Sacramento Professional Facilitators
(530) 677-1468

Group Facilitation Methods

Learning You Can Use Immediately
Learn three proven ways to activate group participation. Hands-on practice helps you discover practical uses in your life and work.

• Old Sacramento, CA
• February 20-21, 2008
• May 21-22, 2008
• September 10-11, 2008
• November 19-20, 2008

The Focused Conversation Method

• This common sense approach leads naturally to a meaningful exchange of ideas
• • Conduct purposeful discussion
• • Capture a groupÕs best thinking easily
• • Surface new ideas and solutions
• • Stimulate candid feedback

The Consensus Workshop Method

• This Structure process is so engaging people are energized getting to consensus.
• • Tap rational and intuitive thought processes
• • Integrate diverse ideas
• • Generate practical and creative solutions
• • Develop group consensus

The Action Planning Method

• These practical steps help groups plan, organize recourses and build commitment.
• • Visualize a successful result
• • Analyze the current reality
• • Create a practical plan
• • Maximize group involvement

Who Should Take this Course?

• • Managers and supervisors
• • Executive directors and board members
• • Facilitators, trainers and consultants
• • Educators and health practitioner
• • Active citizens and community workers

Benefits

• • Unproductive conflict disappears
• • Groups create their own motivation
• • Personal commitment becomes a norm
• • Visible results appear more quickly
• • Increased productivity save time, money

Prerequisite:
Group Facilitation Methods is the prerequisite for many other courses.

• Cost: $645

For registration and further information, please contact Marlene Lockwood, registrar at Sacramento Professional Facilitators:

• 1129 Firehouse Alley, Old Sacramento, CA 95814
• (530) 677-1468, phone/fax
• www.topspf.org
• registrar@topspf.org