The Confident Facilitator
Essential Skills & Tools for Guiding Groups / Effective Meetings
Learn to facilitate meetings that…
- start and finish on time
- are focused on a clear meaningful purpose
- engage participants in productive work
Description
The Confident Facilitator is a two-day hands-on facilitation program guaranteed to give you a practical foundation in how to facilitate positive and effective group meetings, sessions and workshops. Research indicates that as much as 50 per cent of meeting time is unproductive or lacks focused outcomes. Whether you lead group work in your organization, in the community or in multi-stakeholder settings, solid facilitation skills are the antidote to wasted time and frustrated participants. In this highly experiential course, you will gain the core skills and practical know-how to facilitate productive group meetings.
"An excellent foundation and overview of facilitation concepts, tools and practices, with an invaluable reference manual. This course gave me the knowledge, skills and best practices that I can immediately put into practice".- PS
Learning Objectives
- Discover the characteristics and components of a great meeting
- Understand the role of a facilitator versus a chairperson, presenter or instructor
- Receive key steps to planning and preparing for a well facilitated, engaging session
- Practice essential facilitation skills for guide group process (e.g., listen actively)
- Learn / apply core tools to engage participants / facilitate basic session outcomes
- Apply techniques and methods to keep a group on track; tap collective knowledge
- Gain insights and interventions for group dynamics
- Be able to close with clarity and commitment
Ideal For:
Leaders who are seeking to improve the quality and output of their meetings, including managers, supervisors, department and team leaders, project managers, internal consultants, and business analysts, various professional and technical experts, change and quality improvement agents.
Comments from Past Participants:
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"I believe the Institute is a leader in facilitation training. The skilled instructors exceeded my expectations in delivering training to our organization. What I most appreciated was the modelling of the fundamental principles of engaging people and facilitating conversations in respectful, meaningful and effective ways."
- Kim Hannah, Public Involvement Consultant, Health Canada
Our Courses
- The Confident Facilitator: Essential Facilitation Skills - Guiding Groups / Effective Meetings more...
- The Confident Facilitator Methods: Applying the Core Facilitation Tools more...
- The Facilitative Instructor: Best Facilitative Practices for Active Learning more...
- The Strategic Facilitator: Aligning Around Shared Vision and Plans more...