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Thursdays and Fridays, October 24, 25, 31 November 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 15 (1:00 – 3:00 PM ET)
Each session is 2 hours and delivered on Zoom Meetings.
Essential Facilitation™ provides a framework of proven techniques for building understanding, human connection, and lasting agreements in meetings—skills as valuable in everyday life as they are in business. Our methods have been used by hundreds of organizations to generate faster decisions, increase creativity and productivity, shorten cycle times, and build support for implementation across stakeholder populations.
Participants leave with the confidence and the ability to facilitate effective meetings. This training provides individuals an opportunity to not only learn from expert facilitators, but other attendees in the workshop. A new meeting culture will emerge when graduates of Essential Facilitation lead by example, which will be felt beyond the individuals. Less time will be wasted in ineffective meetings. More opportunities for genuine, creative collaboration will create a more productive and enjoyable work environment.
Learning Objectives
Essential Facilitation provides a solid foundation of facilitation theory and practice. Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Design agendas and group processes that lead to better participation and better results.
- Engage everyone in discussions.
- Keep meetings focused and on track.
- Help people share their ideas whatever their first language or communication style.
- Use a variety of strategies, tools, and techniques to build understanding and agreement.
- Guide a group through a collaborative problem-solving process.
- Leverage diverse experiences and points-of-view to generate creative solutions.
- Model facilitative behaviors that others begin to emulate.
How it's Delivered
Essential Facilitation consists of four Knowledge Acquisition sessions where attendees will learn core concepts alternating with four Practice Labs where attendees will apply the skills they've learned. One Knowledge Acquisition and One Practice Lab are held each week for four total weeks. Each session is 2 hours.
Who Should Attend?
Anyone who leads or facilitates meetings.
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Workshop Series Price
$2,600 which Includes Eight Workshop Sessions (2 hours each day) and Processing Fee
PDU Information
After attending Essential Facilitation, graduates who are members of PMI are eligible to report 16 PDUs for the program.