Facilitating Engaging Meetings
Course Details
2-day online course on Zoom:​
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Day 1: May 6th 9:00-11:00am PDT
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Day 2: May 8th 9:00-12:00pm PDT​
Course Aims
In my course participants will:
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Learn the skills, strategies, and tools needed to have engaging meetings.
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Lead conversations that will help groups develop a shared understanding and appreciation for diverse perspectives and options.
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Learn facilitation skills that will empower participants to feel engaged and heard.
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Learn to use an evidence-based method created by the Technology of Participation (ToP) in the context of disability inclusivity.
How can you use this information?
This knowledge can transform the way you facilitate your meetings and lead community trainings. Whether you're facilitating a workgroup, teaching a class, or organizing an event, you’ll know how to include everyone from the start.
The information provided in this course came from my experience working at the UCLA Tarjan Center for thirty years. As the Director of Operations, I attended numerous meetings and participated in projects where individuals and their family members could not engage in the conversations or feel included. As a consultant, and trainer, I decided a course was needed to teach professionals on how to facilitate engaging, and accessible meetings for all learning styles. After my first Technology of Participation (ToP) course, it clicked that I could use the focused conversation method to train professionals to offer meetings that would allow all participants to engage authentically.