Playbrarian
I run standard and bespoke training sessions on playful and creative teaching approaches for adults, playful leadership, and neurodiversity in the workplace. Mainly in person, but some online.
Training
A selection of the courses I run, please ask for bespoke offerings. Happy to travel within the UK or internationally to deliver any of these, or to deliver talks online around any of these topics.
Playful Teaching Approaches
Half day workshops on using play and playfulness in teaching or training adults, with some theory, but mainly practical and playful exercises.
Typically £950 including all costs for workshops within 2 hours of where I live in North Yorkshire, slightly more (for travel & accommodation) for further away.
Introduction to Playful Leadership
Always customised, but typically half day covering the benefits of play in organisations and for ourselves, together with how we might start becoming a playful leader. More details available.
Typically £1,500 including all costs for workshops within 2 hours of where I live in North Yorkshire, slightly more (for travel & accommodation) for further away.
Making games for adult learning
A half day of introducing some ideas behind using game based learning and following a process to build some (non-digital) prototypes. More details available.
Typically £950 including all costs for workshops within 2 hours of where I live in North Yorkshire, slightly more (for travel & accommodation) for further away.
Neurodivergence in the workplace
Always customised, between an hour and half a day aimed at illustrating to a neurotypical group of managers what is may feel like to be neurodivergent (Autistic, ADHD, Dyspraxic, etc) in different workplace scenarios, working towards some ways of getting the best from your neurodivergent workers. More details available.
Typically £1,500 including all costs for workshops within 2 hours of where I live in North Yorkshire, slightly more (for travel & accommodation) for further away.
Introduction to using Lego for adult teaching / training
Using ideas from Lego Serious Play, we cover the basics of how this approach works and reflect on how it might be used in our own setting. Can be online (with Lego posted out) or in person. More details available.
Typically £950 including all costs for in-person workshops within 2 hours of where I live in North Yorkshire, slightly more (for travel & accommodation) for further away.
Bringing more play into your workplace
Play has lots of benefits in the workplace, this workshop briefly covers these benefits (from the research literature); explains the difference between play, playfulness, and games; and playfully introduces ways in which we can encourage a sense of playfulness in the workplace in order to enable play to emerge.
Typically £1,500 including all costs for workshops within 2 hours of where I live in North Yorkshire, slightly more (for travel & accommodation) for further away.
Sessions open to all to book, more information on Eventbrite.
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