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Welcome to Toolsi!

Welcome! Start this course to learn more about who Nadia Chaney is and how you can get started with your Toolsi journey!

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Adaptagen Learning Community

Community

A space for facilitators to connect, ask questions/for advice, share resources and opportunities, and deep dive into all things facilitation!

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Activities Collection

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A collection of beloved activities, tested many times, with an interactive chart and downloadable PDFs.

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Games and Activities Explained

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Explanations, stories, cautions, adjustments for facilitated games and activities.

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Adaptagen Podcast

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The Adaptagen Podcast brings you the stories and insights from facilitators around the world.

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A Facilitator's Inner Stance

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A facilitator's most crucial tool and asset - self-knowledge. This course offers a starting point and a few frameworks you could use as a starting or reflection point for this lifelong journey.

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Giving Clear Instructions

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Take these ten micro-lessons for tips on giving clear instructions for your next group activities and games.

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Read the Room

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Reading the room is the most essential aspect of your facilitation. Being attuned to the environment, the individuals, yourself and the emergent group dynamic allows you to make in-the-moment changes to your plan. This is what it means to be present.

$20

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A Facilitator's Coaching Model

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Learn a simple coaching model to support your participants during 1-on-1 moments in a larger facilitated context, such as camps, conferences, retreats, or training programs.

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Strength-Based Facilitation

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The strengths perspective is a framework and posture; it gives us a clear focus on human potential, abilities, and aspirations in the face of adversity. In this course, we explore what the lens can offer you in your facilitation practice.

$20

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Giving Direct Feedback

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This 12-part course is made of snippets of Nadia's interview by Natasha Sawh on the difference between being blunt or direct when giving feedback.

$20

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Foundations of Workshop Design and Delivery

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This course covers the basic elements of workshop design and delivery.

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How to Interrupt a Speaker

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Learn techniques and the nuances of when, why, and how to interrupt - a core skill for a facilitator. Featuring insightful role-plays with Ez Bridgman.

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Embodiment Warm-Ups with Laura June Albert

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These 12 incredible videos have been generously bestowed to us by Laura June Albert. Use these short embodiment practices from a seasoned dance artist and teacher to engage the body's wisdom and innate authority before facilitation (or anytime!)

$20

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Nadia's Teaching Stories

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Stories and lessons learned from twenty one years of community arts facilitation, about group dynamics, leadership, event design, social practice arts and more

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The Joy of Debriefing

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Learn a delicate and satisfying art of holding a transformative group discussion through this mini course!

$20

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Essential Tiny Tips and Tricks

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In this course I share short-form general orientations, models and reminders that can be helpful to facilitators. These range from personal development to dealing with sticky situations.

$20