habits

In this session, we delve into the details of Webflow's Global Leaders program, a community initiative demonstrating the power of no/low-code tools. 💡

With a presence in over 30 countries through 100 active chapters, this fully distributed program stands as a testament to the potential of digital transformation in community building. 🔥

Since its relaunch in April, program leaders have orchestrated a remarkable portfolio of over 100 educational and community-focused events in their respective localities. 💃

 have been leveraged to pave the way for 

, ensuring the program's continued success in empowering leaders worldwide. 

Dive deep into the mechanics of this transformative journey, uncovering valuable insights and best practices for harnessing the potential of no/low-code tools within global initiatives.🌟

 is an educational strategist and program designer who focuses on partnerships that uplift and support under-resourced communities. Currently, she is a Senior Program Manager at Webflow where she owns strategy for the broader community programming.

💡 Show & Tell: How Webflow designs their Community Global Ambassadors Program

MosaicLab Academy delivers training and courses, both self-paced and live, on topics like facilitation, deliberative engagement, managing difficult conversations, and engagement planning.🧠

In this session, Nicole will give us a glimpse into the design process of their live, group courses. 

We'll talk about the design processes to enable diversity of views to be heard, to help groups move to decision-making together around complex issues, and to ensure there is great interactivity at the same time. 🙌

Nicole has over 25 years’ experience in community engagement and facilitation projects. Ranging from projects with high emotion and community outrage through to deliberative democracy projects for state and local government. 

She is a recent co-author of the book 'Facilitating deliberation - A Practical Guide' with her fellow 

 Directors Keith Greaves and Kimbra White. She brings an absolute passion for genuine engagement to her work and believes people really can solve complex problems if given enough time, information and a great process.

💡 Show & Tell: How MosaicLab designs their live, virtual, group courses

Collaboration was never more in demand.🌟

Today's challenges require diverse cross-functional teams to seamlessly work together to solve wicked problems. 

Join us for an interactive (read: potentially competitive 🤔) session with 

, where we take a look at how problem-solving games can facilitate team collaboration, communication, and learning- and you get to actually play! 🔥

Once the dust has settled, we’ll discuss how gamification can elevate your online workshops and learning experiences, and explore concepts like the ‘A-HAH’ moment, the red thread, and engineering friction.🧠

 is an experience & learning designer, fugitive-lawyer and facilitator with over 1000 hours clocked up facilitating in-person and online. Working with teams since 2018, she has supported fortune 500+ companies, top-tier universities, start-ups and more across sectors like law, banking, consulting & tech to unlock the puzzle that is their team.

Solving Problems with Problem-Solving: Play a game with Loumee

If you're designing cohort-based live courses, you're in for a treat! 🥳

The Fountain Institute builds cohort-based live courses prioritizing engagement, interactivity, and practicality. 

Their approach goes beyond traditional recorded sessions with assignments; instead, they offer a series of dynamic, interactive workshops. 🌟 These workshops immerse participants in real-world projects, seamlessly integrating with their professional work. 💪

Like a skilled designer, Hannah is leveraging the very skills she teaches—research, experimentation, strategy, and facilitation—to meticulously build and prototype their learning experiences. 

Their commitment to evolution ensures that the courses remain innovative and effective, delivering lasting value to the participants.🔥

—How do we best understand our audience before we start designing?

—How do we make 2-hour online workshops feel like 20 minutes

—How do we offer learning opportunities after the course

, is a seasoned learning design expert with 15+ years of experience creating engaging learning experiences. With a Master's in Education focused on Visual Thinking Strategies, she is a facilitation expert passionate about empowering individuals. She also founded the 

, a free community for designers working in the field. The Guild is a space for designers to support, commiserate, and activate one another. Hannah's insights have helped countless individuals enhance their facilitation, problem-solving, and collaboration skills. She is committed to helping others unlock their full potential.

