1 Day - Essentials of Group Facilitation $ 500.00 taxes extra
3 Day - Foundation Course in Group Facilitation $ 1,350.00 taxes extra
3 Day - Advanced Course in Group Facilitation $ 1,475.00 taxes extra
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Strategic Objective
Our facilitation courses are designed to provide people the confidence and ability to use a selection of facilitation processes and techniques to enhance peoples' participation and creativity, and to help them to manage and lead more effective and efficient meetings.
Learning Objectives
Participation in this course will enable you to...
- explore the role and function of the “change agent”;
- develop a clear understanding with the client on the needs and expectations surrounding a facilitation assignment;
- “frame” an intervention;
- design a facilitation event or intervention;
- manage difficult facilitation situations, including conflict and disruptive participant behaviour;
- select from a broad range of process tools to address specific facilitation requirements.
Overview
Group Facilitation is aimed at all those having a mandate or interest in improving the productivity of task-oriented groups. Here you will find ideas, models, tools and processes, which build on your skills as a “process” facilitator to develop your ability to “consult” within your organization. To move beyond “event” facilitation to facilitating change, both with teams and individuals.
Lead meaningful, effective and results-oriented discussions. Plan for action with expedient agendas and realistic time frames. Inspire people to get involved and challenge them to make a difference. Group facilitation is about using advanced methods and processes to help collectives share ideas and opinions, deal with issues, analyze problems and make difficult decisions—while generating enthusiasm and leading with conviction.
Topics include, but are not limited to…
Key Concepts in Group Facilitation
- the context for group facilitation – the Strategic Alignment ModelTM
- facilitation and team effectiveness
- time context and creative basis of process facilitation
- process, facilitation and VCR
- facilitation and organizational change
Universal Processes in Group Facilitation
- issue analysis
- affinity diagram
- problem analysis: stairstep method
- planning change projects: the change grid
- action research
Targeted Processes in Group Facilitation
- needs analysis
- feasibility analysis
- team capability profile
- summary of universal and targeted processes
Facilitating Meetings
- components of an effective meeting
- checklist for effective meetings
- 20 ideas for getting more from meetings
