TFAC057 - Fundamentals of Group Facilitation

Course Description

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 course will help you get there.

Course Outline

• 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

Learner 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