💡 Show & Tell: How The Fountain Institute designs their cohort-based live courses

Butter's Session Engagement Analytics is out 🥳

And in this exclusive walkthrough with our Product team, we'll be showing you how this can

get a data-driven and measurable view of what works (and what doesn't) in your sessions

. Ultimately, we hope that this will give you the right signals to improve how you deliver your sessions - and become an even better facilitator. 🚀

You'll also get a chance to ask about anything Butter-related in a live Q&A with our Product team! 🙋‍♀️

October 19th (Thursday) at 5:00-5:45 pm GMT+2.

If you're a facilitator or trainer curious about how Butter can help you get actionable and data-driven insights from your sessions, then this one's for you!

If you're already using Butter, then you'll leave knowing all the latest updates that you can explore.

For the smoothest experience, please join using

Introducing the new Engagement Analytics 🤩

Have you ever found yourself in the midst of a busy day, grappling with stress and anxiety? 😥 

The real question is, how do you handle these moments? How can you realign your focus and maintain a state of mindfulness throughout the day? 

Our next Facilitation Sandbox host, Valeriia, is eager to share with you a handful of simple yet powerful solutions that can effortlessly become part of your daily life, empowering you to make the most of each moment. 🌟

 is a Training Facilitator, Project Lead for 

, and a dedicated practitioner of Mindfulness and Yoga for over 13 years.

Elevate your everyday: Mindful techniques for personal development

In this session, Luke O’Mahoney will take us behind the scenes of his iterative design process for SapienX flagship cohort-based program. 💪

 a cultural framework and practical methodologies, to curate 

The learning experience is a combination of async learning modules, a private Slack community, live weekly check-in sessions, and two design workshops. 🔥

At the heart of Luke’s approach is people-centered design which combines Product Management, Agile, Design Thinking, Lean and UX principles to enable intentional PX & Culture design.

We'll explore the journey this program took from a three-workshop beta program, through to the current version of the 9th cohort. 

Luke is a former Head of People in recovery… Having spent over a decade in Talent and People Ops within both corporate and startup environments, Luke’s last role was Head of People & Operations for a B2B payment solutions startup in Birmingham, UK, before setting out as a People Ops Solopreneur.

 to give People Ops and HR Leaders access to the community, content, and courses needed to evolve the very fabric of HR and usher in the era of People Experience (PX) design.

  product is a cohort based programme teaching “People people” the foundations of PX Design & Culture Enablement.

Luke shares actionable tips, insights and resource flags on how to implement intentional People Experience (PX) design for thriving culture on 

💡 Show & Tell: How SapienX created and evolved their PX Design & Culture: Enablement Programme

🌟 Get Ready to Add Some Spice to Your Co-Facilitation Journey!

Buckle up as we embark on a lively Co-Facilitation adventure with the dynamic duo Fernando Murray and Carolina Almeida. These two experts have been navigating the twists and turns of co-facilitation for over two decades, all while maintaining their Brazilian zest, bringing a dash of humor to North America.

In this one-of-a-kind event, Fernando and Carolina will guide you through the art and science of Co-Facilitation. They'll share their learnings, pains, gains, and secrets to co-facilitate after more than two decades! 🔥

Whether you're a facilitator, trainer, consultant, or simply curious about the multifaceted aspects of co-facilitation, join us for a workshop to find insights and share some humorous moments!

Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to spice up your Co-Facilitation journey with a touch of Brazilian flair. Secure your spot at ButterMixer today and join the fun! 💃🌶️🇧🇷

 Find some key aspects of the art and science of co-facilitation from two seasoned experts who have been practicing it for over two decades.

 Hear about the personal experiences, challenges, and successes of Fernando and Carolina as they share their journey as co-facilitators.

 Explore how humor can be an essential tool in facilitation, making your sessions more engaging and enjoyable.

 Gain insights into the perspectives and approaches of Brazilian facilitators working in North America, offering a unique cross-cultural dimension to your toolkit.

