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Workshop Faciliation Masterclass
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Ask a consultant - internal or external - to nominate their worst professional moment, and it’s likely to be in a workshop that went wrong. But a well-run workshop, that brings together stakeholders to produce an agreed outcome in a restricted timeframe, can be one of the most effective techniques available to the analyst or project manager. Workshops have a well established place in planning, requirements gathering, design, problem solving and review. When they work, they can drive an initiative forward quickly and with strong buy in. When they don’t, they can damage the credibility of projects and facilitators (or the managers who engage them), while visibly wasting the time of the attendees. It all looks so easy… In fact, a few key principles and techniques can greatly improve the chances of workshop success. This masterclass draws on the presenter’s extensive experience in organising and running workshops to give you the skills you need to approach facilitated workshops with confidence - whether you are running them yourself or engaging a third party. This interactive masterclass covers the key challenges in designing and running facilitated workshops, including:
Meet your Masterclass leader:
Graeme Simsion Graeme Simsion has over twenty five years experience as a consultant and CEO of a successful consultancy. After working as an internal consultant, managing a technical team, he founded Simsion Bowles and Associates in 1982. He built the consultancy to some seventy staff in three capital cities, selling to a US company in 1999, and then working as a business unit manager within that company for a further two years. Throughout his career, Graeme has continued to consult and to deliver education in Australia, North America and Europe. His facilitation experience ranges from technical design workshops to business strategy retreats involving senior executive teams and forums such as the Australia 2020 Summit in 2008. He was the regular facilitator for state government department heads planning retreats and led the Public Sector Leaders Summits (involving senior executives from Australia and NZ) for two years.
Supported by:
For exhibition and sponsorship opportunities please contact Michael Moorcraft at mmoorcraft@arkgroupasia.com or call 1300 550 662 |
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