Facilitation skills and public speaking training.

Advanced Facilitation Skills

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In these changing times, one thing is constant: people with the skill and courage to present information and ideas effectively have the power to persuade, motivate and make things happen.

Much of your success in facilitating groups has to do with knowing what to do and when to do it. This public speaking and facilitation skills seminar will teach specific techniques that ANYONE can use to lead and facilitate interesting, clear and controlled meetings.

Attendees will learn how to:

Overcome the anxiety and fear of speaking to groups of all sizes.
Make themselves believable and credible in front of any group of participants.
Control behind-the-scenes logistics for maximum meeting control.
Get buy-in from everyone in the group.
Set-up the presentation room for maximum effectiveness.
Use appropriate and well-placed humor.
Keep interest and smooth flow during the entire session.
Use techniques that allow the group to police themselves.
Use body language to control disruptive behavior without creating hostility.

Use simple techniques to deal with negative or hostile participants.
Control attendees that talk too much AND those that don't talk enough.
Say and do the right thing when something goes wrong.
Properly use microphones and audio-visual equipment.
Expertly handle Q & A sessions.
Use quick and easy research techniques for maximum preparedness.
Debrief the group and themselves for maximum learning.
and much, much more!

Your facilitation skills program will be highly customized to suit your organization.

One of your most important leadership skills is the ability to extract ideas out of people in a group setting. You will see immediate benefits from applying the powerful and proven techniques taught at this facilitation skills seminar. You will also receive a valuable book and reference materials related to the seminar so you'll always have somewhere to turn when the time comes to facilitate a group.

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