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This program is the answer to your organization's need for effective internal employee development, enabling your own leaders and facilitators to design and deliver powerful workshop facilitation training and development programs every step of the way. It is inspired directly from our clients and years of experiences facilitating workshops, designing programs and helping teams to be the best they can be.

The eight-day Qualification Series includes 64 total hours of application and practice. Presented by Priority Learning's consultants and facilitators, the Series provides a state-of-the-art foundation for both recognized and new practitioners of workshop facilitation and training.

The Art Of Workshop Facilitation
The finest material and ideas can be lost through ineffective training and facilitation. There really is an "art" to facilitating effective learning transfer from the classroom to implementing key practices on the job. The success of our participants depends upon this art, and involves much more than receiving good material or a strong knowledge base. Valuable facilitation and training requires a grasp of human dynamics, audience participation, time management, good design, quality delivery and follow-through.

It is essential to know how hard to push and when to bend to a point, when to lead and when to follow, plus crafting learning points to audiences' needs.

A New Approach To Workshop Facilitation
We take a different approach to preparing facilitators and trainers. Your organizational leaders are prepared through learning incrementally with other professionals, while practicing, trying out new ideas and gaining confidence.

What we will ask of Series Participants:

• understand the way people learn
• get organized
• build a great package of materials
• manage biases, assumptions and judgments, political points of view and all the other triggers that detract an audience
• stay on time
• practice, practice, practice

The Qualification Series provides the practicum for each attendee to build his or her own model to utilize back on the job. Each of the eight days will provide participants with the knowledge and practice to become strong and effective designers and facilitators with appropriately paced material. This is not something that can be accomplished in a two-day or even four-day workshop. This is the chance for those who are serious about learning the latest best practices to join us at our favorite craft.

Our attendees consistently let us know that one of the most valuable characteristics of our workshops is the chance to interact with people in similar positions from different industries. Here's another opportunity to join a diverse group from local companies to learn and apply the very best practices in facilitation and training.

*This program may be qualified as a certification within your employee educational benefits as a way to help them grow professionally and personally.

**Every session will include plenty of in-class presentation practice and creation of action plans for between sessions.

"I would highly recommend the Facilitators Series Workshop to anyone with a desire to improve their personal skill set and comfort level in group facilitation and public speaking. Ralph and his Team have put together a comprehensive program that includes all the bells and whistles one needs to become a masterful facilitator. The benefit of attending a "series" like this versus jam packed and compressed one, two, or three day workshop are numerous. It allows the participants to build new relationships with other professionals, many opportunities to truly "play" with the new tools they are learning about, and a layered way of learning that is fun, interactive, and sticks. At JMG we think we are pretty well versed at how to best optimize learning experiences for our students and I can tell you firsthand THIS IS IT!"

"The icing on the cake are the folks at Priority Learning. They say it often with words but it is clearly demonstrated in their actions that they are sincerely invested in the success of all of their participants! THANKS AGAIN FOR AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE!"

Testimonial by Katy Foley of JMG South Region Manager

"The class provided great tools to help not only present to an audience but to interact and become part of the audience as well. I found the increased level of comfort speaking to a group brought about by regular and varied presentations extremely helpful. Another great asset I took away was the ability to develop a multi-step program to educate based on the various tools provided, i.e. Three Types of Learning Styles, Outlining & Sequencing Content, ROPES Method, etc. All three tools have already been used in successful presentations to customers and work colleagues. These are valuable tools I will keep on hand in the work book and continually refer to. All in all a great class that was fun and comfortable to attend. I believe the comfort factor made the pickup of information and overall take away key to a successful and ultimately profitable learning experience. I look forward to the next one."
Testimonial By Pete Sullivan of Southworth International

"It hit me as we went through out presentations how much we've learned in the eight-class series. I can't thank you enough for the opportunity. Between all the material, practice, and feedback, I'm so much better prepared to do my job. Even though I went into the class kicking and screaming, I'm beyond grateful to have completed it under the guidance of you both as facilitating gurus. You make such a difference to me and Jotul. Many, many, thanks..."
Testimonial By Krista Irmischer of Jotul North America

"I had the opportunity to explore transferring knowledge through facilitation in ways I never would have tried. Reading and doing are two very different things. Now I walk away with experience and more confidence. A very challenging course, but soooo worth it!"
Testimonial by Betsy St.Pierre of Town & Country FCU

"I want you to know thatI truly did develop a number of skills that I use in everyday life, as well as a new and liberating form of self confidence, both from my time with Priority Learning and especially with the Facilitator Series."
Testimonial By Kandy Moreau of TruChoice FCU

"As a long time client of Priority Learning's Leadership trainings, I naturally had high expectations for the Facilitator Series. As usual, I wasn't disappointed. The content alone is enough to allow you to "step up your game" as far as facilitation goes, but the interaction of the other attendees, the encouragement, and the hands on practice has allowed me to really get a comfort level when it comes to presenting to groups and facilitating a successful session. I believe that anyone participating in the course, rookies and seasoned facilitators alike, would gain valuable information amidst a judgment free audience that can make any facilitation fun and successful."
Alison Spaulding, Market Analyst, Southworth International Inc.

"The Facilitators Series at Priority Learning, has been a great learning experience for me personally. Through each class I have not only been challenged by the content but also by the other participants. During each session, we have learned new techniques for the teaching, training or facilitation crafts and then had an opportunity to apply them with the group. As with all other Priority Learning classes the learning also happens from hearing the successes and challenges that the other students have faced, both in the classroom and in their work settings. The lessons that I am learning through this series are changing, for the better, how I approach everything from day to day meetings to our longer term continuous improvement initiatives."
Scott Clinch, Manufacturing Manager, Jotul North America

"The Facilitators Series is a very effective program which delivers the theoretical knowledge and the hands-on experience for successful group facilitation. This program should be a requirement for anyone in a position of leadership, training, or any position where strong effective communication is a must."
Rob Lombard, VP Human Resources, Southworth International Inc.

"The Facilitators Series at Priority Learning provides discussion and training on the core skills and process required to successfully transfer learning to an audience. By continually practicing these skills in a live setting and receiving critical, honest feedback provided by the organizers and other participants, this course has enabled me to better document and plan my training sessions as well as substantially improve my overall delivery abilities. This course is highly recommended and is ideal for those new at the craft, trainers with varying levels of experience or any individual with leadership desires."
Jay Hallam, VP of Training, Kennebunk Savings Bank