Facilitation Techniques

Equip your team with the necessary tools to organize structured meetings

and explore facilitation approaches to enhance effective decision-making, build consensus, and lead community consultations.

Target Audience

Everyone who facilitates group discussions, workshops, meetings, and training sessions to ensure productive outcomes and effective communication among participants.

Effective facilitation can be a powerful tool in helping groups come to consensus, to own outcomes and feel included by respectfully allowing for multiple, diverse voices and opinions throughout the process. This practical program incorporates meeting structure planning and facilitation approaches with an emphasis on effective decision-making and consensus-building.

This program is designed to help participants: select meeting mediums and channels, increase their confidence in working in hybrid environments, resolving conflicts and provide the opportunity to explore different techniques for various partnering contexts.

We all learn differently. At the core, Boreala Management’s design is inclusive and considers a whole host of participant needs and preferences to ensure a psychologically safe and optimal learning environment. We incorporate activities for experiential learning, inquiry exercises for reflection, guidelines for conceptualization, and simple tools (handouts) for applying the content in the workplace.

The different roles of leadership facilitators play and the reasons why they are essential to guiding discussions
Characteristics of an effective facilitator and how to empower members to assume decision-making power
The 4-step facilitation plan to maximize the session’s impact
Approaches for preparing and structuring meetings, short or more complex, and strategies to navigate sessions in-person, hybrid, or virtual environments
To navigate conversations with difficult behaviors and strategies to resolve conflicts

OUTCOMES

DESGIN GUIDANCE PRINCIPLES

OBJECTIVES

The different roles of leadership facilitators play and the reasons why they are essential to guiding discussions.
Characteristics of an effective facilitator and how to empower members to assume decision-making power.
The importance of preparing a ‘POP’ for each meeting: Purpose, Objectives, Process.
The 4-step facilitation plan to maximize the session’s impact.
Approaches for preparing and structuring meetings, short or more complex, and strategies to navigate sessions in-person, hybrid, or virtual environments.
To navigate conversations with difficult behaviors and strategies to resolve conflicts.

Learning Pathway

What is Facilitation

What is facilitation and the facilitator’s role
The 4 facilitation steps: content familiarization, planning, implementation, and closing
Exploring the spectrum of Process facilitation led by asking, and Content facilitation focused on telling

Mediums and Channels

Importance of a starting with a meeting with purpose
How to plan for short vs. complex meetings
Selecting the right mode of delivery – in person, virtual, or hybrid
- 7 Challenges of hybrid meetings
- The level of participation desired

Navigating Conversations

The challenges posed by difficult behaviors… and uncover what’s really going on
Use reflections and learnings to enhance awareness and action-taking
Closing activities to successfully end a great meeting

NOTE: This training has been designed for approximately 8-10 participants. Any changes to this (i.e. mixed level audience, more people or shorter training days) may require modifications to ensure an optimal learning experience

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