Facilitation® Foundation

Course description

Facilitation® Foundation course provides the structure to enable specialists and managers alike to facilitate groups, meetings and events effectively – increasing productivity and helping these activities achieve the desired outcomes. Based on the publication “Facilitation: Develop Your Expertise”, our Facilitation® qualifications equip individuals with the valuable tools, techniques and skills needed to become a confident facilitator. The ‘Process Iceberg®’ methodology covered in the training was developed with experts in the field and takes a pragmatic and practical approach.

Benefits:
During this course you will learn how to:

• Identify appropriate roles, behaviours and contracts
• Draft an Agenda Process plan for a group’s work session
• Distinguish clearly and accurately between ‘Task’ and ‘Process’ issues, and state how an effective Facilitator should respond to each.
• Formulate good quality feedback
• Recognize behaviours of individual group members
• Describe how to use the Process Iceberg model to avoid and address problems in meetings.
• Effectively prepare for the exam entitling to obtain the international certificate - Facilitation® Foundation

Key features

Price of the course includes:

• 2-day accredited course with an authorized Facilitation® trainer
• Licensed course materials
• Facilitation® Foundation certificate of completion
• Voucher for Facilitation® Foundation accredited exam

Prerequisites:
There are no formal prerequisites for taking the Facilitation® Foundation course.

Working methods:
Multimedia presentations, group exercises and discussion, practical workshops, case study and practice tests.

Licensing and accreditation:

Facilitation® Foundation course offered by Advised Skills Ltd is accredited by APMG International, based upon Partner's Agreement and complies with the accreditation requirements.

Who should attend?
Target group:
The following individuals will benefit from this course:

• Individuals in any organization who require a working knowledge of the key principles of effective facilitation
• Team leaders
• Project managers
• Managers
• Business analysts
• Scrum Masters
• Product Owners

Course Agenda

1. Introduction
2. Formats
3. Task and Process
4. Task Leader’s Role
5. Facilitator’s Role
6. Process Iceberg® Model
7. Process Models and Tools:
8. Feedback Model
9. SPO
10. Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®)
11. Task Tools
12. Exam preparation

Materials:

We use licenced accredited training materials:

• Sixteen (16) hours of instructor-led training
• Training slides in pdf format
• Participation in unique exercises
• Sample Papers
• Syllabus

Location

Price information

Net price per person:
The training course net price per person includes the web-based exam available within the APMG International candidate account. The applicable price is shown in the course calendar.

Additional information:
It is mandatory to purchase the training course including the certification exam voucher.

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