Facilitation Skills

In today’s workplace, meetings are essential. The challenge is how to use the meeting environment so that everyone participates and the purpose of the meeting is achieved. This topic provides an overview of how to use facilitation skills to lead workplace meetings and collaborative discussions. It describes the role and responsibilities of the facilitator and then, explains what the facilitator can do before, during and after a meeting to ensure effective interaction among meeting participants and that results are achieved. In addition, you will find information on how to deal with common meeting issues and behaviors. There are also tips on how to deal with unique meeting situations.

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Available for delivery to groups and teams, our bite-size learning sessions are short bursts of knowledge covering the what, why, and how of a topic, and delivered at pace. Expert-led sessions can be delivered virtually, face-to-face, or you can choose a combination, and they can be run either standalone or up to three sessions in a day.

Facilitation Skills

Facilitation Skills

Course Code: VILT-FAC

  • 90-minute live session delivered virtually or in-person (Perfect for use as part of a blended learning programme)

  • This is available for groups and teams

  • Part of our Core Library

Effective facilitation can transform group learning from feeling pointless and uncomfortable to being productive and worthwhile.
You don’t have to be a professional facilitator to facilitate a group workshop. Anyone can learn and apply the skills required to unlock potential and drive success through effective group learning.
A facilitator’s role is to create an environment in which sharing, learning, and decision making flourish. The facilitator steers the group toward an objective, and leads interactive sessions that encourage participation, foster critical thinking, and enable participants to reflect and collaborate.
Throughout this course, you’ll gain a deep understanding of the purpose and value of facilitation. You’ll learn how to create an inclusive and psychologically safe learning environment, design engaging workshops, and handle challenging behaviors with confidence.

 

  • Do you regularly lead team meetings and workshops?
  • If not, is this something that you feel would benefit you and your team?
  • Have you ever wondered how “facilitating” is different from “training”?
  • Would you like to feel more confident in leading interactive activities and exercises?
  • Have you ever felt unsure how to deal with difficult or disruptive behaviors in a team workshop?

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

  • Explain the purpose of facilitation and how it differs from training

  • Create and maintain a positive learning environment based on psychological safety

  • Design an effective workshop, including interactive activities to promote participation

  • Confidently deal with challenging behaviors during a facilitated workshop

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Online Learning

Our award-winning learning content library is expertly created, easy to consume, and visually engaging and it can be experienced through a range of modalities - Fluidbooks, videos, animations, podcasts, infographics, quizzes and more. Use our digital learning content to support on-demand or blended learning provision within your organisation. Hundreds of topics are available in multiple global languages.

Facilitation Skills

Facilitation Skills

Core content

  • Facilitation Skills Fluidbook
  • Facilitation Skills Infographic
  • Facilitation Skills Thrive in Five
  • Facilitation Skills Quiz
  • Facilitation Skills Video
Facilitation Skills
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See our engaging content in action

Find out more about our learning content… we provide a range of formats and media types to support different learning styles, and time pressures and to keep the learning engaging. Find out more about the different modalities and view some examples…

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Use our building blocks approach to create a customized program to suit your specific needs and context, at the pace you need. 
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To help achieve the pace and agility you need, we encourage you to make use of what we already have (our core library) and make it your own. There’s no need to ‘recreate the wheel’ - build from what we have ‘ready to go’ and then customize what you need to.

Choose from across our range of 100+ core topic areas.

Online self-study:
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  • Infographics (standard and HTML)
  • Thrive in Five
  • Videos/animations
  • Quizzes & assessments
  • Podcasts
  • Digital flip cards
  • HTML microsites
  • Digital adventures
  • Applying what you have learned - action learning prompts/exercises
  • All assets under a topic/collection
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  • Pre-built team experience (learning journey)
  • Live workshops - virtual or in-person training (1 x half-day live session in a day; 2 x half-day live session in a day)
  • Bitesize (1 x 90-min bite-size session in a day; 2 x 90-min bite-size session in a day; 3 x 90-min bite-size session in a day)
  • Run-it-yourself
  • Coaching – per hour (Follow-up; Learning programme; Transitioning together; Team effectiveness; Career coaching; Leadership & executive; Skills performance coaching)
  • Group facilitation sessions (1 x 3hr in a day; 2 x 3hr in a day
  • Leadership lab session (1 x 3hr in a day; 2 x 3hr in a day)
  • Virtual delivery platform licence
Personalisation for live events:
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  • Infographics (standard and HTML)
  • Thrive in Five
  • Videos/animations
  • Quizzes & assessments
  • Podcasts with bespoke or your content
  • Digital flip cards
  • HTML microsites
  • Digital adventures
  • Digital badges/certificates
  • Live expert-led bite-size or workshop session
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  • Z-cards
  • Zappar AR for Z-card
  • Action learning prompts/exercises
  • Bespoke Hub annual subscription fee (per user)
  • Hub implementation
  • Subscription (open) hub
  • Booker portal
  • Delivery – Virtual or in-person facilitator; virtual producer
  • Faculty management
  • Delegate management
  • Instructional design
  • Specialist instructional design
  • Learning journey curation
  • Logistics support
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  • Customer success management
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