We bring our group facilitation programs to your organization based on your group’s specific professional development needs.
Effective meeting management and group facilitation skills allow managers and leaders to produce desired outcomes and encourage and maintain group processes, team dynamics, and synergy.
These core competency skills serve to: 1) keep meetings on task; 2) Enable leaders to effectively design, lead, and facilitate all types of meetings; 3) facilitate the strategic planning process; and 4) build team cohesion.
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Delivered by Kari Knutson, MA
Have you identified a training need within your organization and want to deliver it to your employees whenever it’s needed—but aren’t sure how to bring it to life? You’ve got the key topics and a general outline in mind, but now you’re wondering, “What’s next?”
That’s where Kari Knutson comes in. As an expert in presentation skills and curriculum design, Kari will help you take your in-house training program from concept to completion. With her guidance, you’ll refine your curriculum, receive insightful feedback and coaching, and empower your team with the tools and skills they need to deliver a successful, impactful, and long-lasting program.
Train-the-Trainer modules can include:
- Dynamic presentation skills
- Preparing notes and practicing delivery for improved confidence
- Starting and stopping, flow and pacing, content organization
- Effective use of visual aids such as slide presentations
- The importance of your stance, clothing, body language, and the tone of your voice
- Addressing fears and overcoming nerves
- Working with a cofacilitator
- Best practices for teaching adult learners
- Adult learning theories
- Engaging with adult learners
- Best practices in instructional design
- Addressing diverse learning styles
- Engaging participants and building rapport
- Creating a positive environment at the onset
- Setting expectations and reviewing learning objectives
- Enhancing the flow of the agenda and content to maximize participant engagement
- Encouraging discussion
- Maximizing group involvement with group work/activities
- Utilizing humor
- Addressing challenges that arise
- Using skills in observation, intervention, active listening, feedback, and effective questioning to keep the group on track
- Dealing with difficult or reluctant participants
- Handling disruptions and keeping the agenda on track
- Tackling tough topics and sensitive issues
- Technology and room setup
- Technology 101 for presenters
- Utilizing interactive presentation applications to increase engagement
- Day-of-presentation checklist
- Assessing the limits of the physical space
- When things go wrong and mitigating difficulties
- Assistance with curriculum development
- Reviewing, crafting, and refining your agenda and key topics
- Reviewing, crafting, and refining your slide presentation
- Reviewing, crafting, and refining your participant materials
- Observation, review, feedback, and coaching sessions
Delivery
In person for your organization’s group.
Suitable for:
Groups of at least 5 participants; no maximum size limit.
Length
One to three full days plus optional curriculum review meetings, observation, and coaching sessions.
Location
The training will be held at your site or a venue rented by your organization.
Delivered by David D. Knapp, PhD
This highly interactive facilitated session involves a 12-step process and is designed to help teams set short- and long-term OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)/SMART goals, identify potential obstacles, and prioritize plans, timelines, and tasks for implementation.
Some pre-work is required prior to the session. Pre-work may include a SWOT Analysis, a STEPED Analysis, and/or establishing OKRs.
Sample Agenda
- Identify Key Stakeholders and Gather Relevant Information
- Agree to a Formal Process
- Create a Vision & Mission (“Future State”)
- Conduct an Environmental Assessment (“Current State”)
- Develop Objectives, Strategies, and Goals
- Formulate a Written Plan
- Communicate the Plan
- Implement the Plan
- Monitor and Measure Results
- Schedule Process Reviews
- Make Course Corrections as Necessary
- Start the Process Over
Delivery
In-person for your organization’s group.
Suitable for:
Groups of 5 – 25 participants. Larger groups can be accommodated.
Length
1-3 days; individual steps can be delivered as stand-alone modules within a shorter timeframe as appropriate/needed.
Location
The training will be held at your site or a venue rented by your organization.
Delivered by David D. Knapp, PhD
On an average day, there are seventeen million meetings in the U.S. Yet, an estimated sixty-three percent of meetings don’t have prepared agendas. Not to mention, only fifty-three percent of meeting time is spent actually discussing agenda items, while the rest of the time goes to unproductive, unplanned issues.
Based on these statistics, it’s easy to see why meetings have a bad reputation. Poorly run meetings take too long, involve too many people, and never seem to result in any concrete action. Despite this, meetings are necessary and can be extremely effective. Meetings that are planned and facilitated well give participants a sense of accomplishment and a sense that their time was well spent. This program will show participants how to make every meeting efficient and effective.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify the key tasks to discuss during the meeting
- Prioritize their meeting’s tasks and responsibilities
- Employ strategies for making the best use of the group’s time
- Help their group make decisions quickly
- Ensure that every meeting ends with actionable items
Delivery
In-person or live webinar for your organization’s group.
Suitable for:
Groups of 5 – 25 participants. Larger groups can be accommodated.
Length
Two hours to half day.
Location
If delivered in person, the training will be held at your site or a venue rented by your organization.
Delivered by Kelli Oberndorf, MHA, CPC, CPF
Conflict is inevitable in the workplace. Competing priorities, interpersonal issues, and chaotic work environments can derail a team and send them spiraling into retention issues, passive-aggressive behavior, and unhealthy communication.
During this Conflict Resolution training session, leaders learn how to run an effective meeting and create a new way of operating on their team.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Give every member of their team a voice
- Ask for commitments from each employee to make the team better
- Recognize and effectively apply the Five Modes of Conflict Resolution
- Create a new Operating Agreement that the manager can use in their daily management of their team
Team dynamics can be challenging even for the most experienced managers. Organizations that invest in improving team dynamics have more productive and profitable departments, higher employee satisfaction and retention, and improved company culture.
Delivery
In-person or live webinar for your organization’s group.
Suitable for:
Groups of 5 – 25 participants. Larger groups can be accommodated.
Length
Half day.
Location
If delivered in person, the training will be held at your site or a venue rented by your organization.