The Confident Facilitator

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Description

The Confident Facilitator is a two-day hands-on facilitation program guaranteed to give you a practical foundation in how to facilitate meetings that are positive and effective. Research indicates that as much as 50 per cent of meeting time is unproductive or lacks focused outcomes. Whether you lead meetings at work, in the community or in multi-stakeholder settings, solid facilitation skills are the antidote to wasted meetings and frustrated participants. 

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
• Apply ten facilitator best practices (e.g., listen actively)
• Receive key steps to preparing for a meeting
• Practice essential skills you need to guide group process during a meeting
• Learn / apply core tools to engage participants /  facilitate basic meeting outcomes
• Apply techniques and methods to keep a group on track
• Gain insights and interventions for group dynamics
• Be able to close with clarity and commitment

Ideal For:

Meeting 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.

Key Elements for Meeting Facilitation Success

In this core facilitation course you will learn the key elements for facilitating successful meeting, such as: