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| | | Workshop title : | | Facilitation Skills | | | Workshop reference : | | 306 / V1.0 | | | Duration : | | 2 days plus an individual session | | | Language : | | English, French | | | Why, Who and What ? | | | Facilitated meetings and discussions make the most effective use of time spent together by colleagues working together towards a common goal, or on a common task. Learning how to facilitate meetings or workshops will allow the participant to plan an effective process to give and receive information, and improve joint problem-solving and decision-making. The workshop is specifically for those people, who have no formal authority but responsibility to make things happen through others. At the end of this two-day program participants should be able to: - explain the purpose, benefits and methods of facilitation
- plan and organise a facilitated meeting facilitate a meeting; establish norms, maintain communication flow, monitor progress, keep people on track
- use a variety of facilitation processes to give and get information, to problem-solve and make decisions
- understand their own strengths and improvement areas in facilitation skills
The workshop is particularly practice-based with lots of opportunities to plan, and facilitate processes. Each participant will have the opportunity to facilitate and/or co-facilitate. | | | Module | | Key Development Areas | | | Introduction: Why facilitate? | | Definition of facilitation; its benefits and methods. Technique: Story boarding. | | | Responsibilities of a facilitator | | The role of the facilitator; planning and organising meetings; facilitating and follow-up Techniques: Affinity diagram / Process review | | | Processes | | Types of processes depending on purpose Avoiding difficulties of meetings Technique: Potential problem identification | | | Giving information | | Clarity of outcome; agenda preparation. Clarity of communication; rules and norms of meetings. Practice of processes to sell ideas, to present recommendations, to report on progress. Technique: action planning worksheet | | | Problem-solving and decision-making | | Prioritising and decision-making processes in facilitation. Techniques: Recommending alternatives for decision / steps in problem-solving. | | | Review of learning | | Review of course content and own progress in facilitation skills. Action planning | | | Individual coaching session | | Following the workshop, each participant has an individual one and a half hour coaching session with the trainer. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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