Facilitation Skills for Meeting Leaders
Imagine having a core group of employees who really knew how to maximize the productivity of any meeting. This two-day workshop is about giving people who are willing to show this kind of leadership the skills they will need to make a meeting successful.
Upon successful completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe the role of a facilitator.
- Demonstrate key facilitator competencies such as listening, summarizing, reframing, and questioning.
- Plan an effective agenda.
- Be able to use a variety of facilitation tools and techniques to manage a group’s process.
- Close a meeting in a manner that promotes action and follow-up.
- Document the outcomes.
The workshop will cover the following topics:
- The facilitator’s role
- Facilitation competencies
- Session planning
- Problem-solving tools like multi-voting, brainstorming, structured discussion, and other useful techniques.
- Facilitation tools such as ground rules, parking lots, and note-taking.
- Balancing participation
- Keeping the group focused
- Dealing with negativity
- Managing power imbalances
- Managing the clock
- Trouble-shooting
