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Grow your facilitation skills course

Are you new to leading meetings? Do you want to become a better facilitator and meeting participant? If yes, our four-part series on growing your facilitation skills is for you!

Offered online, each 90-minute session builds on the previous session's content and will engage you with tools and perspectives for facilitating both in-person and online meetings. 

Sessions

  • Session 1: Designing good meetings
  • Session 2: Facilitation mindset and skillset
  • Session 3: Tools to facilitate engagement
  • Session 4: Handling facilitation challenges

Upcoming courses

Course number: EXT LCE.0010

Cost

The course is offered using a pay-what-you-can pricing model. Choose the rate (tuition profile) that works best for you and/or your organization:

  • $120 — I have a professional development budget, and want to use those funds to learn via this course.
  • $60 — I do not have a professional development budget, and want to invest personal funds to grow my facilitation skills.
  • $20 — I want to learn more about facilitation and appreciate that this nominal fee is an option.

Certification

To receive a certificate of completion, you must attend all four sessions and complete a Personal Action Plan.

Course contacts/instructor

Questions? Contact Lisa Hinz at [email protected].

Extension Educators Lisa Hinz, Jody Horntvedt and Leslie Mulder are the course instructors.

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