Rubber Chickens and Pool Noodles

10 reasons why I like hanging out with other facilitators (especially Yagilu counselors):

1.They own rubber chickens and know what to do with them.

2. Brainstorming activity ideas for facilitating a challenging group can happen instantly.

3. No one looks at you weird when you walk down the hallway of a convention center carrying 27 pool noodles.

4. I always get the opportunity to be a learner again.

5. If you throw a beach ball up in the air, someone is bound to shout ‘MOON BALL!’ and 15 people will instantly try to set the new world record for the most number of hits without letting it touch the ground.

6. New ideas are freely shared.

7. Meaningful conversations can happen in a 10-minute time period.

8. It’s not weird when someone randomly walks up to you and hands you an obscure object and asks you how you would use it in a group.

9. I always get great feedback on workshops I’ve delivered hundreds of time. This helps me be a better facilitator.

10. Creativity is contagious!