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The Art in Facilitation
Delivered by
Steve Haines, Gary Nelson,
Frank Foster and other Centre members
A Two-Day Workshop
Workshop Purposes:
The Art in Facilitation
- To recognize that we have been facilitating since childhood.
- To understand the breadth and depth in facilitating.
- To understand the systems approach to the process.
- To create a roadmap to become a legendary facilitator.
- To understand the distinction between the Science and the Art in facilitation.
- To identify and articulate a legacy.
- To create a personal development plan and implementation process.
- To know from where you begin.
- To understand the importance for a master facilitator's guiding principles as the foundation for becoming a legendary facilitator.
- To become quicker and more creative in thinking abilities.
- To confidently facilitate win-win solutions.
- To understand the importance of being yourself and retaining your individuality.
- To understand how to build confidence in others.
- To understand that “facilitating” is actually “selling.”
- To internalize the Art in Selling and actively use it in practice.
- To develop the habit for building others through their success.
- To ignite the passion, energy and curiosity within you.
- To understand and follow the adult learning model when facilitating.
- To understand how to create activities that produce desired outcomes.
- To review and assess your learnings.
- Develop and implement on-going development to become a legendary facilitator.
Workshop Benefits:
The Art in Facilitation
As a result of this workshop, you will be able to:
- Even more self-confidence as a professional facilitator.
- Enhanced leadership skills.
- Polished presentation skills.
- Sharpened negotiation skills.
- Improved coaching and motivation skills.
- Strengthened relationships with others.
- Improved professional presence/charisma.
- Enhanced career opportunities.
Workshop Agenda:
Facilitating Thinking, Learning, and Results in Groups
- Day 1 -
| Day 1 | Topics |
| 8:00 | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Open |
| 8:35 | Goal and Purpose—Greet—Logistics/Ground Rules—Introduce |
| 8:50 | Review Two-day Agenda |
| 9:00 | Science vs. Art |
| 9:15 | My Legacy |
| 9:25 | My Expectations |
| 9:35 | My Self-assessment |
| 9:50 | Break |
| 10:00 | Foundation Principles |
| 10:40 | Agile, Quick and Creative Thinking |
| 10:55 | Break |
| 11:05 | Negotiate a Solution |
| 12:05 | Process Learning's |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| 12:45 | Conformity |
| 1:00 | Strength-Centered Compliment |
| 2:00 | Break |
| 2:10 | Facilitate Buy-in |
| 4:10 | Break |
| 4:20 | Agile, Quick and Creative Thinking |
| 4:25 | Summarize and Review Day One |
| 4:35 | Assessing Growth |
| 4:45 | Tomorrow's Agenda and Preparation |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
- Day 2 -
| Day 2 | Topics |
| 7:30 | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 | Review Yesterday |
| 8:10 | Review Today's Agenda |
| 8:15 | Impromptu Thinking and Speaking |
| 8:50 | The Crowning Compliment |
| 9:10 | Igniting Child-like Energy |
| 9:30 | Break |
| 9:40 | Facilitating |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 1:15 | Agile, Quick and Creative Thinking |
| 1:20 | Facilitating |
| 2:45 | Break |
| 2:55 | Facilitating |
| 4:15 | Summarize and Review |
| 4:25 | My Growth |
| 4:35 | Recognition Awards |
| 4:45 | Group Picture |
| 4:53 | Closing |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
Workshop Participant Notebook
The Art in Facilitation
Table of Contents
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Topic |
Page# |
| Becoming a Master Facilitator | 1 |
| The Art of Facilitation | 2 |
| Goals and Objectives | 3 |
| Agenda | 4 |
| Science verses the Art in Facilitation | 5,6 |
| My Legacy | 7 |
| Expectations | 8 |
| Assessment | 9 |
| The Foundation Principles in the Creed | 10,11 |
| Living the Principles | 12 |
| Agile, Quick and Creative Thinking | 13 |
| Negotiating a Solution | 14 |
| Progress | 15 |
| Conformity | 16 |
| The Strength Centered Compliment | 17 |
| Release the Potential | 18 |
| Facilitate Buy-in | 19 |
| The Art in Selling | 20 |
| Summarize and Review Progress | 21 |
| Assessing Growth | 22 |
| Impromptu Thinking and Speaking | 23 |
| The Crowning Compliment | 24 |
| Igniting Child-like Energy | 25 |
| Facilitating | 26,27 |
| The Art in Facilitation | 28 |
| The Strength of Confidence to Succeed | 29 |
| Master Facilitation...At It's Finest | 30 |
| Summarize and Review Progress | 31 |
| My Growth | 32 |
| Notes of Thoughts, Ideas and Reflections | 33 |
Workshop Participant Testimonials
The Art in Facilitation
- Professional
- Growth
- Enhancing
- Sincere
“Thank you for a professionally done workshop with beautiful and supportive materials
and a warm, engaging environment.”
- Enlightening: New perspectives were introduced.
- Comfortable: Risk was gradually increased—never painful.
- Warm: Gary's style is calm and welcoming.
“A fresh look at my strengths and areas for improvement a lots of ideas for becoming 'legendary'.”
“Gary has supreme confidence and aplomb and engenders confidence in others!”
“Gary has a comfortable demeanor...uses his hands, face, and body effectively facilitating the group and the process.”
“Empowers me to remember to lead from the heart and to use my heart.”
- Incredible: An experience, not just a cognitive learning
- Very Valuable: Provided a balanced holistic approach to being a facilitator.
- Deepening: Engaged all of us in learning about ourselves...how to be more human and effective.
“To be myself—share my light and help others to shine theirs—by building confidence in the success of others!”
- Innovative: Design and materials
- Stretching: Moving us out of our comfort zones.
- Positive: Always felt affirmed
“EVERYTHING Gary brought to this workshop!”
“Got back in touch with 'me' and the real reason I do what I do! Thank you.
“Gary is an exemplary master facilitator without equal!”
- Effective
- Comprehensive
- Timely
“...camaraderie; open sharing; collaborative and compassion!”
“Tremendous degree of deep introspection, increased confidence, poise, and presence!”
Gary, thank you for your gift of time, your skills, your talent and your heart!”
- The Art of Facilitation—Understanding that it's more than just tools and techniques.
- Facilitation 301
“...the art—heart—selling and staging of facilitation!”
“To say more with less!”
- Provocative
- Inspirational
- Supportive
“...the quality of AV 'stuff'; thinking on my feet exercise; the supportive film clips.”
“Gary, you are a masterful facilitator. Thanks for sharing your gift; your ripples will be felt in many corners!
- Powerful
- Practical
- Legendary
“Great exercises, emphasis on the heart and not on technique!”
“...a definite increase in my confidence as a professional facilitator!”
“Excellent facilitation!”