Facilitation Masterclass_livewebinar

Facilitation Masterclass

5 Facilitation Techniques to Change Your Meetings

On Demand Recording

Transform your meetings instantly with our facilitation masterclass. In just 45 minutes, gain new perspectives that will immediately improve how you lead discussions and engage teams.

You’ll leave this recording with the ability to:

  • Clear Your Mind: set aside your assumptions to truly hear and engage with diverse perspectives.
  • Check Reality: Follow up with techniques to clarify and confirm what you believe others are thinking—avoid misunderstandings before they start.
  • Craft Questions: Challenge yourself with the art of asking powerful questions that open doors to deeper insights and richer dialogues.
  • Deal with challenges: Master the delicate balance of acknowledging ideas and concerns, deciding how to handle them effectively in the moment or postponing for later consideration.

Who should watch?
Anyone that runs meetings where decisions are being made and voices need to be heard.

Why watch?
The ability to effectively facilitate meetings is a skill that transfers to so many other aspects of your career. Beyond the meeting room, you'll feel more confident in how you approach even the most challenging conversation. IA is well known for a world class approach to facilitation and the skills we teach have been celebrated for decades.

Featuring:
Rachael Grail
Senior Consultant
Interaction Associates

Beth Yates
Senior Consultant
Interaction Associates

The Impact of IA Facilitation Training

"I left with a new perception of what effective facilitation is, including a newfound appreciation for its challenges and opportunities. Interaction Associates helped me identify a variety of growth opportunities and will enable me to be a more effective facilitator when dealing with high-impact engagements and everyday relationship management alike."

- Leader at a Strategy & Communications Firm

About the Featured Speakers

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Rachael Grail
Senior Consultant
Interaction Associates

Rachael aims to enable peak performance in teams through effective communication, strengths-based collaboration, and sustained well-being. As a seasoned facilitator and coach, she integrates new concepts into practical actions using evidence-based frameworks tailored to each group's needs.

Previously, Rachael was an educator in Silicon Valley, designing custom curriculums for neurodiverse students. She also spent ten years as an executive producer of large-scale events in the San Francisco Bay Area, where her interest in team development began.

In her spare time, Rachael hosts pro-bono workshops for social-emotional development in women and girls and serves on the advisory board of the Appleseed Project. She holds various certifications, including from Cornell University and the International Coaches Federation, and supports leaders and teams in global companies, high-growth startups, and NGOs.
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Beth Yates
Senior Consultant
Interaction Associates

Beth is a seasoned trainer and facilitator with a mission to empower managers and teams to collaborate effectively and achieve outstanding results. Since joining Interaction Associates as a Senior Consultant in 1999, Beth has utilized her extensive experience in organizational consulting to transform workplace dynamics. Her career took a pivotal turn after participating in Interaction Associates’ Essential Facilitation® workshop in 1989, profoundly influencing her professional path.

Before her tenure at Interaction Associates, she was a trainer and organizational development consultant at AG Consulting. Beth has worked with a diverse array of high-profile clients, including General Mills, eBay, Kaiser Permanente, and Toyota, tailoring her approach to meet unique organizational needs.

Beth holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from California State University-Humboldt, is certified in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, and is a trained Life Coach and Community Mediator. She thrives on adapting her facilitation strategies to new groups, ensuring effective collaboration across various settings.