 With the rhythm of Brazil in his blood, Fernando brings a wealth of experience in group facilitation and experiential learning. He's a true practitioner, tirelessly spreading the gospel of Liberating Structures in Brazil and North America. As a Business Management Consultant, Fernando leads the charge in Virtual Facilitation Projects at Tursa Group. More recently, Fernando has been specializing in preparing Brazilian drinks for the delight of his Canadian friends!

 Hailing from the land of rich flavours, Carolina Almeida began her journey with a degree in Agronomist Engineering. She quickly embraced human development studies, becoming a celebrated Group Facilitator and Coach. From social projects to corporate boardrooms, Carolina has left her mark. She's also a former Board Member at the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), supporting the development of the Latin America and Caribbean Region. Carolina has a superb talent for cooking and prepares the most delicious and traditional recipes from her homeland!

An all-encompassing look at the practice of Co-Facilitation

In this exclusive event for the Butter community, our very own Said Saddouk will take us behind his tech setup. 🔥

Stream Decks are commonly used for streaming and event production as they're 

an easy way to control multiple devices and interfaces at once while you're live

, but Stream Decks can also be assigned to commands for a multitude of applications and actions. 

In this 45-minute session, Said will show us the very basics of this tool, and why facilitators invest more and more into Stream Decks. 

You will learn to control some basic Butter features with just one button:  muting, reactions, pasting text templates in the chat, and other little features. 💡

The format will be loose: a short demonstration, followed by questions and discussions with the participants. 🥳

' and a game-creation expert in Miro. With over 3 years of experience using the platform, he has amazed audiences with his stunning Miro artworks at events like Miroversity Live and Into the Miroverse 2022 & 2023. Said's expertise goes beyond art as he specializes in creating captivating and interactive games in Miro. His innovative approach and boundless creativity make him a true expert in the field of game creation using Miro.

Stream deck basics for facilitators

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And it doesn’t help that it can be hard for attendees to express themselves or make requests without disrupting the flow of dialog. 

What did it look like the last time you wanted to express a different POV, build on a previous point, or request further clarity? 🧐

Join this interactive Facilitation Sandbox session, hosted by Chris Federer, to stimulate bold and creative ideas for expressing ourselves using Hand Signals and reflect on how they might affect our gatherings. 💃

By the end of our time together, you will: 

💡 Learn how to introduce Hand Signals at work 

😎 Stimulate bold and creative ideas for expressing ourselves using Hand Signals

 helps companies create the space, the time, and the conditions for people to think together, create together, solve problems together, and design a brighter future together. 

Chris has designed and facilitated transformative learning experiences and workshops that drive collaboration and innovation for companies such as Dell, Northwest Mutual, Snap Financial, Alliant Insurance, Voltage Control, and the FAI just to name a few. His previous roles include Innovation Facilitator, UX Designer, Program Director, Talent Acquisition, and Event Director. ​

He’s currently the founder and facilitator of 

 where he helps clients create small spaces to connect, inspire, and learn together.

Better meetings with hand signals 👌

As facilitators, it's worth sitting with the concept of "metaphors" and how to best use them in our sessions. 

They are great avenues to emotionally engage participants by connecting abstract ideas to concrete, relatable experiences. And the benefits don't stop here! 💪

Metaphors help boost cognitive flexibility, promote metacognition, encourage playful exploration that feels safe, help reduce resistance to change, and often facilitate perspective shifts. 🧠

In this session, Harshit will share his insights gained from orchestrating numerous sessions where art and metaphors served as the catalyst for meaningful conversations. 

Get ready to unleash your inner artist—

all you need are some basic art supplies like plain sheets, colors, and markers.

Here's what we'll explore and take away: 

Join us and let's discover the magic of art and metaphors as powerful tools in facilitation. 🎨✨

 is an artist & creative facilitator who brings communities together for meaningful & wholesome conversations. He uses art, drama & movement-based modalities to indulge his gatherings in an interactive way. Over time he's worked with multiple brands to create immersive experiences. 

