⭐ Art of Facilitation: workshop is intended to change the way training sessions, debriefings and meetings occur by building the facilitation skills of those who lead them.

⭐ Goal: to develop the participants’ ability to facilitate engaging meetings, briefings, roll calls and training sessions.

Methodology: Instructor-led
Length: 2 days
Audience: All employees who facilitate meetings, training and debriefing sessions

If you facilitate groups trainings, meetings or other group settings and you desire to promote higher levels of engagement or active learning, this course will be of value to you. The Art of Facilitation is a highly interactive course designed to develop the participants’ ability to facilitate engaging meetings, briefings, roll calls and training sessions.

Simply stated, this workshop is intended to change the way training sessions, debriefings and meetings occur by building the facilitation skills of those who lead them. Throughout the course participants will be engaged in realistic and relevant practical activities.

Objectives:

  • Establish clear objectives for meetings, roll calls, debriefings and training sessions
  • Demonstrate how to promote participant engagement and involvement
  • Review and practice methods to effectively “manage” group interactions- Overbearing participants
    – Dominating participants
    – Reluctant participants
    – Unquestioned acceptance of opinions as facts
    – Rush to accomplishments
    – Attribution
    – Discounts and plops
    – Wanderlust, digression and tangents
    – Feuding members
  • Apply techniques to enhance overall communication/presentation skills
  • Review the DEFEATS approach to influencing opposition
  • Compose an effective presentation opening and close
  • Design questions that promote engagement and active learning
  • Identify techniques for capturing and holding audience attention
  • Promote engagement and learner-centric environments
  • Apply learned techniques during practical exercises to enhance overall communication and facilitation skills
  • Demonstrate excitement and energy during mock facilitations
  • Review the “power of questions”