Business Skills

Effective Facilitation

Virtual Classroom e-Learning
Virtual Classroom e-Learning
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Who Needs to Attend

Anyone who schedules or leads meetings, including trainers, project managers, project team members, business analysts, and managers; all leaders.

 

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

 

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Increase your company's productivity with effective facilitation skills

In this highly interactive and hands-on course you'll gain the skills needed to be an effective facilitator. You'll learn how to focus and re-focus the group on its purpose, move through topics in a timely manner, keep individuals from monopolizing the meeting, and encourage less talkative people to speak up. Through lecture, discussions, case studies, instrumentation, and role plays you'll gain a well-stocked facilitation toolbox.

What You'll Learn

 

  • Identify and assess your facilitation abilities
  • Define, diagnose, and use individual differences
  • Apply a model of group development
  • Know what to look for in group behavior
  • Plan for different types of meetings
  • Apply different approaches to meetings
  • Move to consensus
  • Overcome barriers and communicate effectively
  • Outline the topics that need to be covered in a meeting
  • Keep the group on target and moving toward their goal
  • Ensure the group's purpose is met

Course Outline

 

1. Introductions

  • What facilitation is
  • Facilitator behaviors

2. Understanding the Individual

  • Self vs. others
  • Personality types and differences

3. Working with Groups

  • Group development
  • Working issues
  • Group behaviors and roles

4. Meetings, Meetings, and More Meetings

  • Meeting types
  • Meeting behaviors
  • Conflict resolution

5. Communication

  • Communication basics
  • Barriers to communication

6. Developing the Individual Plan

Virtual Classroom e-Learning Classroom Dates

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Oct 26 - 29, 201011:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET Register
Jan 25 - 28, 201111:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET Register

 

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Course Code: 2714

Registration Information

 

$1895 USD

4 Day Course

21 PMI PDUs

 

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