FACILITATION SKILLS: ACHIEVING COMMUNITY OUTCOMES THROUGH GREAT FACILITATION (FREE and open to NFP groups working in the Puketāpapa Local Board area)

Facilitation Skills: Achieving community outcomes through great facilitation (This is workshop 4 of 4 free workshops in the Puketāpapa Elevate your Impact workshop series)

**These sessions are open to and free to community groups, social enterprises and charities operating or based in the Puketāpapa Local Board area, due to funding support received from the Puketāpapa Local Board.**

Date: 5 November

Time: 12.30pm to 2.30pm

Venue: Wesley Community Centre (Tarapunga Room)

Presenter: Damian D'Cruz (New Zealand Coaching and Mentoring)

Agenda

• The Role of Facilitator
• Moving between neutral and non-neutral roles
• Contracting with the group
• Meeting Structure
• Ground Rules
• Intervention Techniques
• Intervention Criteria

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Move in and out of a neutral facilitation role without causing confusion
• Establish agreement with a group for their role as facilitator
• Structure and plan meetings and group events
• Establish meeting ground rules
• Intervene to manage behaviour in meetings

This practical session is for those who are interested in developing their facilitation skills so they are more effective when leading groups, workshops, meetings or discussions at work or in their community.

Duration

 2 Hours

About the Facilitator

Damian D’Cruz has been teaching people skills and leadership skills for over 20 years.  He is a senior associate with New Zealand Coaching and Mentoring.  Damian’s strengths are in people skills and a creative and engaging approach to training.  During his 20 + year career, he has worked for a wide range of for profit and not for profit organisations.

Recent comments from participants on some of Damian’s workshops:

“Positive, spontaneous, actively involves participants”

“Well organised and great at engaging”.

“Very engaging – made it interesting”.

“Kept crowd engaged whole time”.