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Virtual Facilitation Skills Intensive: Online Program Delivery

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TeamLooking to boost your skills and confidence in leading webinars? Virtual Meetings? Conference Calls? Virtual Group and Team Coaching?

Considering that your work as a facilitator will be more geared to the virtual domain anyways? Join Effective Virtual Conversations author Jennifer Britton, for one of our two programs specifically geared for those leading virtual events - webinars, virtual team development, coaching virtually.

Target Audience - Leaders, Coaches, trainers and other facilitators who may find themselves leading and facilitating virtual programs by zoom, Teams, WebEx, conference call or webinar and other Real-time Virtual Collaboration Tools.

If you are a leader at an organization and want customized or off-the-shelf training delivered, click here.

We offer two programs:

The five week introductory (or get started) course called Virtual Facilitation Essentials . This program provides the foundations of virtual facilitation and is now approved for 8.5 hours of CCEs with the ICF.

Some coaches opt to follow this on immediately to complete the Virtual Facilitation Skills Intensive - a 15 hour train-the-trainer program- usually delivered over 11 weeks for those wanting to facilitate virtually - phone, webinar or other streaming platforms. Click here to view a short video about the program with facilitator Jennifer Britton.

The Facilitation Skills Intensive is delivered online several times a year and is also delivered in house to organizations. The Virtual Intensive is geared for those who will be leading and/or designing teleclasses, teleseminars and webinars, or needing to convert their programming to online delivery and need to figure it out fast!

Programs are offered monthly in a five week or one day format.

Specialized programs for organization and/or groups of individuals (minimum 6) is also possible.

Please explore this link for most up to date class times.

Cost: $475 US



Click here for a description of the 5 week Virtual Facilitation Essentials program and register.



Follow up any of the one day programs with a deeper dive into the art of virtual facilitation.

Virtual Facilitation Skills Intensive - 15 hours
This consists of participation in the Virtual Facilitation Essentials plus a six week additional practicum.
You can add this on to any program.
Alumni of the Essentials will shape out course offerings. It's an additional 6 weeks of 75 minute calls (also delivered as 2x 4 hour virtual deliveries.
This program is for those that want PRACTICE and FEEDBACK on their skills.



Target Audience - Leaders, Coaches, trainers and other facilitators who may find themselves leading and facilitating virtual programs by telephone bridgeline, webinar and other Real-time Virtual Collaboration Tools.

 Please note that this is not an e-learning course. The focus is on designing powerful virtual programs and leading conversations in the virtual domain. The same topics of the in-person two day Facilitation Skills Intensive are adapted for the Virtual Intensive.

Each week we hold the call on a different platform so you get experience in participating in, and leading in, different virtual contexts. Platforms may include Skype, WebEx, JoinMe, Zoom, Blab and others of interest as identified by group members.

What’s included in your registration:

  • The Virtual Facilitation Skills Intensive Binder (more than 75 pages of content)
  • 15 hours of instruction online
  • Practice and feedback opportunities on your skills (during week 6 - 11)
  • Pre-call with course leader Jennifer Britton to discuss your learning needs
  • Post call with group

Cost: - 15 hour Intensive program is  $950 US - payable in one, two or three installments. THis includes the Virtual Facilitation Essentials program PLUS the PRACTICUM to make up a total length of
*Canadian residents please contact us for a special CDN dollar link($995 CDN plus HST)


What you will need to participate:
A computer with high speed internet connection
​We use Zoom as our primary platform

If you prefer in-person training, please consider joining us for an upcoming Facilitation Skills Intensive in the Toronto area.

We can also bring this program into your organization for groups of 6-10 or more.

Contact Jennifer directly to reserve YOUR Spot in either program at (416)996-8326 or by email.

Click here to view a 6 minute video about the program on YouTube.

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Program Overview -

Virtual Facilitation Essentials + The Practicum = Virtual Facilitation Intensive Train the Trainer program


The Virtual  Facilitation Skills Intensive train-the-trainer program delivered over :
  • 11 weeks of 75 minute calls  (5 weeks for the Virtual Facilitation Essentials (5 weeks or 1 day) followed by the Virtual Facilitation Practicum (6 week or 2 x 4 hour days)
In between weekly sessions there are short assignments which get you to put your ideas into action. Every program gets you "rolling up your sleeves" right from the first class!
Download a course overview of the 11 week program here.




 2018 Virtual Facilitation Skills Intensive Overview
The Fifteen Hours are broken into these main components:
Session 1 - Three Hours

Foundations of Facilitation and Virtual Facilitation Skills
Welcome and Agreements
The Foundations of Powerful Learning Processes - Learning Styles, Adult Learning and Experiential Learning
Core Virtual Facilitation Skills - part 1
Adaptations for the Virtual Environment

Session 2 - Three hours
Skills, Approaches and Techniques of Masterful Virtual Facilitators
Various Types of Virtual Facilitation and What's needed
Practicum 1 and 2
Design of Virtual Programs - ADDIE vs. SAM,  Best Practices

Session 3 - Three hours
Implementation Issues
Systems for Virtual Facilitation
Engagement approaches in the virtual domain
Logistics
Practicum 3 and 4

Session 4 - Three Hours
Tools and Resources for Facilitation (Openers, Closers, Energizers)
Practicum 5 and 6
Building Your Toolbox - more than a dozen facilitation tools

Session 5 - Three Hours
Creating an exceptional virtual learning experiene
Difficult Participants
Tricky Issues
Practicum 7 and 8


** When the program is delivered over 1.5 hour blocks (10 weeks) the Practicums are spaced over sessions

Contact Jennifer Britton directly with Questions, or to register offline - (416)996-8326.


Registration:

Use the link below to register and reserve your spot in the Virtual Facilitation Intensive for $950 US. You have the option to pay in one, two or three installments.

If you choose to pay in two installments, you will be billed for the first installment (50%) now, and the second installment (50%) will be billed to you at the mid-point of the program, or one week before the start of the two day program.

If you register and want to pay in 3 installments over a 10 week session you will be billed for installment 2 at week 4, and installment 3 at week 8. In a five session program you will be billed for installment 2 after week 2 and after week 4.


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Here's what past participants have said about the program:

"You really over-delivered on this! I can't believe how valuable it was"

Latifu Munirah described it as an opportunity to "
...learn about and develop skills for virtual group facilitation in a supportively energized environment with encouragement, with feedback, to share your challenges, learn best practices, and explore unlimited possibilities for growth. "

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(416)996-8326

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EffectiveVirtualConversations: For more engaging Virtual Events
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GroupCoachingEssentials.com : Group and Team Coaching Issues
From12Many.com: Jennifer's Books
CoachingTeamLeaders.com - Coaching and Training for New, Emerging and Experienced Team Leaders

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Resources to support you in your work:

Conversation Sparker Cards
Everything DiSC profiles
Training in the area of Group Coaching
Training in the area of Team Coaching

Jennifer's Books: Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2009) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (Jossey-Bass, 2014)
Effective Virtual Conversations (2017)
Reconnecting Workspaces: Pathways to Thrive in the Virtual, Remote and Hybrid World (2021)
90-Day Guide for Success (A guide for onboarding and reboarding in today's evolving workspace) (2021)

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