What else do you want to know about becoming a facilitator? If you're interested in this career, check out our Free Facilitation Guidebook to learn more about facilitation 📗lp.workshopper.com/facilitationguidebook
These are good tips. I use the monthly-income-working-days heuristic too (mine is something like 5k for 7-8 working days a month). Another variable I factor in when deciding pricing is the repeatability of the workshop. If it's something within my basic range of workshops (team liftoff, story mapping, impact mapping) the price will be on the lower side, if they ask me something which is sort of custom but might become repeatable in the future the price raises a bit, if they are asking something that I know for sure I won't be doing ever again the price goes up to the highest side.
Thanks for making this video. I closed my freelance business during COVID (after only a year of freelancing, I know it takes longer to establish), since it became too hard to get clients, and everyone only wanted to do small projects. I really tried to build my consulting business around facilitation, but I have to admit I failed HARD. It seemed to me like all my prospects thought they already know what needs to be designed (they did not.) and were only seeking someone to execute on that vision. I did run a Design Sprint for a client (which was a huge success thanks to your masterclass), and a few LDJs, but that was 10% of my work at best. I never figured out how to consistently get clients for facilitation, which is more about the Problem area, earlier on in the process before you start designing, that part was always done internally - If you could address that in a future video about finding clients, that would be amazing. You guys are awesome, thanks for all your work 😍
Hey Nir Benita! Thanks for sharing! Sorry to hear that you had to close your freelance business during COVID. We would love to support you on your journey. We have a free video training that might help you with your situation. Here is the link to the training 👉 go.ajsmart.com/start Hope this helps you. Keep it up! Cheers
This was very insightful! Thanks for sharing. I am also interested to learn more about the workshop facilitator world within the context of K-12 education in the United States.
@@masterinuse sorry to hear that. You can contact us at support@ajsmart.com and my colleague Ryan will help you with that. Hope you get your facilitation guidebook soon!
1. Yes, please - do the video about how to get the facilitation clients 👍 2. Who are those companies/people who are in this Top 1% of the facilitators? Do you have any recommendation of whom to follow, may be? :) P.s. I'm already subscribed to your channel ;)
$400 for a day seems low that's about $50/hour, I make close to that as a Senior Consultant. I think at least $80-$100/hour starting out for a day to lead a facilitated workshop seems more in line at least where I live and have colleges who charge $100-$150 as a business coach. I'm definitely confused as I hear varying rates when it comes to coaching & facilitating a session or a day. Thank you!
I've been working as a product designer for about 7 months and am about to move on to my second company. I also facilitate group sessions where students critique each other's designs for the same bootcamp I graduated from. It pays $40/session (each one is an hour), and I do these 4 hours a week or $640/mo. I thought this side hustle was great until watching this video lol. I would love to facilitate larger concepts at a higher rate and more hours, but with my limited experience in design, who would trust me? What could I offer, or what topics could I facilitate? I'm struggling to answer these questions before even attempting to find clientele.
just to share: I comfortably fit the top 1% facilitator list of qualifications and been workshopping (DT and DS) for 4 years, but I'm only earning $1500 / month. quite unfortunate that the role "facilitator" isn't as popular here in the Philippines let alone understand our true value 🥲
Hey Rashi Kasliwal thanks for sharing! Being a UX designer and being a Facilitator are not necessarily mutually exclusive. A lot of people build their facilitation skills on top of their main job, especially in fields like UX design, where facilitation is a very beneficial skill. You could also offer workshop facilitation as one of your services 😉 Good luck Rashi and keep it up!
I second this. What I wonder is this specific sinario...... Someone works a full time job, does all they can to get into facilitation and get some experience in it. They would love to use facilitation to help people and make the kind of money mentioned in this video, but.... They work a full time job. Is it just unrealistic to think that someone could do both things in their life??
I need to fly to San Francisco to host a journey mapping session which will require me to travel from Florida and once we have the info I will need to create the maps. What would you charge? I used to do this as part of my job but now am being asked to do it freelance for a healthcare team event.
