Succeed in Facilitation

Description:

Facilitation is about finding a common understanding. Someone could say that facilitation is easy; you ask questions and remain content-neutral. However, staying content-neutral, focusing on the process, and putting our opinions aside can be difficult for some of us. The goal of a facilitator is to find a common ground for working together, guide the process, and help people think and interact with each other. 

This tutorial was designed by top facilitators from Finland. In these videos, they will share the most effective facilitation tools, methods, and best practices with you. These tools and techniques help you when facilitating a workshop or participating in one.

What will I learn?

• Understand what facilitation is and what it is used for
• Learn the most important facilitation tools and techniques
• Develop yourself as a facilitator

Contents: 

• Introduction
  • What is Facilitation?
  • Levels of Participation
  • Emergence and Convergence
  • Workshop Structure
• Facilitator’s Toolkit – Necessities
  • Group Memory
  • Starting a Workshop
  • The Group Tool Me/We/Us
  • Ending a Workshop
  • Cycle of Perception
• Course Summary
  • Applications of Facilitation

References:

This course was created in cooperation with Grape People Finland.

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