Group Facilitation Skills

Course Description:

In this one-day experiential workshop that covers basic facilitation skills, participants learn how to diagnose common problems that arise in group settings. facilitate meetings, how to facilitate conferences, forums and/or meetings. Through exercises that allow participants to practice strategies, techniques and behaviors learned, they gain confidence in using facilitative techniques and facilitative language. They are given basic process tools and strategies to help them manage the group process.

What’s in it for you? You Will

• Understand the role of the facilitator – and the difference between managing, leading, teaching and facilitating
• Identify your personal facilitation strengths and weaknesses
• Learn new skills for managing conflict and problem behavior
• Gain and understanding of facilitation process tools that will help you make decisions and manage conflict

The Essential Learning Experience:

Small class size – approachable and engaging trainer – post-workshop follow-up.

When it comes to delivering training, at Essential Communications we:
• Create opportunities for large and small group learning, and time for individual writing/reflection
• Use experiential learning, case studies and role playing to create multiple opportunities to practice
• Focus on practical, relevant examples
• Develop skills and strategies that can easily be applied to your real world work situation
• Have energized, engaging, focused trainers. Our trainers all have front of the room experience and thousands of hours of experience
• Always engage our audience in an interactive discussion; we never lecture

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What’s in it for your organization?

This day-long experiential workshop will give your employees an opportunity to practice strategies, techniques and behaviours that can be utilized in many aspects of their jobs, from facilitating team meetings to public forums and learning sessions.

Having taken this course:

Participants will have an understanding of meeting norms, and the tasks required of a facilitator before, during and after a meeting, forum or conference. They will have acquired strategies to enhance the facilitation process, and deal with conflict and/or problem behaviour.