Essential Conference Facilitation Skills: everything you need to create conversations that go places.

Testimonials

“John has delivered two excellent workshops for our organisation on public speaking and presenting on stage, and on discussion facilitation and moderation. These were excellent and tailored to our community's needs, and greatly supported our patient advocates to develop the skills and confidence needed. Many of them were speaking or moderating for the first time at our World Bladder Cancer Patient Forum, and we saw a remarkable improvement in their performance, calm and confidence. John's approach is practical, engaging, and empowering - I highly recommend his training services.”

Alex Filicevas, Executive Director, World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition

Successful conferences create outstanding value for delegates. And effective Facilitators are essential to this outcome. A good Facilitator enables a productive conversation to take place. They manage the process and the participants in a way that encourages them to contribute, listen to each other, explore the topic and generate the best outcomes from the conversation.

This Masterclass will equip you with the vital skills to perform well as a Facilitator. If you already have some experience the session will add more strings to your bow to and take your performance to the next level. The tutor, John Scarrott will bring new ideas and stimulate your thinking. There will also be time for discussion and sharing with the opportunity for peer- to-peer exchange and learning.

John will take you through his framework and the key skills to create a productive conversation between the group you’re working with. You’ll leave with what you need to lead the discussion and enable your group to share and listen and generate productive outcomes.

Agenda

Introductions and goals: An opportunity to share what you want to leave the session with
Overview of the 4Ps Framework: Preparation, Practise, Performance, Personal Confidence
Preparation: Creating your words for the Beginning, Middle and ending
Key facilitating skills: what they are and how to use them
Performance: How to keep the conversation flowing and encourage the group to go deeper
Practise: What you can practise and how to go about it
Personal Confidence: Settling yourself to deliver a great performance
Action plan and next steps: What’s been useful? How will you use it?

Learning outcomes

A framework that can be applied to become a confident facilitator
The skills required to facilitate a conference, and knowledge of how to apply them

Who should enroll

This Masterclass will suit those with some experience of facilitation and those who’ve just started out. It will stimulate you to review and add to what you know and provide you with a roadmap to make your facilitation effective.

Timings

09:30 – Start

11:00 – End

Timings are in GMT / UTC

Format

The session is held on Zoom Meetings, with delegates on video.

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