Workshop Facilitation Techniques, Facilitator Training

Overview

This course is designed to explore the rich communication skills and techniques required to successfully facilitate workshops and meetings in a business context. Interactive theory and practical sessions engage delegates in a variety of realistic scenarios. From ice breakers and energisers to handling difficult people and situations, this course is the ideal choice to discover and develop new facilitation skills.

Duration

This is a 2 day course.

Prerequisites and evening study

There are no pre-requisites for the course. There is some informal work on the first evening, where delegates choose a technique to practice and prepare a workshop for the following day.

Course Objectives

This course will enable delegates to:

Facilitate workshops
Choose techniques to improve the effectiveness of workshops
Understand and handle difficult people and situations
Understand their own impact and effect on a workshop
Find materials and networks to further develop their learningand skills as a facilitator

Who Should Attend

Those who are likely to be involved in facilitation, including:

Project Managers
Team Leaders
Business Analysts
Systems Analysts
Facilitators requiring a refresher for their skills and exposure tonew ideas and techniques
Those wishing to improve their effectiveness at runningworkshops and business meetings

Course Content

Manage the Event

What is a facilitator
What does the facilitator manage
What is a workshop
NLP and well-formed outcomes
Planning the workshop
Checklist for success

Manage the Process

What happens in workshops
Choosing appropriate decision making techniques
Techniques for managing the process
Force field analysis
Ishikawa diagram
Gap analysis

Manage Groups & Individuals

Self awareness
Group dynamics
Difficult people and situations
Techniques for managing dynamics

Paradigm Preserving, Stretching and Breaking

Group stages
Group maturity levels
Techniques for different levels and stages
Icebreakers and energisers

Completing the Process

Support organisations
Tools
Networks
Qualifications

Evening Study

Preparing a workshop

Do you want:

a training course run on your premises (reducing accommodation and travel fees)?
a course written or tailored specifically for your staff?
a standard course run just for your staff?

Do you have:

four or more people to train?
a definite time at which the training needs to be provided?

Then you're probably looking for "in-house" training.

We can run any of our standard courses just for you. If you require something special, or a combination of several courses, we can discuss this with you and tailor an event designed to meet your needs. These courses can be run at a time convenient to you, either on your premises or at a separate venue. The location can be specified by you or we can recommend a suitable venue if you prefer.

Need more help?

We can advise on combinations of training courses which typically prove the most effective. We can, if you wish, perform a full training needs analysis of your staff, to help you to identify training needs, and the programmes of training to put into place to meet both your current and future needs.

What to do next...

Decide what you want from this training - what are your objectives?
Decide which course(s) you need, or whether something tailored is required;
Decide approximately when you would like the training to be run;
Ascertain when your people can be available and how many people in total you need to train.

Then please contact us to discuss your needs.