Facilitation Skills

A good meeting facilitator has the skills to make ordinary group meetings dynamic and productive. Whether it’s a monthly staff meeting, a brainstorming session, or a series of process improvement and decision making meetings, facilitators guide the team’s work involving all participants in achieving the group’s objectives. In this program, participants practice using skills and tools that help keep meetings on track and groups moving forward.

What You Will Learn:

• Facilitate a group discussion for establishing ground rules.
• Write a team mission statement.
• Use the SMART steps for writing goals.
• Identify the steps for problem solving/process improvement.
• Identify common roadblocks to team success and techniques for dealing with them.
• Identify the facilitator’s role in the stages of team development.
• Practice techniques such as brainstorming, contingency diagramming, and multi-voting. 

Date/Time/Location: (All listed times are CST)

Tue 7/27/2010 8:30am-4:30am : Waukesha, WI
Wed 10/6/2010 8:30am-4:30am : Palatine, IL
Thu 12/2/2010 8:30am-4:30am : Waukesha, WI