Gwyn Wansbrough

The Quest #163: ⏰ The 10-minute Rule

By Gwyn Wansbrough | May 14, 2024

Hello friends, Many thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.❤️ Today I’m excited to share a simple, yet powerful, session design tip that will help you boost engagement—I call it the “10-minute rule.” I’ve been designing a lot […]

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The Quest #162: 🌟 5 Timeless Session Design Principles to Live By

By Gwyn Wansbrough | April 30, 2024

Hello friends, Greetings from Colmar, France 🇫🇷where I am traveling with two of the most loyal readers of this newsletter – my dad and stepmother. 😅 🙌Many thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.❤️ Let’s jump right […]

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The Quest #161: ⚒️ How to build a killer virtual facilitation tech stack

By Gwyn Wansbrough | April 23, 2024

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona ☀️ 🙌Many thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.❤️ Let’s jump right in! Lately, many of you have been asking about the tools I use behind the scenes. Glad you asked! When […]

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The Quest #160: 💛How to create a heartfelt virtual celebration

By Gwyn Wansbrough | April 17, 2024

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona ☀️ 🙌Many thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.❤️ Let’s jump right in. How do you create a heartfelt celebration on Zoom? I wondered this as I planned a celebration of life […]

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The Quest #159: 👀 How to read your virtual room

By Gwyn Wansbrough | April 9, 2024

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona ☀️ 🙌Many thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.❤️ Let’s jump right in. If you lead virtual groups you may be familiar with the following scenario👇 You are about a third of […]

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The Quest #158: 🦗How to transform silence from awkward to awesome

By Gwyn Wansbrough | April 3, 2024

Hello friends, Greetings from Barcelona ☀️ 🙌Many thanks for reading The Quest, your weekly round-up of tips and insights to help you design and lead exceptional online sessions that your group members will love.❤️ Let’s jump right in. “Does anyone want to share?” You’ve finished your presentation. Now it’s question time. And then bam—awkward silence hits. Just […]

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🧠The Quest #23: How the brain learns

By Gwyn Wansbrough / March 22, 2021 / 0 Comments

The Surprising Science of Learning, Free Courses and more Hello Friends! Greetings from Barcelona☀️.  Many thanks for your feedback on the last edition of The Quest and on my new Creativity e-book. A special shout out to the following people: Joan in Mansfield, Mamen in Barcelona, Maria in Miami, Michaele and Barry in Bracebridge, Romy in […]

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🧠John Medina's Brain Rules Book Summary

By Gwyn Wansbrough / March 22, 2021 / 0 Comments

What science knows for sure about how the brain learns and what you need to do about it After a couple of months of online classes last year, my 16-year-old daughter started to call school “computer jail”. She dreaded sitting down in front of her computer all-day trapped in her room listening to her teachers. […]

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🔮The Quest #22: The Future of Online Learning

By Gwyn Wansbrough / March 15, 2021 / 0 Comments

Cohort-based Courses, Verbal tools for Facilitation, Creating Online Courses Hello Friends! Greetings from Barcelona☀️. Many thanks for your feedback on the last edition of The Quest and on my new Creativity e-book. A special shout out to the following people: Joan in Mansfield, Monica S., Maria, and Ruth in Barcelona, Maria in Miami, Nadia in […]

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I was wrong about online learning.

By Gwyn Wansbrough / March 15, 2021 / 0 Comments

5 lessons I learned as a facilitator during the pandemic There was no turning back. I was staring at the faces of 20 teacher trainees on my Zoom screen. We were about to start our online training session when one of the hosts didn’t have sound. The 20 faces were staring back at me. Waiting. […]

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💥Kickstart Your Creativity E-book

By Gwyn Wansbrough / March 12, 2021 / 0 Comments

Free e-book launch Dear Friends of The Quest, I wanted you all to be the first to receive my new free e-book Kickstart Your Creativity: 5 Easy Ways to Spark Creativity Starting Now. I had a blast working with friend, facilitator, and illustrator Chris Malapitan who developed the beautiful drawings that you’ll see in the […]

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🙈The Quest #21: The Procrastination Issue, Creative Blocks, The War of Art

By Gwyn Wansbrough / March 8, 2021 / 0 Comments

Hello Friends! Greetings from Barcelona☀️. Many thanks for your feedback on the last edition of The Quest. A special shout out to the following people: Nadia in Montreal, Mamen in Barcelona, Noelle in Sydney, and Connie in Toronto 🙌.  Another special shout out to all of the women who create, facilitate, and educate. Thank you […]

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