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Author: James Smart

Building a complete session design workflow in SessionLab

Designing an effective workshop does not start and end with an agenda. It’s a process that begins with client conversations and continues through planning, design, delivery, feedback, and reporting back to stakeholders. Whether you're a facilitator designing bespoke client workshops or an L&D lead creating training programs at scale, it can be a lot to manage. Below, we'll explore how SessionLab's new features combine to help you organize your end-to-end planning process in one place and streamline your workflow. Organizing everything involved in planning and running a session can be complex and time-consuming. Trainers need to connect needs assessment and training needs to their agenda design. Stakeholders need to be…

SessionLab Vs Excel

Before SessionLab, I would design complex sessions in Excel. Timing and organization have always been important to me as a facilitator and it seemed to make sense to create my agendas in a spreadsheet. When working in Excel, I found myself frustrated with endless copy and pasting, manually calculating timings and struggling to stay on top of my learning flow. Whether it was presenting a messy spreadsheet to clients or struggling to maintain formulas, the task of finalizing my agenda always filled me with dread. There has to be a better way, right? Back when I had to use Excel, I would always end up with a completed agenda and…

Announcing the Workshops & Wizards facilitation deck!

Workshops & Wizards is a deck of cards designed to teach groups about facilitation skills and support personal growth and development. Send participants on a learning quest, discuss what equipment perfect* facilitators might use or give kudos for positive examples of facilitation in action. Learn more about how to use Workshops & Wizards to support your session below. Download the free print-at-home version, try out the digital deck and register your interest in a physical edition. What is the Workshops & Wizards deck? Workshops & Wizards is a deck of cards that helps teach key facilitation skills, improve collaboration and help you run better workshops and meetings. Each card is…

How Agile coaches at Lufthansa Technik use SessionLab to design effective, high impact workshops

At Lufthansa Technik, innovation goes far beyond aircraft maintenance. As a global leader in MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) services, the company is deeply committed to driving internal transformation. A key part of this journey is AVIATAR: Lufthansa Technik’s digital platform that helps airlines optimize fleet performance. Within AVIATAR, Agile coaches play a central role in supporting teams and leaders with structured collaboration, continuous improvement, and change initiatives. To design and deliver effective workshops that support these goals, Alexander Simon and the Agile coaching team relies on SessionLab. From Excel to a smarter, more visual way to plan workshops Before adopting SessionLab, workshop planning often happened in Excel, which was…

SessionLab’s improved AI Assistant: smarter, context-aware session design

With the latest improvements to SessionLab’s AI Assistant, we’re introducing a smarter, more integrated way to accelerate your design process. Our improved AI Assistant, now accessible via the prominently placed “Ask AI” button, enables users to generate, modify, and improve session content with greater flexibility. Crucially, it is now able to read and understand the context of your session, making it a collaborative tool that adjusts to your goals and supports your workflow. Let’s explore what this update brings, how it supports your facilitation practice, and what to keep in mind as you start experimenting. 5 things you can do with SessionLab’s improved AI Assistant 1. Generate or adapt an…

How Implement Consulting Group enhances workshop design with SessionLab

At Implement Consulting Group, workshops aren’t just events: they’re a core part of how the firm delivers strategic transformation, facilitates change, and builds capacity in client organizations. Whether helping companies navigate digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, or develop leadership, the firm relies on engaging, hands-on workshops to create lasting impact. To support the design and delivery of these sessions, Lea Flytkjær and the consulting team at Implement are using SessionLab to bring structure, clarity, and collaboration to their process, making it easier to deliver high-quality workshops at scale. Workshops as a foundation for change Implement is a consulting firm with 1800 employees worldwide. They support organizations in achieving their strategic…

53 team building activities to improve teamwork in 2025 (and to have fun!)

Team bonds and connections are the foundation of good team work. Team building activities are an effective way to help groups get to know each other better, have fun and improve collaboration. But how do you choose the right activity for your team event, and where do you get started when trying to encourage deeper team bonding or alignment? We're here to help with this collection of effective team building activities! You'll find instructions, tips and advice that makes improving team work and engaging your group easy. What are team building activities? Team building is an activity or process designed to build connections between members of a team, create lasting…

How First Advantage improved efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction with SessionLab

First Advantage Corporation (NASDAQ: FA), a leading provider of global software and data in the HR technology industry, dedicated to empowering organizations to make informed hiring decisions while ensuring compliance and enhancing workplace safety. Presented with opportunities for improved efficiency and enhanced collaboration, First Advantage needed to move away from spreadsheets and to a centralized, automated solution that helped their learning & development design team to develop high-quality materials with ease. That's when they found SessionLab. As a global organization, First Advantage serves customers in over 200 countries and territories with a staff of about 10,000 employees in 19 countries. As such, First Advantage’s Learning and Development team has a large…

How Norconsult saves time and designs better learning experiences with SessionLab

Norconsult is one of the leading multidisciplinary engineering and design consultancies in the Nordics, with approximately 6,500 employees across around 140 offices in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Poland and Finland. With a strong commitment to developing internal talent and creating innovation, Norconsult runs a range of leadership training programs with hundreds of participants. To deliver high-quality, engaging sessions at scale, HR Development Specialist Christian Valentiner and the team needed a smarter, more flexible way to plan and manage their training programs. That’s where SessionLab came in. A team-focused approach to leadership and development Norconsult’s competence development team in HR plays a central role in developing leaders and project managers across…

37 meeting reflections to open and close your meetings

Meetings are often packed with discussions, decisions, and action items—but how often do we take the time to pause and reflect? Incorporating reflection activities into meetings can transform them from routine check-ins into meaningful conversations that drive clarity, connection, and action. A well-placed reflection exercise can help a group start a meeting with intention, process insights mid-session, and close with a sense of clarity and purpose. Whether you're facilitating a brainstorming session, a team retrospective, or a strategic planning discussion, reflection activities create space for deeper thinking, alignment, and engagement. This post explores a range of simple yet powerful meeting reflection activities, from quick check-ins to structured debriefs. No matter…

Learning and development team running a training session

How a global pharma company created a consistent design process with SessionLab

In large organizations, maintaining consistency and efficiency in training design can be a challenge – especially when collaborating across locations and teams. Without a standardized process, it’s easy to waste time on inefficient processes and compromise service delivery too. By adopting SessionLab, the Learning & Development team at a leading global pharmaceutical company were able to create a structured, reliable process. Let's see how. The challenge: inconsistent, inefficient training design As organizations grow, there comes a growing need to standardize processes and ensure high quality training delivery. Trainers and learning designers need to be able to design and adapt sessions without getting bogged down in sloppy tools. Leaders need to…

College students in a classroom playing an icebreaker game

31 icebreaker games for students

Starting a new school year or welcoming a fresh group of students? Effective student icebreakers can transform those first awkward moments into moments of connection and learning. Whether you’re working with young learners, high school students, or even college-level participants, setting the right tone and getting a read on the energy of the room can help you create an engaging learning environment. From quick physical icebreakers to student discussion starters, this list of activities will help you create a classroom where students feel welcome, encouraged, and ready to participate. Why use icebreakers in the classroom? The first moments of any lesson, lecture or workshop can have a profound effect on…

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