powerful facilitation

TARGET MARKET

This course has been designed for:

Strategic planners.
Change consultants.
Internal change agents.
HR facilitators.
Selected line managers who will be required to facilitate transformation, change, strategic planning or strategy implementation workshops.
Anyone interested in learning how to be a successful workshop facilitator.

The Successful Facilitator course is a requirement for Change Designs licenced facilitators.

Duration

2 days.

objectives.

To provide all the skills a change facilitator would require, to run a successful change, strategy or strategy implementation workshop.

This is a practical experiential course. Delegates are encouraged to bring with them, an example of a workshop that they will need to facilitate in their companies. They will work in teams to develop their own practical facilitation strategies during "The Successful Change Facilitator" workshop.

What is facilitation?
- Paradigms of facilitation.
- Challenges faced by facilitators.
- Skills of the effective facilitator.
Typical styles of facilitation.
- What facilitation style your client expects.
- Your preferred facilitation style.
- Advantages and disadvantages of each style of facilitation.
- Choosing the facilitation style most appropriate to your group.
Beliefs of successful facilitators.
The role of a facilitator:
The successful facilitators checklist.
- Preparing logistics.
- Preparing yourself.
- Getting into the right mood.
- Managing the group dynamics and your own energy.
- Giving and getting feedback.
- How to use the experience to continuously grow and improve your skills.

PREPARING LOGISTICS.

Aims and objectives. Identifying the unspoken aims and objectives of the workshop. How to add extra value to your client.

Symbolic support. How to ask for the support you'll need to make your workshop credible.

Select delegates. What criteria to use to select delegates for your workshop.

Select teams. How to plan your group dynamics.

Choosing a venue. How to choose an appropriate venue. How to specify your requirements. How to arrange your room to get the group dynamics you require.

Using themes. How to use themes and symbolism to put excitement and energy into your workshops or transformation processes.

Inviting delegates. How to invite delegates so that they feel excited about attending your workshops.

PREPARING YOURSELF

How to prepare your materials in advance.

Role plays. How to build confidence using role plays. How to work with a 'buddy.'

How do you know when you've prepared enough?

Logistics. Where it all goes wrong. How to avoid your worst nightmare. A checklist for ensuring you've covered the bases.

GETTING INTO THE RIGHT MOOD.

Avoiding stress. How to handle stressful situations that crop up at the last moment.

Dealing with fear. Strategies for dealing with your nerves. How your beliefs influence your confidence. Strategies for dealing with fear.

Positive energy. Dealing with negative energy. How to fill yourself with positive energy. How to make yourself feel special.

FACILITATION - MANAGING THE GROUP DYNAMICS AND YOURSELF

How to facilitate. How to identify and deal with the hot issues that could negatively influence your workshop. How to win the trust of a group. How to deal with saboteurs gently but firmly.

How to use group dynamics. How to manage the dynamics in the groups.

How to change the energy of a group and get them positive. How to read the groups energy. What reduces group energy. What increases group energy.

How to be flexible and still achieve a goal. Right and left brain activities. Elements and tools you can mix and match in any session to create a new activity on the spot.

How to put the ‘magic’ into a session. What is inspiration? Techniques for inspiring others.

How to end a session with a sense of achievement. Tools and techniques for ending your workshop on a high note. Innovative ways of getting feedback from delegates at the end of a workshop.

GIVING FEEDBACK TO CLIENTS AFTER THE WORKSHOP.

Identifying issues that need to be addressed and actions that need to be taken. How to present these back to the client.

PERSONAL LEARNING AND GROWTH.

How to use the workshop experience to learn and grow your skills.

The role of self insight and feedback.

Becoming part of "The Change Designs community

For more information about this course contact Ruth Tearle

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