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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…

How to facilitate scenario planning workshops

The future isn’t something we predict. It’s something we explore. In these complex, uncertain, and frankly scary times, facilitators are increasingly being asked to help teams think long-term, make sense of the uncertainty, and plan for the unknown. Whether you’re guiding a group through climate resilience strategies, preparing a nonprofit for demographic shifts, or helping a company imagine the impact of AI, future scenario planning can be a powerful tool for navigating future challenges. This article is a practical introduction to how to run a scenario planning process. We’ll look at what futures thinking actually means (no crystal balls here), how scenario planning works, and why it’s so valuable for…

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…

10 Favorite Facilitation Card Decks (and How to Use Them)

Facilitators love card decks. Why? They're tactile, visual, flexible, and reliably powerful. Whether you’re mapping a system, guiding reflection, or helping a group build connection, there’s something magical about putting a beautiful, idea-rich card into someone’s hands. Combined in an opening or reflection activity, card decks feel like an invitation: to pause, to imagine, to engage with the work a little differently. Many card decks include inspiring illustrations, designed to awaken the imagination and introduce some wonder into your workday. Here’s why facilitation card decks are such trusted tools: They help spark creativity when the blank page feels daunting. They’re quick to grab when you need a new idea, fast.…

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 to collaborate while planning an event with SessionLab

Great workshops and events are a team effort. Turning a draft agenda into a real-word, memorable event requires the involvement of quite a few different stakeholders. In this article we’ll look into all the ways SessionLab helps facilitators and trainers collaborate effectively while working on a workshop or event. We'll cover every stage of the process, from initial design all the way to delivery and share how you can streamline your process and creating engaging experiences with the help of SessionLab. The first part of a facilitator’s job is often quite a solitary affair: me, at my desk, sometimes with some help from AI, working on an agenda to get…

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…

39 best leadership activities and games

Good leaders can make or break a team. While more and more people are being asked to step into leadership roles, the path to becoming a good leader is long and not always straightforward. This is where leadership activities come in. Leadership activities are a great way of developing the skills and competencies needed to be an effective leader. It's not easy to learn these skills, especially when so many leaders don't receive effective training or support. In this article, we'll explore the leadership activities you should master in order to lead a high-performing team and become a better leader! Learning the why and how of being a great leader…

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…

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How to organize a workshop with SessionLab

In the next few pages, I’ll walk you through how I move from a blank canvas to the first version of a workshop design. I’ll illustrate how, as a freelance facilitator, I use SessionLab step-by-step to organize information, sketch out early ideas, and create a draft agenda, ready to share. SessionLab is my facilitation back office: it’s the virtual desk where I do all the preparation work for each workshop, session, and event. It allows me to keep my notes in one place, design efficiently, and easily collaborate with clients, co-facilitators, and other people with a stake in the success of my next workshop. Let’s see how. Facilitation is often…

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