facilitate this! has teamed up with key partners in facilitation to bring Ingrid Bens to the UK for a landmark conference and advanced facilitation skills training workshop during October 2010. Ingrid is a prolific writer and best seller in the art and skills of facilitation and a master practitioner, developing and pushing the frontiers of facilitation in the USA and worldwide. 'Facilitation Strategies for Leaders' will be a one day workshop at Goodenough College, London on October 4th, with the aim of highlighting the contribution that the values, skills and practices of facilitation can make in developing and enabling more people to lead within all organisations. She will highlight her work in a range of sectors including Fortune 500 companies, health, education, government departments and not for profit and use a participative workshop format to demonstrate practical applications and enhance understanding of the contribution that the facilitation skill set can make to working in and preparing for, ever complex, interactive, interconnected and collaborative organisations. Advanced Facilitation Strategies will be a two day event to be held at Surgeon's Hall, Edinburgh on October 7th & 8th 2010. To deepen your understanding of art and practice of facilitation and enhance your impact and effectiveness when working in ever complex and challenging organisations and scenarios.
Bookings are now being taken for both events with places limited to 100 for the one day conference and 36 for the two day workshop. See our events page for further information, conditions and how to book.

Time to Shine up your Skills?
Why not get the summer season off to a great start with two days of skills and confidence building on our June Facilitation Skills Workshop?  Here at facilitate this! we will provide you with materials, ideas, training on tools, support, space, insights and feedback to help build your 'F' factor - your capacity to get the most out of the people and the time available without burning!  So why not join us on our one or two day programmes and experience strategies and interventions to facilitate people, projects and workshops and maintaining energy, engagement, commitment and action towards improvement.

Facilitation Fundamentals- September 28th & 29th 2010- prepare yourself for a winter of discontent and getting the most out of the time and the people you have to improve processes, practices and how people work together. Your chance to get to grips with the fundamentals of facilitation, core competencies, bread and butter tools and key insights, tips and techniques to deal with a range of meeting objectives and group dynamics. If you are out there facilitating and are ready to grow then this programme is for you. Click on the course title to find out more and how to book. 


Fast-track Facilitation Skills Workshop - September 28th 2010- Attending day one of the two day facilitation fundamentals programme will provide you with insights, ideas, tools, techniques and interventions to get and keep meetings, workshops and events on track and participants engaged in the process.....but be warned....you may not want to leave! If you are booking on behalf of someone else, please check with them first whether they would like one day or two.....