The Facilitator Lab: Creating Engaging Learning Experiences
(L&D Learning Series Webinar)

 

Wednesday, October 14, 2026
9am-10:30am PT / 10am-11:30am MT / 12pm-1:30pm ET

 

 

We know that while Learning & Development is a critical part of the P&C remit, many leaders haven't received formal training on how to build and lead these programs effectively. This new series is designed to bridge the gap between guesswork and mastery by tapping into the expertise of seasoned L&D practitioners both within and outside of the TAP Network community.

This new series focuses on strengthening your foundational L&D skills through three core lenses:

• Leading Self: Expanding your personal L&D toolbox as a professional.
• Leading Teams: Developing operational programs for people leaders.
• Leading Organization: Creating a strategic, org-wide learning culture.

Join us for our 90-minute workshop on October 14th: The Facilitator Lab, with Cecily Elmas of CE Coaching & Consulting. 

Workshop Overview

Facilitation is less about having all the answers and more about creating the conditions for people to think, connect, participate, and move something forward.

The Facilitator Lab is a highly experiential session designed to help participants explore what it means to facilitate effectively in both in person and a digital environment. Rather than focusing on a set of rigid techniques, we’ll work with a collection of facilitation principles that can be adapted to the audience, content, physical setting, and the facilitator’s own comfort level and style.

Participants can expect to experiment, play, reflect, and experience facilitation from the inside out. We’ll explore what happens when we use our voices differently, pay attention to the body, notice the conversations happening beneath the conversation, and create in the moment.

There will be some teaching, some “behind the curtain” moments from real facilitation experiences, and lots of opportunities to try things out. The goal is not perfection — it’s building awareness, confidence, and a willingness to experiment.

Facilitation Principles

Throughout the Lab, we’ll explore 10 principles:

• Don’t take yourself so seriously.
• Manage the background conversation.
• Words create worlds.
• Create in the moment.
• Transformation is 90% logistics.
• Everything and everyone will change.
• Finished vs. complete.
• Use the body.
• Stand for what works.
• Practice courageous responsibility.

 

Participant Takeaways

A collection of practical facilitation principles they can apply to their own audiences, content, and environments.

• Greater awareness of how their presence, body, voice, and energy influence a room — including a digital one.
• Practical ways to create more engagement and participation in online meetings and learning experiences.
• A deeper understanding of the “background conversation” and how to notice and work with what may be happening beneath the surface.
• More confidence in creating and adapting experiences in the moment, rather than relying solely on a predetermined plan.
• Ideas for using logistics, structure, and the physical/digital environment as tools for transformation.
• An opportunity to experiment with voice, tone, movement, and presence in a supportive environment.
• A renewed perspective on facilitation as a practice — something to continually experiment with, rather than something to perfect.

 

 

 

Our Presenter

Cecily Elmas, MA, PCC is an Executive & Leadership Coach, facilitator, and leadership consultant with more than 20 years of experience in leadership development, learning, and organizational growth.

Cecily brings a unique combination of leadership, learning, coaching, facilitation, and hands-on business experience to her work with leaders and teams. She spent 15 years in leadership and learning roles with lululemon/ivivva, including leading training and development across North America, and has since worked with organizations across a range of industries to develop leaders, strengthen teams, and create meaningful learning experiences.

She holds an MA in Executive & Organizational Coaching and is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation.