Core skills for guiding groups

The skills and techniques offered in Essential Facilitation® are designed to produce significant performance improvement, career development, and personal growth. Essential Facilitation® shows how to effectively facilitate in situations that have one or more of the following "Three Cs":

• Complex or high-stakes content
• Conflict — the situation is emotionally-charged or controversial
• Context — when you must balance multiple stakeholders' needs and points of view

The Project Management Institute has approved this workshop for up to 24 PDUs for Project Management Professionals.

In this course you will:

• Develop in-depth preparation skills, including mastering the one task you MUST complete before the start of any meeting
• Get best practices for facilitating virtual meetings
• Learn to solve problems before they start and handle them with confidence if they do arise
• Practice the four essential guidelines for resolving conflict
• Receive a whole toolkit of skills and strategies to help groups make better decisions, faster
• Learn to navigate difficult situations and cope with challenging behaviors
• Learn the five simple steps to take after the meeting to ensure you get results
• Receive one-on-one coaching on your videotaped practice session

Who should attend:

Anyone who leads or facilitates meetings.

Agenda:

Fee:3 Days/$2395

Date	Location	Availability
November 10 - 12, 2009	Boston
December 8 - 10, 2009	San Francisco
January 12 - 14, 2010	San Francisco
February 23 - 25, 2010	San Francisco
March 9 - 11, 2010	Boston
May 4 - 6, 2010	San Francisco
June 15 - 17, 2010	Chicago
August 10 - 12, 2010	San Francisco
September 21 - 23, 2010	Boston
October 5 - 7, 2010	San Francisco
November 16 - 18, 2010	Boston
December 7 - 9, 2010	San Francisco