I´ve actually never seen the role "Facilitator" been asked anywhere. AFAIK it simply doesn´t exist. But maybe in your yellow world... I guess the 75k guy is Russel Brunson?
Hey thanks for your comment. Sorry that the video didn’t resonate with you. To address your point, that you personally have never heard of the title Facilitator doesn’t necessarily mean that it doesn’t exist. We have several communities were people are full-time facilitators either as freelancers or as internal facilitators in a company (earning within the ranges mentioned in the video). Their main job is to help companies solve problems and make decisions through workshops. One of the communities is a based around the Design Sprint, a very well-known process/workshop created at Google Ventures, which helps validate ideas and products. The other community has only members who are experienced full-time facilitators, who can facilitate and create any type of workshop (e.g., Strategy Sprint, Leadership Retreats, Marketing Workshops) depending on the situation they’re hired for. But of course not only people from our communities are facilitators. There are people all over the world facilitating workshops based on other methodologies (e.g., the Agile Methodology, Design Thinking) as their main job. In some cases they go by other job titles like Consultant, Trainer, Coach. Hope this was helpful! Have a great day.
@@AJSmart Just because one person´s title is "Technoking" it doesn´t mean that job exists. The "Facilitator" as a job simply doesn´t exist. You can have Designers facilitating a workshop, but luring people into believing that they can be hired to "facilitate something", imho is wrong. A company doesn´t hire someone to facilitate something, but rather to solve a problem. With which method? Maybe a series of workshops? That can be. You guys do a great job in marketing, selling things, but that´s what the game is, selling a course. Congrats on that. (75k a day is really ridiculous even simply to mention. If you hire Chris Do, you do it to have him, not to have a "facilitator")
@@IRREGOLARE123 Yep that indeed can often be the case: where a company hires someone in to solve a problem or help them achieve something, and they use a different term (consultant, strategist, designer, etc) but from our experience, and that of our community, a lot of companies are actually now using the term 'facilitator' too, which we're really excited to see! Thanks for raising this point. If you have any questions, or if you'd like us to send over more information on this then just shoot us an email on support@ajsmart.com and we can help directly. Thanks again!
Hi Qaddeer! We mention a few titles in this post on our blog: www.workshopper.com/post/why-facilitation-is-the-skill-of-the-future#toc-how-to-become-a-facilitator
What else do you want to know about becoming a facilitator? If you're interested in this career, check out our Free Facilitation Guidebook to learn more about facilitation 📗lp.workshopper.com/facilitationguidebook
Yes, I’d love to understand more about getting clients for facilitation!
Great Eric Burman! That video will be coming soon. Thank you
These are good tips. I use the monthly-income-working-days heuristic too (mine is something like 5k for 7-8 working days a month). Another variable I factor in when deciding pricing is the repeatability of the workshop. If it's something within my basic range of workshops (team liftoff, story mapping, impact mapping) the price will be on the lower side, if they ask me something which is sort of custom but might become repeatable in the future the price raises a bit, if they are asking something that I know for sure I won't be doing ever again the price goes up to the highest side.
That's a great approach Davide Tarasconi! Thanks a lot for sharing! Nice to hear that it's working for you. Keep it up!
This video gave me life. Thank you so much!! reeeally looking forward to that video on lead generation for facilitators
Hahaha thanks Sergio! That video will be a nice one too! Cheers
Thanks for making this video.
I closed my freelance business during COVID (after only a year of freelancing, I know it takes longer to establish), since it became too hard to get clients, and everyone only wanted to do small projects.
I really tried to build my consulting business around facilitation, but I have to admit I failed HARD. It seemed to me like all my prospects thought they already know what needs to be designed (they did not.) and were only seeking someone to execute on that vision. I did run a Design Sprint for a client (which was a huge success thanks to your masterclass), and a few LDJs, but that was 10% of my work at best.
