Presentation Elegance: Increasing Confidence and Skill

Presentation Elegance: Increasing Confidence and Skill

September 19-20 2018 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Presenters

  • Laura Lipton

Description

**This training is restricted to participants who have previously attended the "Facilitating Adult Learning: Skills & Strategies" training

Structuring Meeting Success
Develop clear guidelines for shaping the physical and social environment, clarifying decision-making roles, and employing meeting standards to keep groups on task, on process, and on time. Learn templates and tools for facilitating a variety of meeting types.

Designing Group Work
Develop and apply templates for planning and assessing outcomes for the groups that you facilitate. Learn how to help groups clarify outcomes for products, performances, and decisions.

Expanding the Facilitator’s Toolkit
Increase your confidence when dealing with difficult topics and difficult groups. Enhance your verbal and nonverbal skills for focusing groups and increasing group member willingness to engage in productive dialogue, focused discussions, and effective decision making. Learn to apply a pattern of pausing, paraphrasing, and inquiring to respond to and influence the thinking and behaviors of group members.

Anticipating, Monitoring, and Recovering
Develop skills for simultaneously monitoring content, process, and group development. Learn how to increase your acuity for group process and recover personal and group member focus if things go astray.

Event Notes

PREREQUISITE
This training is open ONLY to participants who have previously attended the "Facilitating Adult Learning: Skills & Strategies" training with Laura Lipton.

MATERIALS
You will be required to bring your books from "Facilitating Adult Learning Training" (Leading Groups and Groups at Work) with you to the training.

LUNCH
Lunch is included in your registration fee. While best effort has been made to ensure there are food options to meet everyone’s needs, individuals with dietary restrictions may wish to bring supplemental food/snack items for the day.

CLOCK HOURS
There will be 11 clock hours available for $33 - payable online through pdEnroller after attendance has been recorded (up to 2 weeks).

CANCELLATION POLICY
See link here


HOTEL SUGGESTIONS
These are hotel suggestions in the vicinity of Green River College (NO room blocks are held at these hotels):


Larkspur Landing
1701 East Valley Road
Renton, WA. 98055
https://www.larkspurhotels.com/renton/


SpringHill Suites by Marriott
200 SW 19thStreet
Renton, WA. 98057
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/seasr-springhill-suites-seattle-south-renton/?scid=45f93f1b-bd77-45c9-8dab-83b6a417f6fe


Hilton Garden Inn
1801 East Valley Road
Renton, WA. 98057
http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/washington/hilton-garden-inn-seattle-renton-SEARHGI/index.html?WT.mc_id=zDA01MB2OLG34YX


Embassy Suites by Hilton
15920 West Valley Highway
Seattle, WA. 98188
http://embassysuites3.hilton.com/en/hotels/washington/embassy-suites-by-hilton-seattle-tacoma-international-airport-SEATUES/index.html?WT.mc_id=zDA01MB2OLG34YX

Location

Green River College / Kent Campus
417 Ramsay Way Kent WA 98032

Dates

  • Wed, September 19 2018
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
    Check-In: 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
    Green River College / Kent Campus
  • Thu, September 20 2018
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
    Check-In: 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
    Green River College / Kent Campus

Registration

Event # 72205

Price
$450.00
Registered
56 / 85
Registration Ends
Monday Sep 17, 2018 5:00 PM
Registration is now closed.

Professional Hours

Clock Hour Number: SEI0007
11.00 Clock Hours $33.00