Facilitation Fundamentals

Course overview

Learn the art and science of design, planning and facilitating engaging and energising sessions that enable participants to generate ideas, make decisions, or resolve challenges. You will learn the tools and techniques for guiding a group through chaos and towards clarity, commitment and actionable outcomes.

Become an effective facilitator by learning how to facilitate better, more effective meetings, workshops, or events. You’ll become an expert at designing and running facilitated sessions that are highly interactive, and that have clear outcomes. 

Our experienced facilitators work with leading Australian organisations. We’ll guide you through a blend of presentations, discussions, and hands-on exercises, ensuring you leave with practical skills you can implement immediately.

Who is this for?

• People new to facilitation
• Team leaders
• Project managers
• Business analysts
• Team members
• Consultants.

Learning outcomes

• Understand and recall key aspects of a facilitators stance
• Understand how to facilitate more effective sessions taking into consideration multiple types of meeting formats including face-to-face, remote or hybrid
• Understand how to create the conditions for participation, brainstorming and discussion
• Explore different types of decisions and techniques for facilitating decision-making.

Topics covered in the course

• What good facilitation looks like
• Planning and facilitating team meetings
• Facilitating ideation and encouraging participation
• Creating working agreements
• Facilitating decision making.

Duration

A practical, hands-on learning experience over 12 hours

• Onsite or virtual delivery (Zoom)
• All major cities and regional locations in Australia