On Thursday and Friday last week Sharon and I facilitated our “Facilitation Skills Workshop”. We enjoyed working with our enthusiastic participants in this interactive workshop.
The workshop aims to provide practical hands-on skills to facilitate effective sessions.
Our focus for facilitation is – a structured session where participants are guided through a process to achieve an outcome. The outcome is created, accepted and understood by all.
The facilitator is “content free” their role is to guide the group to achieve an outcome, not to have knowledge of the topic. They draw the information from the group in an inclusive manner so all have ownership in the outcome.
This concept can be a challenge for people who normally provide information to, or chair, a group of people. It requires a change in mind set from being in control to being there to build consensus.
Our next “Facilitation Skills” workshop in scheduled for November 1st and 2nd in Adelaide.
This workshop was funded by GRDC and DAFF Caring for Country as part of the Grain and Graze 2 program, Adaptive Management theme for East SA. This project is managed by the Ag Excellence Alliance.
Thankyou for the comments about my last couple of blogs – I’m sorry I haven’t answered them – I will soon. Look forward to continuing to hear your thoughts. Jeanette
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Thanks so much Jeanette. It’s quite hard to restrain your self from input when you know a lot about a topic. But it’s worth it.
I used lots of your ideas on Tuesday at the GRDC meeting. The pipecleaners and squishy balls worked a treat!