The Most Important Facilitation Technique You’ve Never Heard About

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There is one Facilitation Technique that you probably have never heard before (at least in this context) that will help you improve your workshops, trainings and meetings. And it's priming yourself before you start your sessions.

This video is a clip from our highest level in-person facilitation training called Full Stack Facilitator. We ran this facilitation training in summer 2025 in Palo Alto, California. In this video facilitator.com's CEO Jonathan Courtney explains the importance of "Priming" and how it can make any session better. Some participants also share their favorite way of priming themselves.

⏰ Video Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:44 Changing the tone according to the state
06:08 The most important thing for facilitation - Priming
11:01 Tip 1 (from participant)
12:37 Tip 2 (from participant)
13:55 What happens when you don’t prime yourself
16:25 How do we prime ourselves
19:31 Tip 3 (from participant)
21:41 How do you prime senior leaders?

Thanks for watching!

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