Introduction to facilitation

30 September 2010 - Integrated Children’s Centre, Merthyr Tydfil
7 October 2010 - Cartrefi Cymru, Bangor

Cost A £125 B £155 C £185

This course will provide an introduction to facilitation, enabling participants to understand the role of the facilitator and practice a range of facilitation skills and techniques. Participants will learn to plan and run effective facilitated events, develop questioning skills and explore techniques for dealing with challenging issues and behaviours. It will be a participative course where participants will have the opportunity to explore and practice facilitation in a safe learning environment.

Duration 1 day

Target audience

This course is aimed at those who want to develop their facilitation skills to enable them to facilitate meetings and events with citizens, communities, colleagues and partner organisations.

Learning aim

To enable participants to understand the role of the facilitator and practice a range of facilitation skills and techniques.

Learning objectives

• Present principles of effective participation and facilitation
• Explore when and where facilitative approaches are most appropriate
• Identify key skills and values used in facilitation
• Start to develop a tool kit of facilitation techniques
• Provide an opportunity for participants to practice skills and techniques in a supportive setting
• Share experiences with other participants

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Describe the principles of effective participation, facilitation and consensus building
• Evaluate key skills and values used in facilitation
• Apply different facilitation techniques to different situations
• Use an essential ‘facilitation tool kit’ of techniques and processes
• Know where to access additional resources