Survival Skills for a New Trainer

Becoming an Effective Facilitator

This course will help you to learn practical tools to become an effective facilitator.

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1 Day

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Overview

Some individuals become facilitators because they're passionate about sharing their knowledge and about helping people.

Others become facilitators because their employer asks them to get involved in facilitating or coaching new or existing employees. This course is an introduction to the general principles of learning and development and provides some of the essential skills to better equip those in a new facilitating role.

Who will benefit

If you're thinking about becoming a facilitator, or if you're new to facilitating and want to know what will help you become a better facilitator, this foundation course can help. It's designed as an exploration of the essential skills that facilitators need to develop.

Content

  • Outline the attributes of a good facilitator
  • Discover techniques to build rapport and connect with those you are facilitating
  • Learn how to listen (not just hear) and use effective questions to support the learning process
  • Acquire a toolkit of key facilitator skills, including a list of to do's and don'ts for new facilitators
  • Explore strategies on how to defuse difficult participants
  • Learn some essential tips and tricks for success
  • Identify which facilitator skills may require further development.

Learning Outcomes

Participants should be able to:

  • Recognise the attributes that make a facilitator effective
  • Make connections and build rapport with participants
  • Ask useful questions and apply effective listening techniques
  • Deal appropriately with difficult participants
  • Identify which facilitating skills may require further development.
Related Results

Learn how to deliver high impact training sessions to small groups of 1-5 people within your workplace. Applicable to training in all areas, this course provides an introduction to the general principles of learning and development and insight into the training cycle.

If you want to learn how to deliver high impact training sessions within your workplace, this is the course for you. Applicable to training in all areas, this course introduces the general principles of learning and development, while providing insight into delivering training courses.

A skilful facilitator can significantly improve the engagement and outcomes of group processes. During this course, you’ll be exposed to many different facilitation techniques to manage a variety of settings, issues and personalities, enhancing skills for effective group discussions and training sessions.

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