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This course covers two core facilitation methods that provide the foundation for a wide variety of facilitation practices.
The Focused Conversation Method
* Gets everyone participating
* Encourages a diversity of perspectives
* Provides a structure for positive dialogue
* Gets beneath the surface of a topic
* Builds common understanding
The Consensus Workshop Method
* Involves each group member
* Gets all the ideas into the mix
* Focuses the group's consensus
* Builds an effective team partnership
* Enables you to facilitate large groups
The course includes a full day dedicated to each method.
Each day includes:
A demonstration of the method by the course facilitator
An interactive presentation of the theory behind the method and how it is applied
An explanation of procedures and techniques involved in applying the methods
Group exploration of situations in which the method can be used
Guidance in preparing an application of the method for your own facilitation use
Practice with peers in facilitating a session using the method.
Our training approach is designed to enable you to learn these methods well enough to practice them immediately. Participants have reported that they have used methods learned on the first day of the course that very evening.
The Focused Conversation Method
* Gets everyone participating
* Encourages a diversity of perspectives
* Provides a structure for positive dialogue
* Gets beneath the surface of a topic
* Builds common understanding
The Consensus Workshop Method
* Involves each group member
* Gets all the ideas into the mix
* Focuses the group's consensus
* Builds an effective team partnership
* Enables you to facilitate large groups
The course includes a full day dedicated to each method.
Each day includes:
A demonstration of the method by the course facilitator
An interactive presentation of the theory behind the method and how it is applied
An explanation of procedures and techniques involved in applying the methods
Group exploration of situations in which the method can be used
Guidance in preparing an application of the method for your own facilitation use
Practice with peers in facilitating a session using the method.
Our training approach is designed to enable you to learn these methods well enough to practice them immediately. Participants have reported that they have used methods learned on the first day of the course that very evening.
Related Awards, Degrees or Certifications: IAF Certified Professional Facilitator
Related Jobs or Careers: Facilitation
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Group Facilitation
Group Facilitation
Powerful methods enable you to facilitate participation and build consensus
"To facilitate is to elicit, sustain and enhance change. To facilitate a meeting is to let go of controlling others toward predefined results and help them accomplish what they want."
Jim Rough
Many who have facilitated for many years find that they facilitate by instinct and when something goes wrong they have nothing to fall back on. The methods in this course provide a basis for dealing with complex issues and give you a very real safety net to succeed in difficult situations. They provide you with powerful ways to expand positive participation and achieve consensus . Learn how to organize ideas and keep discussions moving in any group. These methods can be used in a wide variety of situations and they can be used in concert with other approaches.
This course covers 2 core facilitation methods that provide the foundation for a wide variety of facilitation practices.
The Focused Conversation Method
* Gets everyone participating
* Encourages a diversity of perspectives
* Provides a structure for positive dialogue
* Gets beneath the surface of a topic
* Builds common understanding
The Consensus Workshop Method
* Involves each group member
* Gets all the ideas into the mix
* Focuses the group's consensus
* Builds an effective team partnership
* Enables you to facilitate large groups
The course includes a full day dedicated to each method.
Each day includes:
*
A demonstration of the method by the course facilitator
*
An interactive presentation of the theory behind the method and how it is applied
*
An explanation of procedures and techniques involved in applying the methods
*
Group exploration of situations in which the method can be used
*
Guidance in preparing an application of the method for your own facilitation use
*
Practice with peers in facilitating a session using the method
Our training approach is designed to enable you to learn these methods well enough to practice them immediately. Participants have reported that they have used methods learned on the first day of the course that very evening.
"I like the emphasis on participation, respect for individuals and their ideas, valuing diversity. There was much value in watching skillful facilitators at work."
Arline Trew
This course will help you:
* Involve participants in discussions
* Get more ideas into the mix
* Build positive interaction
* Encourage group creativity
* Facilitate solid commitment to results
* Focus group energy on common goals
* Help groups resolve conflict
* Enable groups to form consensus
* Create lively and teamwork
* Build respect and trust
This Course is for:
Supervisors, executive directors, organizational leaders, managers, team leaders, professional facilitators, consultants, trainers, human resource professionals, educators, health practitioners, community development facilitators, community leaders, members of citizens groups and anyone who may be called upon to lead a group..
