The Improvisational Facilitator Teleclass
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The
Improvisational Facilitator
Are
you afraid of encountering the
unexpected in your groups?
Learn
improv techniques to deal with this and many other
concerns encountered by facilitators, trainers,
and group leaders
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Do you encounter any of these problems when working with groups?
1. Do you take your work with groups way too seriously? So seriously that sometimes you get uptight and afraid
about what might happen. In this class, you'll learn and
practice tools that will help you relax and have a lot more
fun with your groups.
2. Are you afraid of encountering the unexpected? Learn
simple strategies that will help you to be more open and flexible
to the specific and dynamic needs of your groups.
3. Are you bothered
when participants try to take the group off on a tangent?
Be able to connect whatever people
share to the group purpose or theme.
4. Do you have a tough time being "present" with
your groups, trying to juggle all that needs to be done? Learn
and practice strategies that will let you take a breath and
get comfortable being "in the moment" with your
groups..
5. Do you ever fear that you'll "lose your place"
in your workshop? In this class, you'll learn exactly
what to do in that circumstance.
6. Is "speaker's block" a problem? You'll
learn a tool so that you never have speaker's block again.
7. Do you sometimes question your creative abilities? Discover
reservoirs of creativity within you that you didn't know existed.
8. Do you often feel like you're doing this group leadership
thing all alone? Come collaborate and learn from a community
of your peers, all passionate about empowering groups.
If
you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then
read on. You'll find help overcoming these issues and more
in this dynamic 5-day teleclass.
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I've
been a group facilitator for over 30 years. Sue's techniques
were new to me, not just in theory, but in very practical
application that will be huge assets to my repertoire.
Though I usually find audio classes and teleconferences
in general to be challenging as I rely on body language
and visual cues to follow conversation. During this
teleclass however, I was able to transcend these barriers
through the skilful facilitation demonstrated. The time
allocated to this teleclass flew by each day, leaving
me to look forward to the next. As a staff educator
in a large psychiatric hospital, my facilitation activities
range from working with small teams on development to
teaching mandatory education to large groups. The techniques
in this class, especially in overcoming roadblocks,
will be invaluable.Thank you so much!
-- Linda
Bruce, --Staff Education Coordinator
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The
Improvisational Facilitator Teleclass...
The inner attitudes of facilitators, trainers, and leaders
is the key to their success with groups. However, very few
trainings address the development of those inner qualities
that can make a good leader great. That's why I'm thrilled
to be offering this class where we'll
present powerful, practical improv techniques that are actually
inner attitudes and practices that you can use to immediately
enhance your facilitation, training, and group leadership
skills.
This dynamic teleclass, led by master
trainer, Sue Walden, is for anyone who facilitates, manages,
teaches, mediates, coaches, counsels, directs any group. This
highly interactive course provides an experiential
approach using very novel exercises to help you build the
skills to create an environment for participation; one that
encourages openness and risk-taking for you and groups.
When...
TBD. Contact us with your interest. In the meantime, see the self-guided version below.
Improvisational
Facilitator Training Agenda...
Here's what you'll be learning and doing during the course...
Being present to your natural creativity
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Overview
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Introducing the Parking Lot
- Awareness
experience
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What is your default facilitation skill set?
- Improv
Core Skills that support facilitation
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Exploring 1st Core Skill: Present Time
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The "Voice Mirror," a simple and powerful listening
tool
- Facilitation
Applications
Building the "muscle" that encourages participation
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Check in on practice assignment
- Explore
2nd Core Skill: Openness
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Experiencing the look and feel of openness
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Building the openness “muscle”
- The
"Yes and..." approach
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Facilitation Applications
Making flexibility a way of being
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Check in about practice assignment
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Explore 3rd Core Skill: Flexibility
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Combining Being Present and Open to become more flexible
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Identify unexpected challenges in facilitating
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Building the options and possibilities “muscle”
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Facilitation Applications
Witnessing the magic
- Check
in about practice assignment
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Introduce “The Observer”
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Apply Core Skills to self
- Getting
present with self
- Quiet
the inner critic
- Think
on your feet
- Be
aware of your language
- Facilitation
Applications
Further applications and applied Improv
- Check
in about practice assignment
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Explore other applications of Improv Core Skills
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Emptying the Parking Lot
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Q & A with the Applied Improv Process
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I
experienced for the first time in your class how well
a "virtual breakout" group could work. As
a result of this experience, I re-designed a 3-hour
training with several breakout components into a virtual
classroom, and it has been a HUGE success. In fact,
it is much more successful than the classroom training,
because we really needed to mix up the participants
from different countries to generate the right kind
of discussion in the breakouts, and this was very hard
to do at any given location. So thanks for showing the
way! --Lynn, Knowledge Management &
Organizational Learning Process Advisor for Fortune
100 global corporation
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How
the Training works...
1. You dial into your class every day for a 75-minute focused
training segment using a conferencing bridge.
2. Several times we will leave the bridge line for short 8-12
minute periods to give you the opportunity to engage in short
exercises with a partner to practice and deepen your skills.
3. You work through a learning/resource workbook which accompanies
the class including practice assignments after each session.
4. You will have the opportunity to discuss issues on the
subject matter with the instructors and your classmates via
an online listserve during the course.
5. During the course, you may access the instructors via email
for help or situational questions.
Also
included with your training...
