Facilitation Skills: Running Effective Meetings

Program Overview

Successful facilitators have learned the skills of organizing individual resources into group productivity. The process of facilitation goes beyond gathering facts, reaching conclusions, and taking action on complex issues. Effective facilitation utilizes the knowledge, ability, and creativity of each individual within the group.

This program identifies practical facilitation skills using concise key actions, group practice sessions, and on-the-job applications. It defines the critical facilitation skills of group organization and group leadership.

Who Should Attend

Is this program right for you?

Individuals who need to communicate with others through effectively run meetings including: executives, managers, supervisors, training and learning professionals, presenters, sales and marketing professionals, team facilitators, team leaders, product or project managers, business owners, business unit managers.

Key Benefits

What you will gain

Learn from the best facilitators in the industry.
Immediately apply your new skills and knowledge to work-based content.
Practice by facilitating a 20-minute meeting which is recorded for your personal viewing.
Build a set of Best Practices that will work for you.
Receive a comprehensive manual packed with job aids, checklists, and reference materials.
Receive Complimentary Post-Learning Sustainment.

Program Objectives

What you will be able to do

By the end of the program, you'll be able to:

Plan and establish a clear framework for managing a meeting.
Identify the key components of running effective meetings.
Describe specific underlying philosophies of effective facilitation.
Adapt your facilitation style to group development stages.
Identify the key elements to consider when planning and starting a meeting or group session.
Identify the key actions required to keep participants involved, interested, and directed toward accomplishing the desired results.
Determine appropriate follow-through plans and conclude the meeting or group session.
Identify the key actions to curb unproductive behaviour and keep meetings and group sessions on target.
Practice facilitating a meeting or group session.

Content Outline

What the program covers

Review the key components of effective facilitation.
Discuss group organizational skills and group leadership skills.
Explore specific underlying philosophies of effective facilitation.
Adapt your facilitation style to group development stages.
Examine activities to be completed before the meeting or group session.
Build an effective agenda.
Start the meeting or group session effectively.
Identify guidelines for creating meeting or group session ground rules.
Examine role assignment.
Discuss how to keep the meeting or group session moving.
Generate action steps and build conclusions.
Encourage constructive participation.
Handle disruptive behavior.
Practice facilitating a meeting or group session.

Online · Microsoft Teams

+ applicable taxes · Secure online registration

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We deliver this program for groups of 5 or more at your convenience.

Facilitation Skills: Running Effective Meetings