Facilitating Change: How to create transformative spaces that inspire, empower & drive real change

Facilitating Change: How to create transformative spaces that inspire, empower & drive real change

Changemaker Allies

Episodes 44
Avg. Duration 59m
Activity Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (9)
Since Oct 2024
Latest Episode May 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
30%
Hosting
feed.podbean.com

About This Podcast

The podcast where world-class facilitators reveal the secrets to creating transformative spaces that inspire, empower, and drive real change. Join us as we dive deep into the art and science of facilitation, unpacking how to cultivate trust, spark innovation, and lead with vulnerability. From executive boardrooms to grassroots movements, our guests share practical tools, powerful stories, and groundbreaking techniques for fostering environments where changemakers thrive. Whether you’re a facilitator, leader, or changemaker yourself, this is your go-to source for cutting-edge insights and transformative strategies. Discover how to hold space in a way that empowers others to grow, connect, and lead the change our world needs.

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Recent Episodes

Why Information Is Not Enough: Romy Alexandra on The Now & Future of Learning

May 18, 2026 1h 9m

In this episode of Facilitating Change, Mentor Dida sits down with Romy Alexandra to explore what it really takes to make learning meaningful, human, and transformational. Romy shares how her time in…

Heart-Centered Leadership and the Power of Circles with Elizabeth Werbe

Dec 08, 2025 1h 5m

In this episode, Mentor sits down with Elizabeth Werbe, a heart-centered coach, facilitator, and program designer who has spent more than two decades supporting social change leaders. Elizabeth’s…

How to Build Rural Communities That Sustain Themselves While Transforming the Community with Sanjana Shrestha and Swathi Massar from READ Global

Nov 26, 2025 1h 2m

In this Thanksgiving week, we bring you one of the most moving conversations we have ever had on Facilitating Change. Mentor sits down with two remarkable leaders from READ Global: Sanjana Shrestha…

Facilitating from the Inside Out: Presence, Identity, and the Unknown with Dylan Ayaloo

Nov 17, 2025 1h 2m

What does it take to truly live your work as a facilitator, teacher, or leader? In this episode, Mentor Dida sits down with Dylan Ayaloo - also known as the Inner Work Guy. Dylan is a facilitator of…

Facilitating Systems Change: Rethinking Education and the Inner Work of Change with Daniela Papi-Thornton

Oct 20, 2025 1h 6m

In this thought-provoking episode of Facilitating Change, Mentor Dida sits down with educator, facilitator, author, and mother Daniela Papi-Thornton to explore what it truly means to transform…

Deep Dive: Every Team Needs a Super-Facilitator

Oct 06, 2025 49m

In this conversation, Mentor Dida and Cole Hoover break down Harvard Business Review’s “Every Team Needs a Super-Facilitator” by Jamil Zaki and connect it to what we’ve learned from dozens of…

Ask Me Anything: Facilitation Edition with Mentor Dida

Sep 29, 2025 47m

This episode flips the script - no guest, no prep, just me answering your questions in real time. Together we dig into the messy, human side of facilitation and what it really takes to hold a…

Unlocking Inclusion: How to Design Learning Spaces Where Everyone Belongs with Shaheen

Aug 25, 2025 1h 6m

What does it take to design learning spaces where everyone feels they belong - not just as participants, but as full human beings? In this episode of Facilitating Change, Mentor sits down with…

Why the Margins Hold the Facilitation Magic: A Conversation with Mansi Jasuja

Aug 18, 2025 1h 5m

Some people stumble into facilitation. Mansi Jasuja designed her way here - literally. From practicing architecture in India to working with the UN and EU on environmental projects, her path has been…

Where Community Building, Learning Experience Design, and Facilitation Meet: Insights from Anamaria Dorgo

Aug 12, 2025 1h 5m

Episode Description What happens when you combine the art of community building, the craft of learning experience design, and the skill of facilitation? That’s where Anamaria Dorgo lives. A learning…

The Space Between the Sessions - What 30 Conversations Taught Us About Facilitating Change

Aug 04, 2025 49m

What happens when you sit down for 30 conversations with some of the most thoughtful facilitators on the planet? You start to see patterns. You start to feel shifts. And you begin to realize:…

Bridging Worlds: Intercultural Facilitation with Dr. Elsa Maxwell

Jul 22, 2025 1h 1m

In this conversation, we dive deep with Dr. Elsa Maxwell - intercultural educator, facilitator, and founder of Shift Intercultural - into how we build bridges across cultures in an increasingly…

From Problems to Possibilities: Transforming Leadership and Society with Scott Sherman

Jul 07, 2025 57m

In this powerful conversation, our host Mentor Dida sits down with Dr. Scott Sherman, founder of the Transformative Action Institute, to explore what it really takes to lead meaningful change in…

Beyond Purpose: Why Mattering Comes First with Zach Mercurio

Jul 01, 2025 48m

In this episode of Facilitating Change, Cole talks with Zach Mercurio about the critical yet often overlooked concept of mattering, which is the fundamental human need to feel significant to the…

From Inner Work to Systems Change: Olga Shirobokova on Changemaking & Social Entrepreneurship

Jun 23, 2025 1h 3m

What does it really mean to be a changemaker? In this rich and reflective episode, Olga from Ashoka joins Mentor Dida to explore the full arc of changemaking—from the personal to the planetary.…

Designing the Unscripted: A Masterclass in Process Facilitation with Natasha Walker

Jun 16, 2025 59m

What if the key to great facilitation isn’t just what happens in the room- but everything you do before you even walk in? In this episode, we dive in with Natasha Walker, a master facilitator who…

From PolyCrisis to PolyOpportunity: Creating Spaces for Transformative Change with Joel Fariss

Jun 09, 2025 55m

In this episode of Facilitating Change, Cole talks with Joel Fariss of Holon Institute about navigating the complexity of our current moment and creating spaces for transformative community…

The Evolution of us a Facilitators: What We’ve Learned, Unlearned, and Are Still Figuring Out

Jun 03, 2025 47m

In this special episode of Facilitating Change, the full Changemaker Allies team - Mentor Dida, Cole Hoover, and Ali Fraenkel - comes together for a heart-to-heart conversation on their evolution as…

Facilitating What Wants to Happen: Nicole Taylor on Deep Listening & Presencing

May 26, 2025 1h 3m

What does it take to create space where real transformation happens? In this episode of Facilitating Change, we sit down with Nicole Taylor - facilitator, leadership coach, and fierce advocate for…

Easing Into the Journey of Becoming: Dustin Liu on Facilitation, Purpose, and System Sensing

May 13, 2025 57m

In this deep and energizing episode, Mentor Dida sits down with Dustin Liu - facilitator, educator, and the Senior Associate Director at NYU Stern’s Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing - for a…

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Facilitating Change: How to create transformative spaces that inspire, empower & drive real change has published 44 episodes since October 2024, covering topics in Business, Education.

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Facilitating Change: How to create transformative spaces that inspire, empower & drive real change is currently active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 59m.

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