Virtual Facilitation Skills / Virtueel Faciliteren & Trainen

Virtual Facilitation Skills, for facilitators, coaches and trainers

Are you:

• Getting more and more requests from clients to deliver coaching or training virtually?

• Finding yourself doing more and more facilitation and meetings virtually?

• Are you interested in new learning methodology and keen to apply this in your practice?

Why develop Virtual Facilitation Skills

Globalization and technological advancement are rapidly changing the way people work. Working virtually in remote teams is becoming the rule instead of the exception. This new way of working requires a new way of training and coaching. Online facilitation allows you as a facilitator, trainer or consultant to reach all potential clients, regardless of their location. Since 2009, Nomadic IBP has gained considerable experience in the field of online facilitation, and has now created a Virtual Facilitation Skills programme for professionals like you.

Outcomes

Our programme aims at preparing you to design and deliver online training and facilitation in an interactive way. This means you will learn how to design online training sessions, team meetings, group coaching and webinars that are just as interesting and engaging as those that you deliver in a face to face setting. Our vision is that virtual coaching and training can be meaningful, inspiring, impactful and fun. If you deliver one on one executive coaching virtually, you will also benefit from our programme.

Upon completion of this Virtual Facilitation Skills programme, you will be able to:

• Successfully facilitate online sessions in an interactive, spontaneous way

• Design interactive online sessions

• Comfortably handle online training technology

• Influence virtual group dynamics in a constructive way

• Apply the tricks of the trade.

An interactive approach

The programme is completely virtual. All content of the programme is delivered in a highly interactive fashion. This means that you will practise extensively. At least half of each session is used to gain hands-on experience and you will receive ample feedback from your peers and the trainers. In addition to skills practice, the group itself serves as a learning group to experience in the here and now how trust is built virtually. We will reflect on group dynamics and team development as we move through the 7 sessions over the course of 2 months. The final assignment consists of facilitating and recording two sessions with a real audience. To ensure that each session will be interactive and engaging, the number of participants in each group will be limited to 8.

Credits

Upon successful completion including the pilot and audience session, you will receive the Certificate from Nomadic IBP. We are in the process of applying for ICF accreditation.

Topics

• Differences between face to face and virtual learning

• Designing for interactive online learning

• Facilitation in an interactive way

• Listening as the key communication channel in virtual space

• Finding your authentic virtual facilitation style

• Group dynamics in virtual space

• Building virtual relationships and trust, without face to face contact.

Technical requirements

• Building virtual relationships and trust, without face to face contact.

• Possibility to use Webex training center (Some corporations with a high security level have firewalls that block Webex)

• A USB headset

• A quiet place to work (no background noises).