Fee: $65.  Click here to register.

So… you’re not a professional facilitator, but you are in the position of running a meeting (e.g. board chair, team leader for staff or volunteers, trainer, etc.). How can you effectively manage your group’s time and agenda? What tools do you need to keep wayward souls engaged and on track?
 
Or… You are a member of a group and would like to be sure that you are contributing in a helpful way to the purpose and effectiveness of the group and meeting.
 
Whether leading from the front or side of the room, you can use effective self-management and group facilitation skills that will make your group’s meeting run more smoothly, meet the needs of the individuals involved, and get the job done!
 
In this three-hour course you will:

• Learn the definition of a facilitative leader
• Understand the roles of the group facilitator
• Learn to be a participant/leader
• Discover helpful and harmful roles group members can assume
• Learn some self-management techniques
• Discover practical tools and techniques for running a smooth meeting and managing group dynamics
• Practice managing groups through role-play

 
Yvonne Rochon has over 10 years experience in the nonprofit sector, both as an educational program director and as a district program consultant. Throughout her career, Yvonne has employed organization development methodology to facilitate committee meetings and retreats, provide leadership development training and volunteer staff motivation, in addition to the day-to-day administration, functioning and evaluation of the enrichment programs of the organization. In her position at the district office for the northern California region of the Unitarian Universalist Association she consulted to organizations’ program directors, membership chairs, board members and other leaders, to increase their effectiveness in the areas of programming and membership growth. Yvonne completed her MA in Organizational Psychology at John F. Kennedy University.