Fundamentals of Group Facilitation

Working with groups takes more than just booking a time to get together and have a conversation. It takes an intentional, planned approach and effective facilitation skills and strategies to support groups through the work they need to do. Whether supporting a group to vision or plan, engage stakeholders or make decisions, a facilitator can be a crucial and effective presence. If you are interested in working with groups as a facilitator, or currently do this work and could use some extra skills and strategies to ground your practice more fully, this workshop will help you get there.

Facilitator: Beth Cougler Blom

For more information about this course please contact Professional and Continuing Studies

Topics Covered:

what group process facilitation is
who group facilitators are
skills necessary to work with groups
how to plan successful agendas
choosing appropriate processes and activities

Learning Outcomes:

Describe the role of a group facilitator, inside or outside of an organization
Describe skills of an effective group facilitator
Identify essential elements to a needs assessment process to plan for a group facilitation event
Indicate major considerations in designing group process agendas
Source processes and activities to include in group facilitation agendas