Facilitation

This 1 day workshop helps participants share, develop and adapt their strengths skills and tools for undertaking facilitation in cross cultural settings. The workshop uses participatory, interactive exercises to model and explore facilitation.

Learning outcomes:

Participants will:

  1. Explore key concepts in participation and facilitation in the context of capacity building
  2. Identify issues and challenges for their own facilitation roles
  3. Share strategies, skills and resources for facilitating groups and workshops
  4. Discuss approaches to managing intercultural challenges associated with facilitation
  5. Plan activities to apply and extend the skills and strategies identified at this workshop

Topics:

  • Introduction to facilitation
  • Group formation & development: Icebreakers, Group agreements, Expectations
  • Identifying strengths: Appreciation, validation, recognition, using stories
  • Negotiating goals: Managing the process rather than the content
  • Facilitation approaches & models
  • Reality checking
  • Ensuring participation and inclusion
  • Generating and organising ideas
  • Planning & Problem solving
  • Reviewing: Strategies for 'checking in' and tracking progress.
  • Cultural action strategies: Creative tools for tapping into cultural difference
  • Action plans & support networks: Applying ideas from the workshop

Further information

Please contact us for detailed information and pricing.