What if your next public engagement could be the turning point for your entire community? Learn how to facilitate with confidence, in IAP2's Facilitating Groups course. The aim of Facilitating Groups is to explore the framework and develop skills and confidence in facilitating Public Participation or engagement methods. The focus will be about enhancing practitioners’ ability to respond appropriately, generating confidence in and support for your facilitation approach.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Examine the framework and purpose of facilitation in an engagement context

• Build a repertoire of tools and processes

• Practice some core skills

• Troubleshoot specific challenges

• Explore the changes needed for facilitation of digital engagement processes

This course consists of 2-4 hour virtual live sessions. Sessions will be held on October 8th and 9th from 1:00-5:00 ET / 12:00-4:00 CT / 11:00-3:00 MT / 10:00-2:00 PT.

Prerequisite Course Required: Participants must take Fundamentals of Public Participation prior to attending this course.