This workshop will enhance your effectiveness in:     
                 §        Setting up, facilitating and debriefing learning activities
        §         Helping a group discuss and deal with challenging issues
        §         Skillfully dealing with resistant/hostile individuals or groups
        §         Empowering people to take responsibility for their learning
        §         Helping make happen in a group what needs to happen

We will explore how to use our facilitation skills to:
                §        Use fully present listening to discover the true issues in a group

                §         Inspire a shift in how a person or a group thinks and operates
                §         Connect and work with the group mind
                §         Be centered, present and effective even when under pressure
                §         Create teachable moments where true change is possible
             

Course participants will also have the opportunity to gain:
            §         Several icebreakers/exercises for a variety of learning objectives
            §         Coaching to help develop your confidence and effectiveness
               

    THE SOUL OF FACILITATION APPROACH

In any facilitated session the “moments of truth” when the light bulbs go off
and a shift occurs is wonderful to observe. Often these moments come when least expected.  But “teachable moments” are more likely to arise if the facilitator is fully present to the  moment and the group. Concerned and focused on not how he or she is doing but on how the group is doing. This approach goes beyond agendas and lesson plans to a place that responds to the true needs of the moment. In the inspiration of the present is the wisdom that will help the group move towards wholeness. This workshop

is about how to facilitate from that place of inspiration and wisdom using both practical techniques and the innate intuition we all have .Helping groups open up to a new set of possibilities is one of the key jobs of the corporate trainer and facilitator. The skilled facilitator works strategically and soulfully by structuring  experiences and asking questions that will help make happen what needs to happen. Instead of “telling” the skilled facilitator asks the kind of inspired questions that allow the learners to

discover for themselves what they need to learn. When people discover something through their own reflections they tend to believe it and act on it. New knowledge becomes wisdom through ownership and action. Yet it is not enough to ask a good question. The right question is needed. And the right question is the one that offers

a new perspective. The level of facilitation required to do this kind of work comes

from developing and blending our practical skills with our inner wisdom and guidance.
 

    Materials: A Soul of Facilitation workbook is provided. 

 

    Format: The course includes lectures, group discussions, demonstrations and practice  
      and coaching on facilitating a session. The flow will informal, interactive and highly    

      participatory.

 

      Presenter: The program is led by Harrison Snow. Harrison has been     

      facilitating team-building, leadership development and strategic planning programs  

      since 1988. He is the author of three well-received books in the field.  His training 

      style is enlivened with a sense of humor and the experiences that come from working  

      with dozens of different organizations in government, industry and overseas. 

      You can check out the books he has written for facilitators, such as:

      Indoor/Outdoor Team Building Games for Trainers  or Tools for Teams

       at www.Amazon.com.