In addition to the training described above, you also receive:
1. Free Learning/Resource Workbook ($20 value) to help you
drill down deep and master the
art of improv for use in facilitation, training, leadership,
and group work.
2. Free access to the RealAudio version of the training ($69
value).
3. Free pre-recorded one-hour real audio teleclass, "The
Art of Improv in Facilitation, featuring Izzy Gesell, who
discusses the use of humor and improvisational theater techniques
as facilitation tools.($20 value).
4. Articles and resources around using Improv in leadership
and facilitation:
__- Collection of humor
and improv resources.
__- The Six Paradoxes
of Improv. Six paradoxes that will help free you
to be a better facilitator
____and trainer.
__- Leadership Through
Improv. Article on how Improv techniques can be applied
to leadership.
Pricing...
The full cost of training/access is only $99 including the
free items ( worth $109) listed above. Everything you read
about above is included. And, we offer a 100%-satisfaction-guaranteed
guarantee. Register by March 31st for $89.
I've
been to lots of teleclasses but have never done offline
partner exercises like this and they worked great, they
really heightened the learning. The resource book was
excellent as well. The sessions were very complimentary
to the skills that I have gained over a number of years.
As well as practical exercises the trainers provided
useful insight to support their theory. It was enlightening
to hear everybody participate and be engaged in the
subject. An excellent class that I highly recommend.
--Chris Whitehead ,Managing Director of Facilitating
Change--
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Registration...
Immediately upon completion of your registration, you will
receive an email with instructions to access the course and
free article bank.
This course is limited to 20 individuals on a first come basis.
"I
really enjoyed the Improv class. Great material, excellent
delivery including the opportunities to try it out" in
partner settings."
--Sandy Brown, Facilitator, Intel Corporation--
Dates...
TBD
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A
week after the course I have found myself talking about
and actually using the techniques taught! The experiential
based learning really worked for me and I learnt whilst
having fun – always a good way to retain new learnings.
The course has provided me with a toolkit of great techniques
to improve my own facilitation, as well as some enjoyable
exercises to use with delegates. I have nothing but
praise for both Sue and Steve, who walked their talk
with their own facilitation skills – they simply
flowed through the course with grace and intelligence.
The content, the materials and the facilitators is 5
star stuff and I highly recommend it to any facilitator.
--Amanda Alexander, Coach and Founder
of CoachingMums.com--
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Self-Guided
Real Audio Version
If you'd like to learn this material at
your own pace and on your own schedule, you can purchase the
real audio version of this teleclass complete with the learning
guide. You'll be provided with access to recorded offerings
of the five-hour teleclass (5 hours total) that you can listen
to online and follow along in the learning guide is used in
the live class. Click
here to purchase for $69.
Self-Guided
(Real Audio Only)
Click
here to purchase the
Real Audio Version for $79.
Self-Guided
5-Day CD Version
The Compact Disk (CD) version comes with
all of the self-guided features listed above, together with
5 CD's you'll receive by mail that you can listen to anywhere
you have access to a CD player. Click
here to purchase for $79.
Self-Guided
(CD's and Real Audio Only)
Click
here to purchase the CD Version for $89
plus $4 Shipping and Handling
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Membership Option
Become a member of FacilitatorU.com premium member and register
for this teleclass at half price in addition to a host of
other items and benefits. An exceptional value. Click
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One-Day
Live Version
Interested
in a one-day "live" version of this class offered
to your group? Email
us to discuss options.
Your instructors
Sue Walden. Sue Walden is the Founder and Director
of ImprovWorks, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to
building Life Skills through Improvisation. Her experience
includes a BA in Education and 26 years of teaching, performing
and adapting and widely applying the techniques of improvisation.
She approaches improv training as a powerful and joyful way
to peel away constraints, restraints and inhibitions, allowing
the naturally expressive, collaborative and creative self
to emerge.
Sue is
a skilled teacher in ImprovWorks' public workshop program,
a dynamic corporate facilitator, an engaging speaker, an author
(Working with Groups to Enhance Relationships, Whole Person
Assoc.), the delightful "Playmeister" of both the
public and corporate Recess! programs, the director and a
regular performer with San Francisco's longest-running improvisational
theater company, "Flash Family". She has been a
member of the Specialty Staff for the year-long Co-Active
Leadership Program since its inception eight years ago.
Her current
passion is training trainers and consulting on how to design
powerful experiential workshops. Sue promises that, in any
of her programs, while the learning may be challenging, it
will also be fun!
 Steve
Davis. Steve
Davis, M.A., M.S., is an Facilitator's Coach, Infoprenuer,
and free-lance human, helping facilitators, organizational
leaders, educators, trainers, coaches and consultants present
themselves confidently, access their creativity, empower their
under-performing groups, enhance their facilitation skills,
and build their business online and offline.
Steve spends most of his time building and running FacilitatorU.com.
He also publishes a weekly ezine for facilitators called,
the Master
Facilitator Journal, continues to write ebooks, design
teleclasses, and maintain a part-time coaching practice. His
breadth of experience spans business, corporate management,
engineering, teaching, spiritual psychology, and wellness,
offering a pragmatic yet creative coaching foundation. To
learn more about Steve, visit his website at www.livingmastery.com.
About the satisfaction
guarantee
If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with this package,
simply email us with a request to refund/credit your credit
card in the full amount and we will do so immediately. It's
our policy to do this and we honor this in every single case.
This policy completely removes the buying risk for you and
keeps our customer-satisfaction rates extremely high.
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