Chairs and Facilitators are not the stars of your event. But they are vital to its success. They are there to make your Speakers and Panellists look good, enhance what they deliver and connect them to the audience in a way that adds value and raises the reputation of your event.
If your Chairs and Facilitators could be delivering more for your events, the AAE’s In-House Chair and Facilitator Training is here to help.
Delivered by John Scarrott, an experienced trainer and ICF Coach and designed for Associations, the training will equip your contributors with the knowledge and skills to excel. Their improved performance will enhance the delegate experience and increase the value and reputation of your event.
PLUS when potential Chairs and Facilitators realise that you are prepared to invest in them, it increases the likelihood they will step forward, expanding the scale and diversity of your pool of contributors.
This training will support them to deliver their best performance.
Who should attend
- Inexperienced chairs who wish to chair with confidence and effectively
- Experienced chairs who want to raise their professionalism in chairing
Sample Agenda Outline
- The goal: what makes an effective event Chair or Facilitator.
- Reaching the goal: the 4Ps approach to Chairing and Facilitating.
- Preparation: what and how to prepare.
- Practise: how to rehearse to make your preparation stick.
- Performance: putting it into action when Chairing.
- Common challenges: the bumps in the road and how to handle them.
- Key Facilitating skills: what they are and how to use them.
- Facilitating process: managing the beginning, the middle and the end.
- Personal Confidence: building it before, during and after the event.
- Action Plan: what will you do with what you’ve learned.
Learning outcomes
- A framework that can be applied to become a confident chair and facilitator
- Skills required to chair and facilitate a conference, and how to apply them
High value for in-house training
- Relevant and specific to associations: with the trainers' deep knowledge of associations and experience in training association executives
- Flexible: delivered onsite or remotely via video platform, timed and tailored to fit your schedule
- Tailored content: the tutor will shape the session to your requirements
- Practical and interactive: with practical and actionable advice, space for sharing, discussion and questions, plus time to create an action plan to make the most of the takeaways
- Supported: all participants receive a welcome pack with the agenda, a biography of the trainer and suggested preparation and post-training reading and resources
About the Trainer
John Scarrott, a former membership director, and an ICF Credentialed Coach, combines his knowledge of associations, speaking and chairing experience and 10 years training and coaching.
John Scarrott is an AAE training and coaching partner. He has been working with AAE members since 2014. Prior to focusing on training and coaching John spent seven years as a Membership Director. He has spoken in the UK, Europe, Australia and India.
John has trained Speakers, Facilitators and Chairs for associations including, among others, the AAE, World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition, the Association of the European Self-Care Industry, British Veterinary Nursing Association, Institute of Physicsand the British Parking Association.
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
As well as others:
Very engaging, I like how John practiced his techniques and provided examples.
Shifted my thinking about the role of a Chair
Very useful tips and well-structured in terms of Chairing and Facilitation