Learn more about our Fabulous Facilitator Program: where you can become a world-class facilitator and gain a nationally recognised qualification at the same time! 

 

 

According to 'the art of Facilitation' a book by Dale Hunter, Anne Bailey and Bill Taylor (1994, Tandem Press) it is about process - how you do something - rather than the content - what you do.  A facilitator is a process guide; someone who makes a process easier or more convenient.  Facilitation is about movement - moving something from A to B.  The facilitator guides the group towards a destination.  Facilitation makes it easier to get to an agreed destination.

 

 

A facilitator, says Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, is someone who skillfully helps a group achieve its objectives without personally taking any side of the argument. The facilitator will try to assist the group in achieving a consensus on any disagreements that pre-exist or emerge in the meeting so that it has a strong basis for future action.

  

The basic skills of a facilitator are about following good meeting practices: timekeeping, sticking to an agreed-upon agenda, and keeping a clear record. The higher-order skills involve watching the group, its individuals, and their process, and knowing the art of intervening in a way that adds to the group's creativity rather than taking away from it.

 

A successful facilitator embodies respect for others and a watchful awareness of the many layers of reality in a human group.

 

The team at Lifelong Learning are skilled facilitators and have been involved in many and varied process facilitation events such as:

 

 

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