Benefits you can count on:
* Build motivation and improve morale.
* Maximize a group's productivity.
* Design many different types of meetings
* Make groups more effective
* Conduct easier, faster meetings
* Save time and money on meetings
We include a detailed manual that you can use throughout your facilitation career. We also include one hour of coaching within 6 months of the course. We find that people who use the manual and the coaching following the course are able to use these methods more effectively and integrate the methods into their facilitation successfully.
The methods in this course provide the foundation for all of ICA's facilitation skills courses. Group Facilitation is, therefore a prerequisite for many of ICA's courses.
Powerful methods enable you to facilitate participation and build consensus
"To facilitate is to elicit, sustain and enhance change. To facilitate a meeting is to let go of controlling others toward predefined results and help them accomplish what they want."
Jim Rough
Many who have facilitated for many years find that they facilitate by instinct and when something goes wrong they have nothing to fall back on. The methods in this course provide a basis for dealing with complex issues and give you a very real safety net to succeed in difficult situations. They provide you with powerful ways to expand positive participation and achieve consensus . Learn how to organize ideas and keep discussions moving in any group. These methods can be used in a wide variety of situations and they can be used in concert with other approaches.
This course covers 2 core facilitation methods that provide the foundation for a wide variety of facilitation practices.
The Focused Conversation Method
* Gets everyone participating
* Encourages a diversity of perspectives
* Provides a structure for positive dialogue
* Gets beneath the surface of a topic
* Builds common understanding
The Consensus Workshop Method
* Involves each group member
* Gets all the ideas into the mix
* Focuses the group's consensus
* Builds an effective team partnership
* Enables you to facilitate large groups
The course includes a full day dedicated to each method.
Each day includes:
*
A demonstration of the method by the course facilitator
*
An interactive presentation of the theory behind the method and how it is applied
*
An explanation of procedures and techniques involved in applying the methods
*
Group exploration of situations in which the method can be used
*
Guidance in preparing an application of the method for your own facilitation use
*
Practice with peers in facilitating a session using the method
Our training approach is designed to enable you to learn these methods well enough to practice them immediately. Participants have reported that they have used methods learned on the first day of the course that very evening.
"I like the emphasis on participation, respect for individuals and their ideas, valuing diversity. There was much value in watching skillful facilitators at work."
Arline Trew
This course will help you:
* Involve participants in discussions
* Get more ideas into the mix
* Build positive interaction
* Encourage group creativity
* Facilitate solid commitment to results
* Focus group energy on common goals
* Help groups resolve conflict
* Enable groups to form consensus
* Create lively and teamwork
* Build respect and trust
This Course is for:
Supervisors, executive directors, organizational leaders, managers, team leaders, professional facilitators, consultants, trainers, human resource professionals, educators, health practitioners, community development facilitators, community leaders, members of citizens groups and anyone who may be called upon to lead a group..
Benefits you can count on:
* Build motivation and improve morale.
* Maximize a group's productivity.
* Design many different types of meetings
* Make groups more effective
* Conduct easier, faster meetings
* Save time and money on meetings
We include a detailed manual that you can use throughout your facilitation career. We also include one hour of coaching within 6 months of the course. We find that people who use the manual and the coaching following the course are able to use these methods more effectively and integrate the methods into their facilitation successfully.
The methods in this course provide the foundation for all of ICA's facilitation skills courses. Group Facilitation is, therefore a prerequisite for many of ICA's courses.
About The Training Provider: ICA Associates Inc.
ICA Associates Inc. - We are Canada's premier source for facilitation training and practical methods of participation.
We have a training centre in Toronto, and offer training throughout Canada as publicly scheduled or in-house courses. We focus on group process facilitation for all sectors including government, corporations, education, non-profits, and community groups.
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