facilitation skills. exemplary trainers what are the discrete characteristics and competencies that...
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Facilitation SkillsFacilitation Skills
Exemplary TrainersExemplary Trainers
What are the discrete characteristics and competencies that distinguish
exemplary instructors?
Helpful Attitudes & ValuesHelpful Attitudes & Values
• My mind-set won’t help them• Everybody is human, unique with
potential• It’s OK to teach• No one best way• People never argue with their own data• Facilitators can’t win arguments• Silence is OK• Don’t push the river
The Facili-training RainbowThe Facili-training Rainbow
process monitoring
brainstorming
facilitating discussion
Socraticdirection
teaching
demonstrating
presenting
HIGHLOW
HIGH
Contribution to Content
InteractIon
Socratic DirectionSocratic DirectionExamples of Socratic questions include:
Questions of clarification
What do you mean by _______?Let me see if I understand you; do you mean _______ or _______?Could you give me an example?Could you explain that further?
Questions that probe assumptions
You seem to be assuming _______. Do I understand you correctly?All of your reasoning depends on the idea that _______.
Questions that probe reasons and evidence
Why do you think that is true?What are your reasons for saying that?What led you to that belief?
What is a facilitator?What is a facilitator?• Literally means: ‘making things easy’• A person who helps a group or team
to:Achieve results in interactive events
By using a range of skills and methods
To bring the best out in people as they work together
Focus on the process of how
Interpersonal Skills/Basic Interpersonal Skills/Basic Facilitation SkillsFacilitation Skills
listening
questioning
language &
communication
using
feedback
conflict handling
Facilitator’s Role: OverviewFacilitator’s Role: Overview
• cope with uncertainty
• use power of credibility to help address issues
• be calm in times of emotion
• support and counsel others
• be understandable• mobilise energy • surface difficult
issues and help others to do so
• take themselves less seriously
• empathise