Essential Facilitation Skills for Event Facilitators

Course Number:  123-BB
Recommended Duration:  3 Days

Intended Audience:   Designed for those who will chair or facilitate meetings or events.   

Course Overview
This course provides participants with the personal skills required to facilitate meetings and other events effectively. It is highly participative and all participants will have the opportunity to practice particular skills and receive feedback on their performance.

Objectives
As a result of taking this course, you will:

• Understand, develop, and practice the skills of facilitation
• Learn the use of tools and techniques
• Understand group dynamics

Prerequisites:  None

Topics

• Defining and understanding the role of the facilitator

• The context within which the facilitator operates

• Client management

• The use of facilitation skills as team leader, chairperson and facilitator

• The facilitation process

• Planning an event

• Facilitating an event

• Contracting, group dynamics, interventions, tools and techniques, review

• Assignment review