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Elana ShyongCreative facilitator & trainer

I help individuals and teams learn, transform and connect through creative, human-centred experiences.

Tailored trainings and workshops designed around what you need, whether that's growing your own practice, transforming how your team works together, or bringing your people closer.

Online and in person · Based in Barcelona

Elana presents at the front of a training room beside a projection screen, while adult participants watch from round tables

Ways to work together

Three ways I can help.

Whether you're developing your own practice, working through a team challenge or looking for a shared experience, there's a place to start. For individuals, I teach the skills and methods. For teams, I use those methods to help create the change.

Connect

Bring your team together through play, stories and shared creation.

For teams that want a shared experience that's fun, creative and different from the usual team-building day.

  • Team Connection Through Creative Play

HOW IT WORKS

What working together looks like.

Whether you're growing your own practice, tackling a team challenge or planning a team day, the journey is simple.

  1. Step 1: Start the conversation

    Tell me about your group and what you'd like to learn, change or celebrate.

  2. Step 2: Shape it together

    I design a training, workshop or team experience around your goals, context and people, and check in with you so it fits.

  3. Step 3: Experience it

    Your group steps into an active, creative session where everyone has a way to take part.

  4. Step 4: Carry it forward

    You leave with practical tools, agreements or shared memories, and we look at what's changed and what comes next.

No acting experience needed. The focus is on taking part, not performing.

Adult workshop participants in Denmark join their raised hands to form a shape, smiling as they collaborate
Elana presents a 'What is Drama?' session, gesturing towards a projected slide in a training room

Kind words

What people say.

Working with Elana for the last 3 years has been an absolute gift.
MorganeColiving Owner
The workshop with Elana was not only joyful, it was also really strengthening the connection to myself.
KathrinFacilitator & Trainer
We learned not only working techniques, but most importantly we learned to be ourselves.
LilyTeacher
Our trainer Elana is a good leader who created unforgettable experiences.
LilianaCourse participant
Elana was the mentor in the course conducted here, and her energy, the way she presented the contents, made the experience an easy one, I didn't even feel when the 5 days of the course passed.
AleCourse participant
Friendly and professional the whole way through. She gave clear instructions but didn't feel like a teacher telling us what we had to do.
LizaWorkshop participant, Writing With Communities

In your inbox

Ideas for bringing people together.

Every so often, I share practical activities, facilitation tips and reflections on creative, human-centred learning. Useful whether you teach, lead or bring groups together.

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Curious about working together?

Start your enquiry or book a discovery call. I'd love to hear what you're working on.