Resources for Facilitators
The web is a treasure-chest of great resources for facilitators.
For those that also incorporate coaching, you may wish to visit our Group Coaching Ins and Outs blog where Jennifer has blogged extensively on group coaching issues since 2005. You will notice the relationship between these two disciplines as you read the posts. Click on over to the blog here.
Jennifer also posts Effective Virtual Conversation Tips at the Teams365 blog weekly, and the Virtual Conversation Sparker blog regularly.
Some online resources we gain inspiration include:
TrainingWarehouse - for materials
International Association of Facilitators
CoachingToys.com - for materials
For those that also incorporate coaching, you may wish to visit our Group Coaching Ins and Outs blog where Jennifer has blogged extensively on group coaching issues since 2005. You will notice the relationship between these two disciplines as you read the posts. Click on over to the blog here.
Jennifer also posts Effective Virtual Conversation Tips at the Teams365 blog weekly, and the Virtual Conversation Sparker blog regularly.
Some online resources we gain inspiration include:
TrainingWarehouse - for materials
International Association of Facilitators
CoachingToys.com - for materials
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Our Complimentary Resources
Videos - Check out the Effective Virtual Conversations Playlist over at our founder, Jennifer Britton's YouTube Channel. You will find it here. Audios: You can listen to past Effective Group Coaching calls, on topics related to group coaching design and implementation here. Calls range from 30-45 minutes. Articles: Make Better Decisions as a Team: Building Your Business Daily: Investment Executive, September 14, 2010. Improve Your Team Communication: Building Your Business Daily: Investment Executive, September 13, 2010. Get Creative with Your Staff Events: Building Your Business Daily: Investment Executive, August 31, 2010 Group Coaching Guest Expert on the July 8, 2010 edition of the New York City ICF Chapter's Coach Chat Jennifer's Co-Facilitation Article published in the CSTD Newsletter (March 2010) Golden Nuggets for Your Workshop Success: The Inquiry Newsletter, June 2006 Workers in Need of a Vacation, Metro News, June 14 2006: http://www.metronews.ca/column_the_graduate.asp?id=16788 Published Articles/Publications Mentor Coaching: Developing Your Muscle and Refining Your Craft, Choice Magazine, Fall 2012 (Volume 10, Issue 3), pp. 31-32. Download a copy of the article here. Groups That Thrive! Choice Magazine, Spring 2011 (Volume 9, Issue 1). Download Jennifer's feature article here. Co-Facilitation Article - CSTD Newsletter, March 2010 Co Author of "Starting Your Own Business: A Guide for Women in York Region" (YSSTAB, 2006). Succession Planning - A Business Coach Perspective, YSSTAB Webinar Series for SMEs, June 2008. Contributor to the Essential Guide to Training Global Audiences, Renie McKlay and LuAnn Irwin, Pfeiffer: August 2008, ISBN 978-0787996611. Jennifer contributed information towards leading effective training in the Caribbean, Guyana, and Germany. Online Articles: Corporate Retreats: Six Essential Design Principles Team Building Tips: Take Your Team from Great to Extraordinary Interviewing Tips for Employers: Getting The Right People on the Bus Five Principles for Virtual Facilitation Mentoring Relationships that Work: 6 Key Ingredients Downloadable Articles: Team Issues: Team Building Tips - Take Your Team from Great to Extraordinary Virtual Teams - Creating the Foundation for Success Please visit our Teams365 blog here at the website which will provide team leaders and teams with daily questions and ideas throughout 2014. 
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Resources for Sale
Group Program Toolkit
Looking to create, market and launch your own group program in the near future? Whether you are an independent trainer, coach or business owner, this e-book will provide you with 33 time-saving, valuable tools and templates. Rather than reinventing the wheel, benefit from Jennifer's experience in creating, marketing and running very successful teleseminars, retreats and group coaching programs. Jennifer is also the author of Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2010) and has led dozens of train the trainer programs for trainers, coaches and other facilitators. The Group Program Toolkit provides you with some key tools and templates to support you in creating and launching your own group programs (workshops, retreats, webinars, teleclasses or group coaching). The resource is divided into five sections: Section 1 – Program Development Section 2 – Systems for Your Group Programs Section 3 – Program Resources Section 4 – Marketing Your Group Program Section 5 – Recommended Resources for Follow up You can download the Table of Contents and Welcome here. Purchase price: $39 US (updated 2012 version) The resource is delivered as 6 PDF files, and 5 Word files (so you can adapt the materials for your own programs). It is sent directly from Jennifer to you, usually in the same, or next, business day. In addition to the 50 plus pages of content, you will be able to access more than 6 hours of audio content about facilitating group programs (workshops, retreats, group coaching, teleclasses, webinars). Order your own copy of this digital resource at the Potentials Realized digital store. 
Engaging Exercises for Teams and Groups (E-Manual:2005)
Are you a coach, trainer or leader looking for some fun, impactful exercises to use in your next training program, meeting or coaching session? The Engaging Exercises manual includes over 25 exercises to use as a warm up, closure or energizer throughout a team or group process. Download the Table of Contents here. The manual is delivered as 6 PDF Files so you can conveniently file this away electronically. Originally published by Effective Group Coaching author and coach Jennifer Britton in 2005, it includes many of Jennifer's favorite tried and tested exercises. Sections include: Introduction - Why Exercises are Important, Boosting Learning Rates, Group Formation Icebreakers - Exercises to Get Groups Moving and Knowing Each Other Energizers and Exercises Which Can Be Used at Any Time Activities For Closure Resources - 19 pages of checklists, templates and resource lists to support you in your group and team programming The cost for the 75 manual (E-Copy) is $35 US. We try to send it out to you in one business day. Order a copy of the e-manual today at our Potentials Realized Digital Store. |
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Looking for something different to bring into your next facilitated session? Have you ever considered using photographs? In 2014 we launched the Conversation Sparker Deck, a series of 50 photos and 20 questions you can use in workshops, retreats, webinars, keynotes. Cost: $69 US plus shipping. Click here to learn more and order.
Already using a photo deck? In November 2015 we launched the 40 Ways To Use Visual Cards E-book, which includes facilitation instructions to more than 40 different ways to use photo cards. From strategic planning, to creating a vision, to exploring differences, and roles, photos "speak a thousand words". Click here to learn more about the 40 Ways to Use Visuals in Your Work E-book, and order a copy. Cost: $40 US |
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