Great Groups! Facilitation Skills for Working with People

Are you working with a group or coalition toward a common goal?

Trying to support a team to get the most out of their work together?

Not sure how to handle challenging situations in a meeting? How to encourage commitment and participation among participants?

Looking to build greater confidence in your general group management skills?

This interactive workshop is designed to take some of the mystery out of basic group management processes and help you facilitate teams toward success. Come to a workshop for program staff, volunteers and board members in the non-profit sector designed to support you and your agency to:

• Get more out of your meetings
• Work effectively with coalitions to set and achieve collective goals, and
• Decide when to lead and when to facilitate

Participants Will Learn:

• How to design an effective meeting for different scenarios
• How to handle challenging group situations
• When to facilitate and when to lead
• How to direct the energies and talents of a group of individuals in a common cause
• What to consider when trying to reach consensus
• What participants want and need from a facilitator
• How to support a group from ideas to actions

Who Should Attend:

• Program / project coordinators and team leaders of community-based organizations
• Board members of new or volunteer-based community organizations
• Individuals engaged in building coalitions and networks