Author: Elana Shyong

Hosted the IAF España meetup in Barcelona with Allison yesterday. We’re growing! ✨ One of the best parts of these gatherings is the mix of new faces like Willy Cousseau and Isabella Maglietti Smith, and familiar ones like Claudia Issa and Mireia Montané-Balagué returning again. It’s such a joy to hear about people’s new projects…

All set for a 5 day training in Inclusive Design! 👉 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲If your slide only has text, add a relevant image.If your slide has only an image/images, add relevant text. That’s two ways for the recipient to engage with your material instead of one – you will have…

Weekly Recap below! Back in Barcelona after a few weeks of travel, and this week felt surprisingly easy to settle back into ✨ 🎭 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: Delivered a course with Euromentor SL alongside educators from Lithuania and the Czech Republic, reminded me how universal these conversations are. 🎭 Visual Thinking Strategies…

Tomorrow I’ll be running my first official Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Institute experience at the National Museum of Catalan Art in Barcelona! 🌿 I was immediately drawn to how simple yet powerful it was: a quiet structure that opened up rich dialogue, imagination, and multiple perspectives. For anyone unfamiliar, VTS is a discussion method that…

Weekly Recap below! From Bulgaria to London. From Digital Nomad Fest to back to reality.  A week of thinking, planning, and still processing ✨ 🎭 𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆: Over the weekend, spent 6 hours discussing strategy and shaping next steps for this wonderful organization. Having been a student of ISTA – Global Learning Through the Arts…

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗸𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁? At Bansko Nomad Fest just last week, there was so many brilliant talks. One talk that stuck with me in particular was by SHOKO HIROSE on The Power of Yohaku, the Japanese concept roughly…

Recap of the week! 🎭 Bansko Nomad Fest: So many inspiring ideas, new ways of working, and amazing people met along the way. 🎭 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗮’𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: In the middle of it all, I ran an online workshop on critical thinking, using the story of Pandora’s Box through drama in education. Always fun! 🎭 𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔…

Bansko Nomad Fest day two, and my key takeaway was: 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿. The session that resonated with me most today was Piera Mattioli’s talk on online collaboration through participatory design. In meetings, online or in person, there are often voices that don’t get heard. Maybe people need more time to find their…

Thrilled to be the moderator Coliving Hub‘s panel here at Bansko Nomad Fest yesterday. This week, 800+ digital nomads from all over the world and walks of life are gathering to explore, discuss, and reflect on what it means to live and work this way. Yesterday, Haz Memon from ESCAPE, Katia Dimova from Chateau Coliving…

Busy week last week, so here’s my weekly recap a little late. 🎭 𝗢𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: Ran one of my favourite process drama workshops online, where we stepped into a 19th-century village and used drama as a way of exploring inclusion. 🎭 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: Ran Coliving Hub’s Gathering right before Bansko Nomad Fest – three…