I never figured out how to consistently get clients for facilitation, which is more about the Problem area, earlier on in the process before you start designing, that part was always done internally - If you could address that in a future video about finding clients, that would be amazing.
You guys are awesome, thanks for all your work 😍
Hey Nir Benita! Thanks for sharing! Sorry to hear that you had to close your freelance business during COVID. We would love to support you on your journey. We have a free video training that might help you with your situation. Here is the link to the training 👉 go.ajsmart.com/start
Hope this helps you. Keep it up! Cheers
@@AJSmart thanks for the love guys, a turbulent year for sure, but we at Startup Land are still super lucky 😊
Yes, I would like to know how to gain facilitation clients
Great Aaron Cowan! Then stay tuned! Thanks for your comment!
I really appreciate your breakdown. It was really clear and insightful.
Glad it was helpful!
Yeah, make a video. It will definitely help many different people, even those who may not yet be thinking about going “free-solo”.
Will do!
Definitely make a video about getting clients for facilitation. I like your videos and I’m getting a lot out of them!
Thanks Trent! We’re editing one about sales right now. It should be released very soon.
This was very insightful! Thanks for sharing.
I am also interested to learn more about the workshop facilitator world within the context of K-12 education in the United States.
Hello! Please make a video how to get clients. PS - your content is great!
Thanks, Pedro! Great idea!
Yes, we want a video on how to get facilitation clients
We'll add your vote!
Much obliged, if there is a video about acquiring facilitation clients. Thank you for your help.
You got it! Stay tuned. Thank you
@@AJSmart 👌👌👌 I have an issue, I wanted to download the Free Facilitation Guide, but didnt recieve any email.
@@masterinuse sorry to hear that. You can contact us at support@ajsmart.com and my colleague Ryan will help you with that. Hope you get your facilitation guidebook soon!
@@AJSmart Thank you, recieved it 🙏🙏🙏
@@masterinuse Great! Enjoy!
As always very helpful video. Thank you 👍
Thank you Mary! Glad it was helpful! Cheers
1. Yes, please - do the video about how to get the facilitation clients 👍
2. Who are those companies/people who are in this Top 1% of the facilitators? Do you have any recommendation of whom to follow, may be? :)
P.s. I'm already subscribed to your channel ;)
Thanks for watching Olena! Folks like Chris Do are a perfect example of who to follow!
I'd love to hear how to get facilitation clients, thanks!
Would love a video on how to get clients.
Noice, great breakdown! Lead generation for facilitation will be nice!
Thank you Igor! It will be indeed. Cheers
$400 for a day seems low that's about $50/hour, I make close to that as a Senior Consultant. I think at least $80-$100/hour starting out for a day to lead a facilitated workshop seems more in line at least where I live and have colleges who charge $100-$150 as a business coach. I'm definitely confused as I hear varying rates when it comes to coaching & facilitating a session or a day. Thank you!
So how do we charge for the preparation time before the workshop?
We want the video guys. Drop the video of how to find these clients 🤩
Noted, we will work on it!
Yes I would like to have more information please…
Great
Yes, please
I've been working as a product designer for about 7 months and am about to move on to my second company. I also facilitate group sessions where students critique each other's designs for the same bootcamp I graduated from. It pays $40/session (each one is an hour), and I do these 4 hours a week or $640/mo. I thought this side hustle was great until watching this video lol.
I would love to facilitate larger concepts at a higher rate and more hours, but with my limited experience in design, who would trust me? What could I offer, or what topics could I facilitate? I'm struggling to answer these questions before even attempting to find clientele.
just to share: I comfortably fit the top 1% facilitator list of qualifications and been workshopping (DT and DS) for 4 years, but I'm only earning $1500 / month.
quite unfortunate that the role "facilitator" isn't as popular here in the Philippines let alone understand our true value 🥲
4.5k month for 5 days a month sounds good to me!
That sounds great indeed Tom Nook! It's also very possible. Of course you need to put some work into it, but it's a nice rate. Thanks
Thank you for sharing, these are USA rates, any tips on European levels to share?
