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Overview: The Art of Facilitation is really all about effective communication with a group of participants. A facilitator develops, as well as, prepares specific agenda and/or learning objectives that need to be internalized by the group. Through the use of the "Adult Learning Philosophy" of: Tell Me; Show Me; Let Me Practice; and Test Me, the facilitator leads the class to draw to consistent and predetermined conclusions.
Unlike training, facilitation is less tell and more "Guided Discovery". Simply stated, most people would internalize concepts better when they draw to the conclusion naturally rather then being told the information in a lecture. This brings us to the essence of what this three-day class is all about. The overarching goal is to teach skill sets to future facilitators to enable their participants to more effectively internalize the curriculum being presented.
Concept: Less Tell, More Sell is the goal of this class. We develop the focus that if we distract from the curriculum, it takes away from the participant’s ability to internalize the lesson. The facilitator is not the expert, they are the guide to allow the participant to improve their skill sets. At the end of the day, the participant begins to realize that he has truly internalized the curriculum given. This class gives the future facilitators the needed techniques to accomplish this challenging task.
Topics:
- Making The Connection With Participants:
Creating a safe environment leading to participant engagement.
- Eye Brain Coordination:
Eliminating distractions and creating connections with our eyes.
- Adult Learning Philosophy:
The four step approach to create internalization of curriculum learning objectives.
- Guided Discovery:
Allowing participant to internalize curriculum naturally.
- Facilitated Discussion:
Engaging a group toward a desired conclusion.
- Starving and Feeding Discussions:
Creating or eliminating engagement with the express purpose of Guided Discovery.
- Facilitating with Visuals:
The effective use of PowerPoint™; Flip Charts, Videos and Handouts to internalize curriculum learning points.
- Clearing Visuals:
Controlling the participant’s focus by covering context THEN adding content to visuals.
- Look-
Eyes-Present (LEP) Technique:
Using your body to control curriculum delivery.
- Facilitating Questions:
Different effective methods of fielding questions.
- Handling Challenging Participants:
Solutions to professionally handling participant issues.
Goal:To create the skills in an associate of your organization and to increase the percentage of curriculum that is internalized in the participants. This internalization creates confidence in the student to actually utilize the skill sets being presented by the facilitator. All said, it is and always will be about improving the four business outcomes for any organization to prosper.
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