David Yau & Associates

I was reflecting with a few facilitators on how to handle a difficult situation in a workshop. One facilitator shared a quote –...

I have had a great experience in Seoul last week. My learners in this leadership development class were awesome. I was quite worried...

I facilitated 2 senior management meetings recently. Both were attended by intact teams comprising fewer than 10 people i.e. a small...

An additional idea on top of one of my recent posts – Co-designing with client. I talked about a lot the benefits in designing the...

Here is another learning from the ARL (Action Reflection Learning) workshop – always co-design with the client for learning or meeting...

Recently, things have been happening much faster than I can reflect and capture. It is good since my capability and confidence will...

In the top-100-managers conference mentioned earlier, we ran the conference with 9 other small-group facilitators. Each had to...

I just conducted a Leadership program in Indonesia. It is a hard but valuable experience for me. In a sense, I am glad that I...

I have had a few great learning experiences in Feb. First, I facilitated a one-day planning workshop in Shanghai for the HR team in...

Let me share my learning from the rare opportunity I mentioned in my last post. Summarizing the various feedbacks from the others, my...

The 5-day Shanghai workshop did turn out to be a great learning experience for me. I learnt a lot by observing my fellow facilitators...

I facilitated a team building activity earlier for a group of 90 people in a business conference in Shanghai.  Right after the event, I...

I have written quite a number of posts on preparation (link) before. I strongly believe in preparation. “Proper Preparation Prevents...

In my previous post on ‘Presenter vs Trainer vs Facilitator’, I discussed about the difference between these 3 roles. I want to zoom in...

I attended a lot of presentations on a regular basis. They include presentations by participants in my training class, product briefing...

One of the most common internal presentation made in our industry is product briefing.  The briefing could be an overview on a product...

There is no magic. I can guarantee you that your presentation performance will improve simply arriving early at the scene. My experience...

To illustrate my previous post of the same topic, here is a real example which one presenter used in the Toastmaster lunch session this...

I conducted 3 presentation classes last week in Shenzhen and Beijing. Like most other classes, some participants picked some general...

I always argue we should not give to the participants the handout before the class, because they will focus on the handout instead of...