Who this course is for
Group Facilitation
Methods is a pre-requisite for
this course, and prior facilitation experience is recommended.
The course is suitable for all those who want to make the
best of the skills and methods they have by improving their
process design and event planning to best meet the needs of
a group and its task.
This might include team leaders and managers within organisations,
those working with Boards, management teams, partnerships
and external stakeholders, youth and community workers and
independent facilitators.
Questions this course answers
“How do I know which method to use for what? How
can I adapt and combine methods and techniques to ensure an
appropriate process? How do I know who should be involved
and when? How can I plan to ensure that all aspects of an
event encourage participation and contribute to the group’s
success? How can I tell if I, & they, have succeeded?”
This course introduces some powerful tools for planning and
designing participatory events, to enable participants to
apply the skills and methods they have to best meet the needs
of their own particular groups and situations. It offers an
opportunity to work individually or small teams, with support
from experienced facilitators, to design a facilitation solution
of your own.
What you will gain
By the end of the course, you will have
- understood some key tools and techniques for designing
participatory events, and developed confidence in using
them through practice
- explored ways to evaluate participatory events
- shared experiences with other facilitators about planning
and designing successful processes and events
- further developed your links with others to promote future
collaboration and support as facilitators
Tools and techniques covered in the course will include:
- Participatory Event Design – a
framework that helps you tailor a process and plan an event
that will enable your people to achieve their desired product
- Frameworking & Arnstein’s Ladder of
Participation – tools for stakeholder analysis
and planning stakeholder involvement
- How to apply “ORID” - the
four levels of the Focused
Conversation method, to designing complex, tailored
facilitation processes
- an introduction to some tools and techniques
for monitoring and evaluating participatory processes
Learning style
The course uses a combination of short interactive presentations
and practical exercises, with facilitated group reflection
and discussion.
It is scheduled directly after Group
Facilitation Methods Refresher to allow from one to three
days of training at once.
Check
course dates and book online now.
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