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Essential Skills for Meeting Facilitators
May 16 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am EDT
3-Sesson Virtual Training hosted by the New England PTTC!
Participants in this three-session series will build skills and confidence to lead effective, dynamic meetings. Each session will be practical and interactive with a focus on learning by doing, covering key principles of meeting facilitation: trust and tone, participation, and engagement, and maintaining productive meetings. Participants should plan to join all 3 sessions and come prepared to engage, interact and practice new skills. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
Audience: Prevention practitioners who are new(er) to the field and/or have limited meeting facilitation experience. Priority registration for participants in the New England region until May 3 due to limited availability.
Session 1 – Trust and Tone: May 16, 9:00-10:30 am EDT
- Starting the meeting strong and ending energized
- Setting and sustaining a positive tone
- Creating a safe, inclusive, productive environment
- Active listening
Session 2 – Participation and Engagement, May 21, 9:00-10:30 am EDT
- Facilitating activities that encourage all to take part
- Debriefing activities and discussions
Session 3 – Staying on Track and Highly Productive: May 23, 9:00-10:30 am EDT
- Pacing the agenda while keeping the big picture in mind
- Managing personalities and group dynamics
- Encouraging different viewpoints and managing conflict
Click here to register for this event.
