Facilitation Studio / EST. Glasgow

Run The room. Properly.

Bespoke facilitation and training for teams who want to get good at workshops, meetings and structured collaboration — and stop dreading them.

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15 YEARS Designing collaboration for in-house teams, agencies and start-ups.

SONY PLAYSTATION. · GOOGLE · LVMH And a long tail of teams who don't make headlines.

BUILT TO ORDER Every training reshaped around your team's experience and the workshops you actually run.

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Workshops that work Meetings without mourning Bespoke training Structured collaboration Run the room Stop dreading decks Workshops that work Meetings without mourning Bespoke training Structured collaboration Run the room Stop dreading decks

What I
actually do.

Four flavours of facilitation work, plus a constant trickle of free stuff. Mix and match — most teams do.

01 / Training for teams

Power up your team's collaboration capability.

Your team masters building and delivering effective workshops, driving collaboration, and shipping actual outcomes. Expert-led sessions, 1:1 coaching, the lot.

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02 / Newsletter & podcast

Free stuff, dropped into your inbox.

Regular insights, tips, tools and techniques. Listen to the podcast on any major platform. All free, forever, no email-capture funnels.

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03 / Individual training

Going it alone? Join an open cohort.

Take control of your own professional development by joining others in online facilitation training. Cohorts run through Maven; sign up to hear about dates.

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04 / Done-for-you facilitation

Sit back and let John design and deliver.

Sometimes you need an expert to step in and run the room for you. I'll design the workshop end-to-end, deliver it live, and hand back the outputs.

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People who
have said nice things.

Ten unsolicited quotes from teams, podcast listeners, and people I accidentally taught at conferences. I've kept it loose.

Literally couldn't recommend John's training more. Guaranteed time well spent.

— Programme Manager

The sessions were brilliant; I still go back to the training materials two years on.

— UX Designer

John Sunart is amazing! Go use that training budget.

— Head of Insight

Thanks John for all your help. It was a massive success!

— IT Director, Legal Services

Thank you John for revealing your secret workshop method dubplates.

— Principal Service Designer

These are the things we're never taught. I learnt so much in half a day and I can't wait to start applying it.

— Product Designer

I'm a therapist and a manager at a large mental health agency, and I have found your materials helpful.

— Podcast listener

Every time we speak, I learn something new. Small but mighty tips and hacks.

— Product Owner

The focus on objectives and outcomes really drives engaging, effective sessions.

— Design Ops Lead

If your work requires you to work across teams or with clients — absolutely invest in this course.

— Product Manager

The Person

Run by John Sunart.

The Facilitation Studio is run by John Sunart — service designer, strategist and facilitator. Fifteen years working with everyone from Sony PlayStation to start-ups fresh from the drawing board.

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Want to
know more?

Interested in training for yourself or your team? Drop me a note — let's talk about whether this fits.