Currently, he heads the community for WebEngage which is a Global SaaS player in Marketing Automation. There he uses his strengths of content & conversation to bring together folks to help each other in a rather new field of marketing.

Metaphors for facilitation

Step into a new leadership paradigm in this interactive session that reimagines leadership, focusing on unlocking collaboration through facilitation and collaboration. In today's rapidly changing landscape, a new breed of leadership is emerging: one that requires facilitative skills and the ability to navigate uncertainty.🌱

, to explore how shifting from a presenter mindset to a facilitator's can usher in a new era of innovative leadership and collaborative teams. 

Learn how encouraging a culture of critique, curiosity, and inquiry can lead to a wellspring of transformative ideas, and find out how asking the right questions can often be more impactful than having all the answers. 

In this immersive session, Douglas will engage you in experiential learning activities that highlight the pivotal role facilitation plays in modern leadership. We will delve into the mechanics of facilitative leadership, demonstrating how to leverage these principles to drive organizational growth and resilience. Facilitative leadership is more than a skill; it's a mindset shift. 🔥

Join us, and prepare to see leadership in a whole new light.🤩

 is an entrepreneur and human-centered technologist with over 26 years of experience. He is president of 

, a facilitation academy that develops leaders through certifications, workshops, and organizational coaching focused on facilitation mastery, innovation, and play. He has helped transform leaders, innovators, and creatives from Nike, U.S. SOCOM, Google, the Air Force, Gap, Tesla, MSU, Church & Dwight, Apple, Adobe, Dropbox, Fidelity, Vrbo, Liberty Mutual, Humana, and SAIC.

Prior to Voltage Control, Douglas held CTO positions at numerous Austin startups, where he led product and engineering teams using agile, lean, and human-centered design principles. While CTO at Twyla, Douglas worked directly with Google Ventures running Design Sprints, and now brings this experience and process to companies everywhere.

Douglas is currently active in the Austin startup community, where he serves on the board of several non-profits, mentors startups, and advises early-stage ventures.

Leading Collaboration 🚀

​​​​​💬 We'll start with an Impromptu Networking so you can meet five or six other facilitators.

​​​​​🤹‍♀️ We'll continue with a SURPRISE activity that will surely give you a boost of inspiration through creativity, fun, and an experimental mindset.

Community Social Mixer 🥳

Do you have a Butter account and attended a demo, but haven't yet started using it? 🧐 

Maybe you'd like some brainpower to design your next session in Butter? 💪 

Or simply looking to explore how certain activities can be hosted in Butter? 💡 

Great news! We're launching a new event series to give you the opportunity to ask any questions you have about planning and hosting sessions in Butter. 🥳 

—Picking the suitable activities for your session; 

—Hosting tips and Butter ins and outs; 

—Managing the technical aspects of Butter. 

This is not a webinar, a workshop, or a demo session. 

It's a space where you can ask questions, and receive answers and practical tips to elevate your designs in Butter. 

The heart of this event is your curiosity and desire to learn. 🔥

You'll have the opportunity to share your challenges, seek advice, and receive insights on how to master the art of session design and hosting in Butter.

I'm looking forward to jamming together! 🙌

, since we won’t be showcasing all the features in these community sessions. 

Designing and hosting sessions in Butter: Q&A

How do you create the conditions for success to enable a free flow of ideas in innovation for oneself and others? 👀

The creation, sharing and exchange of ideas is the foundation of innovation. However, these things can be vulnerable and scary. This human element of innovation can be the roadblock that prevents organizations from truly innovating.😩

Psychological safety is foundational for innovation and it's also the most important factor for effective and successful teams (according to Project Aristotle, Google's two-year research study on 180 teams.) 

🧠 By the end of this experiential workshop, you'll have an understanding of safe and unsafe environments.

🌱 You'll learn what it takes to cultivate a healthy environment that empowers courageous innovation. 

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