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Trainer: Gary Rush, CPF


The FoCuSeD™ Facilitator Academy


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Gary Rush’s 5-day highly interactive class teaches the “how to” with an understanding of the "why" to perform as an effective Facilitator. It is the most complete, most comprehensive, and most effective facilitation class available, providing detailed training on the concepts of Holistic Facilitation. It helps build your skills and confidence. It develops Collaborative Leaders.

 

Until FoCuSeD™, facilitation techniques have been either about structure or group dynamics (see It's time to get FoCuSeD™ ).

 

FoCuSeD™seamlessly integrates the process of building products along with the process of group dynamics. FoCuSeD™ is an approach to information gathering where group workshops replace individual interviews. FoCuSeD™ fully integrates methodologies with communication and group dynamics to derive consensus-based information.

 

Gary believes that the process to build agendas and deal with people is the same whether you are dealing with business, technical, or any type of subject. He believes that theory is needed and teaches it to provide a background. He teaches specific "how to"; he provides detailed facilitation and process tools and, as an IAF CPF Assessor, he covers the IAF Core Facilitator Competencies (see Becoming an IAF CPF) and what students need to do to achieve them. To be a successful Facilitator you learn by doing. In his class students practice 40% of the class time and receive comprehensive assessments along with recorded sessions.

 

PMI-R.E.P. - This class confers 40 Professional Development Units (PDUs) upon completion to those attendees who are certified Project Management Professionals (PMPs). IIBA-E.E.P. – This class confers 40 Continuing Development Units (CDUs) to those attendees who are members of IIBA pursuing their Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) certification. We comply with the BA Body of Knowledge version 2.0.

 

"I attend many conferences and working sessions & this has - without question - the best use of my time in 3-4 years!  Thank you."

Diana, Executive Director & Facilitator  (FoCuSeD™ Facilitator Academy alumni)

 

The FoCuSeD™ Facilitator Guide

 

 

The FoCuSeD™ Facilitator Guide by Gary Rush, CPF - a radical departure from previous work. A comprehensive reference manual in which Gary shares his step-by-step process so that students can replicate his practices. It consists of 5 Books containing 24 Chapters covering:

 

  • The Essence of Facilitation
  • Facilitating People
  • Managing Process
  • Managing Projects
  • Reference

 

Some Key Features are:

 

  • 34 Facilitator tools.
  • 31 Processes fully described using an Annotated Agenda format.
  • Our unique FoCuSeD™ Holistic Parallel Process Development - this critical process enables the Facilitator to seamlessly integrate the workshop process to build a product parallel to the emotional group cycle.
  • There is extensive use of color graphics.

 

 

 

Availability & Registering

 

This class is available publicly in Chicago and on-site anywhere in the world. Please see our Public Class Info page for our current class dates and additional information. If you have a number of people who wish to attend and are looking for more companies in your area, please contact us and we will help pull together a consortium of companies for you.

 

Please contact Gary for additional information, pricing, and scheduling. There is a discount for 2 or more people from the same organization attending the same Public Class date.

 

 

 

Class Abstract

Duration

Five (5) Days

Abstract

This highly interactive class is the most complete, most comprehensive, and most effective facilitation class available, providing detailed training on the concepts of Holistic Facilitation and the “how to” with an understanding of the "why" to perform as an effective FoCuSeD™Facilitator.

 

  • What is Facilitation? What’s the history? When is it used?
  • What do Facilitators do?
  • How do you deal with Participants – the good, the bad, and the ugly?
  • Where do diversity and thinking/learning styles fit?
  • How do you design a Holistic Process for workshops?
  • How do you build an effective Annotated Agenda?
  • How do you fit facilitated workshops into projects?

Objectives

The FoCuSeD™ Facilitator Academy is designed so that the students will be able to:

 

  • Perform as effective FoCuSeD™ Facilitators upon completion.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of FoCuSeD™, its components and processes.
  • Know "how to" incorporate their new Facilitator skills and tools.
  • Facilitate a variety of workshops.
  • Demonstrate a basic level of proficiency in general facilitation skills.
  • Use effective FoCuSeD™ facilitative skills in business and in life.
  • Understand the IAF Core Facilitator Competencies and what they need to do to achieve them. (See Becoming an IAF CPF.)

Materials

Each student receives:

 

  • The FoCuSeD™Facilitator Guide by Gary Rush, CPF
  • Class handouts with agenda and exercises.
  • A recording of two workshops facilitated by the student.
  • Confidential assessment and a certificate of completion.

 

Class Agenda

 

Day 1

  • Introductions
  • Let’s get FoCuSeD™
  • Class Exercise
  • Facilitating People - Basic Facilitation Skills
  • Class Exercise
  • Facilitating People - Building Teams
  • Assignment for Day 2

 

Day 2

  • Review – Class Exercise
  • Facilitating People - Exploring Diversity
  • Class Exercise
  • Managing People and Conflict
  • Facilitator Tools
  • Class Exercise
  • Assignment for Day 3

 

Day 3

  • Review
  • Managing Process – Holistic Process Design
  • Class Exercise
  • Managing Process - Planning & Analysis
  • Class Exercise
  • Assignment for Day 4

 

Day 4

  • Review
  • Class Exercise
  • Managing Process - Design & Problem-Solving
  • Managing Projects

 

Day 5

  • Student Workshops
  • Review and Graduation of effective FoCuSeD™ Facilitators

 

 

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