FACILITATION MASTERY

Advance your facilitation practice and enhance your Design Thinking toolkit.  With personal coaching and peer feedback throughout, you’ll learn how to:

1. Get the most out of participants’ contributions by understanding dynamics and steering interactions
2. Apply advanced methods and techniques to your own context and personal projects
3. Constructively assess your personal facilitation technique and identify concrete steps to accelerate development and mastery
4. Create specialist, tailor-made tools for advanced sessions

• Day 1: THEORY AND REFLECTION

  Day one starts with exercises that help you reveal insights about yourself, your participants and your teams.  You’ll reflect on a combination of your own style and the styles of others. You’ll discover how to enhance team members’ core qualities and respond to their learning style preferences.  You’ll also learn how to understand and guide the team formation process.  The theory will be brought to life through direct application to your ‘live’ personal project and the coaches will help you troubleshoot some of the challenges you face as a Design Thinking facilitator.

• Day 2: PRACTICE AND DEVELOPMENT

  Day two provides an opportunity for you to facilitate a session of your own.  This is filmed, providing you with the opportunity to self-assess in tandem with valuable peer feedback. You’ll learn how to create specialist, tailor-made tools and will also pick up tips and tricks from your peers’ sessions.  Our expert coaches guide you through a self-development exercise and personal planning session so you leave the course with a concrete, actionable roadmap.

Q. What is the difference between our Design Thinking Facilitation and Facilitation Mastery courses?

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Design Thinking Facilitation is suitable for people who have experience in applying Design Thinking to their innovation projects and are familiar with using the main Design Thinking tools. It has been developed for professionals who are beginning to facilitate Design Thinking workshops or lead group sessions.

Facilitation Mastery has been developed for Design Thinking practitioners who are already experienced at running workshops and want to hone their facilitation techniques to a more advanced level. You will learn more about group dynamics, learning styles, advanced Design Thinking tools and have the opportunity to create your own tools. You will also receive more personal support on this course.

Q. What safety precautions will be taken in regards to Covid-19?

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In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have made a number of changes to how our in-person courses will be run. This means smaller groups taking part from our own studio in South London in a controlled environment. Our studio space in an ex-factory with high ceilings and good natural light. It can be accessed via the District Line, which runs above ground in this part of London, and is located in a quiet area where streets and public transport are very rarely crowded.

Click on this link to find out more about our covid health and safety measures.

 

Q. I would like to speak to someone for more information. How can I contact you?

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If you have a question that isn’t answered here, please do get in touch. You can email bookings@designthinkersacademy.co.uk for more information, or call Shanna on +44 (0)20 8432 3222 for an informal chat.

Q. English isn’t my first language. Does that matter?

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People from all over the world attend our courses, and this cultural mix is one of the real strengths of our offer. It is important to have good basic spoken English to get the most out of the courses.

Q. Are meals provided?

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We provide lunch every day, plus a variety of snacks to keep you going. Let us know if you’re vegetarian or on a special diet.

Q. Is it a residential course?

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No. If you’re from out of town, you’ll need to book your own accommodation. But we can suggest nearby hotels if you need us to.

Q. Do you offer concession prices for your sessions?

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We do not offer concessions and a sliding scale of discounts on this course. If you’re booking a lot of spaces, you may want to talk to us about tailoring a course especially for your business. Call us on +44 7711 068 553 or email:

shanna@designthinkersacademy.co.uk

to find out how we can help you.