If you charge 400 dollars a day to facilitate workshops, how many workshops are you facilitating in a day?
I work full time as a UX designer but would love to work with a facilitator if time allows, as an experience
Hey Rashi Kasliwal thanks for sharing! Being a UX designer and being a Facilitator are not necessarily mutually exclusive. A lot of people build their facilitation skills on top of their main job, especially in fields like UX design, where facilitation is a very beneficial skill. You could also offer workshop facilitation as one of your services 😉 Good luck Rashi and keep it up!
I second this. What I wonder is this specific sinario......
Someone works a full time job, does all they can to get into facilitation and get some experience in it. They would love to use facilitation to help people and make the kind of money mentioned in this video, but.... They work a full time job. Is it just unrealistic to think that someone could do both things in their life??
What’s $75,000 if the results solve a problem involving 10’s of millions, 100’s of millions, etc?
I need to fly to San Francisco to host a journey mapping session which will require me to travel from Florida and once we have the info I will need to create the maps. What would you charge? I used to do this as part of my job but now am being asked to do it freelance for a healthcare team event.
FACILITATOR is make it pleas
Is it possible to get clients as facilitator if I don't have a background as a coder, designer and beforehand I've been working in different industry?
I´ve actually never seen the role "Facilitator" been asked anywhere. AFAIK it simply doesn´t exist. But maybe in your yellow world... I guess the 75k guy is Russel Brunson?
Hey thanks for your comment. Sorry that the video didn’t resonate with you. To address your point, that you personally have never heard of the title Facilitator doesn’t necessarily mean that it doesn’t exist. We have several communities were people are full-time facilitators either as freelancers or as internal facilitators in a company (earning within the ranges mentioned in the video). Their main job is to help companies solve problems and make decisions through workshops. One of the communities is a based around the Design Sprint, a very well-known process/workshop created at Google Ventures, which helps validate ideas and products. The other community has only members who are experienced full-time facilitators, who can facilitate and create any type of workshop (e.g., Strategy Sprint, Leadership Retreats, Marketing Workshops) depending on the situation they’re hired for. But of course not only people from our communities are facilitators. There are people all over the world facilitating workshops based on other methodologies (e.g., the Agile Methodology, Design Thinking) as their main job. In some cases they go by other job titles like Consultant, Trainer, Coach. Hope this was helpful! Have a great day.
@@AJSmart Just because one person´s title is "Technoking" it doesn´t mean that job exists. The "Facilitator" as a job simply doesn´t exist. You can have Designers facilitating a workshop, but luring people into believing that they can be hired to "facilitate something", imho is wrong.
A company doesn´t hire someone to facilitate something, but rather to solve a problem. With which method? Maybe a series of workshops? That can be.
You guys do a great job in marketing, selling things, but that´s what the game is, selling a course. Congrats on that.
(75k a day is really ridiculous even simply to mention. If you hire Chris Do, you do it to have him, not to have a "facilitator")
@@IRREGOLARE123 Yep that indeed can often be the case: where a company hires someone in to solve a problem or help them achieve something, and they use a different term (consultant, strategist, designer, etc) but from our experience, and that of our community, a lot of companies are actually now using the term 'facilitator' too, which we're really excited to see! Thanks for raising this point. If you have any questions, or if you'd like us to send over more information on this then just shoot us an email on support@ajsmart.com and we can help directly. Thanks again!
This vid is w whole inspiration. I will raise these funds. Tell Dom Nyari I'll be in contact with him as soon as I am ready.
Hey Jabu Madinane! that's great to hear! Of course I'll tell Dom 😉 Thanks for your comment and best of luck!
Can you please suggest any reference book for facilitators?
Hi Qaddeer! We mention a few titles in this post on our blog: www.workshopper.com/post/why-facilitation-is-the-skill-of-the-future#toc-how-to-become-a-facilitator
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How do you find client?
Very disappointed that you are pretending that this is special.
3:37 Chris Do?