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Description

Facilitation skills are valuable in many situations, for example running a small training session, a meeting or a team development event. This one-day course will provide you with an introduction to the essentials of facilitation.

What are the benefits?

This programme will provide you with an introduction to essential facilitation skills which can be used to improve the effectiveness of small training sessions, meetings and events. You will be able to plan the session and identify appropriate facilitation techniques to help groups with problem solving, developing ideas and improved communications. The programme will enable you to practice key facilitation techniques and help to develop your confidence when facilitating.

Topics covered include:

This course will enable you to:
• Identify what facilitation is and what a facilitator does
• Identify typical situations in which facilitation is appropriate and helpful
• Plan a facilitated session
• Learn essential facilitation techniques
• Learn techniques for managing the group
• Refresh relevant interpersonal skills such as building rapport, asking questions, listening and handling conflict

Participants should attend with an idea of a real-life session that they will be facilitating.

Who should attend?

Those who are required to deliver small group training sessions or meetings. Managers and team leaders who wish to use facilitation techniques for team development events or away days.