Facilitation Essentials
Focus on the essential mindset and role of a facilitator, and gain practical tools and techniques to design engaging sessions and workshops that achieve clear outcomes. Facilitation is crucial in guiding teams toward collaboration and innovation, ensuring that every voice is heard and that ideas are effectively synthesised into actionable plans.
Effective facilitation helps in building trust, improving communication, and driving productivity. It enables teams to navigate complex challenges, make informed decisions, and maintain alignment with organisational goals.
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Expand your facilitator toolkit and gain valuable experience in practices that can be tailored to your organisation. Studio mm workshops are interactive and engaging, providing hands-on opportunities to practice facilitation skills in real-world scenarios.
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What you will learn:​​​
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Facilitation Definition
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Facilitator Behaviours
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Foundational Facilitation Skills
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The process of creating Engaging Sessions
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Facilitating Collaborative Sessions
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Structures to foster collaboration
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Facilitation Techniques
Facilitation
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How an Effective Session Looks Like: Discover the key elements that make a facilitation session successful, including clear objectives, active engagement, and a focus on outcomes.
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Facilitation Definition: Understand facilitation as a process that guides and manages group interactions to achieve common goals.
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Container vs Content: Explore the concept of managing both the structure (container) and the subject matter (content) of a session.
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Antipatterns & Dysfunctions in Teams: Identify common challenges and dysfunctional behaviors in team dynamics. Gain strategies to address and transform these issues into opportunities for growth and collaboration.
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Leadership and Styles of Leadership: Examine different leadership styles and their impact on facilitation. Learn how to adapt your approach to suit the needs of the group and the goals of the session.
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Techniques
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Situational Decision-Making Model: Learn a flexible model for making decisions that considers the context and specific needs of the team.
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Types of Team Decisions: Understand the various types of decisions teams can make, from consensus to majority rule, and how to facilitate each effectively.
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POWER and the 5 Ps: Dive into the concept of POWER and the 5 Ps (Purpose, People, Process, Place, and Product) to enhance facilitation.
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Participation & Silence: Develop techniques to encourage active participation and effectively manage silence. Understand the value of pauses and how to use them strategically to deepen reflection and insight.
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Powerful Questions: Master the art of asking powerful questions that provoke thought, reveal insights, and drive meaningful dialogue.
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Collaboration Structures: Explore different structures that support collaboration, such as brainstorming, group discussions, and workshops.