Training Course: Introduction to Facilitation

Course objectives

To understand the nature and power of discreet facilitation to make meetings and workshops effective.
To understand the fundamental skills of

  • listening
  • guiding discussion
  • enabling participation
  • building sustainable agreements.
  • creating shared understanding
  • reaching closure

 

 
Topics
  • The dynamics of group decision-making
  • Harnessing creative power of groups
  • Listening and reflection as key skills
  • The discreet enabling of discussion
  • Dealing with difficult dynamics
  • Building a shared framework
  • Reaching closure
  • Facilitating agreements that work and last
Delivery

Interactive workshop based around case-studies and participants own contexts. Group discussion and practice of key skills.