About An Introduction to Workshop Facilitation

Learn the basics of teaching spoken word with GOBS co-founder Ioney Smallhorne. With theoretical discussion and practical activities, you’ll come away from the session with an understanding of what it means to facilitate a workshop, having had a chance to put your learning into practice.

We’ll be answering questions and exploring topics such as:

-       How and when do we learn?

-       Intentions and objectives for a workshop session

-       Structuring and planning a workshop session

-       Scaffolding activities

-       Using questioning and discussion positively and effectively

-       Timing activities

-       Setting up the space

-       Flexibility in your delivery

-       Accommodating diverse learning needs

-       Bringing our unique voice to the workshop

-       Best practice, boundaries and professionalism

Whether you’re a newbie to spoken-word education, or you’re an experienced facilitator looking to brush up on your skills with a clear, structured overview, there will be something to take away from this session to benefit your career.

About Ioney Smallhorne
Co-founder of GOBS Collective, Ioney Smallhorne is a writer, poet, film maker and educator, born and bred in Nottingham. Ioney earned an MA in Creative Writing/Education from Goldsmiths University in 2019. She is also a spoken word educator working across the East Midlands. Ioney has been longlisted for the Jerwood Fellowship 2017 and shortlisted by the Caribbean Small-Axe Prize 2016. In 2020, she was the recipient of a year-long writing commission by Derbyshire Council and Writer in Residence for the Erewash Festival of Light. Her writing has been published in the Inscribe anthology Filigree: Contemporary Black British Poetry (2018) and in Nottingham Black Archive’s anthology When We Speak (2019). Her academic writing was published in the Leeds Beckett journal Story Makers’ Dialogues (2019). Her poem 'Yamaye, Land of Wood and Water' is included in the Crossed-lines Dial-a-Poem App via Google Play or Apple's AppStore. She has performed her poems across the country – a highlight being the London 2012 Paralympics.

Venue accessibility: Fishergate Point has a wheelchair stair lift to access the downstairs event space. The event space has easy to move sliding doors for plenty of access, a ramp at the entrance which is a double door,  as well as accessable washroom facilities.

Any questions about this event can be emailed to info@gobscollective.org

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