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Building Your Virtual Facilitation Skills

October 1, 2021

Extension Educators from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Virginia are collaborating to offer the Building Your Virtual Facilitation Skills (BYVFS) training series, and also the BYVFS Train-the-Trainer series. 

Building Your Virtual Facilitation Skills (BYVFS)

This course will help you become a better facilitator in a rapidly evolving virtual world. The global pandemic impacted our daily routines in many ways, including the transition of in-person meetings to virtual platforms. 

  • Do you find yourself leading more virtual groups? 
  • Would you like to improve engagement? 
  • Better manage the group’s process and challenges? 
  • Have more confidence with the multiple aspects of virtual technology? 
  • Adapt proven techniques and tools for a virtual environment? 

Join us as we explore the emerging best practices of virtual facilitation skills. This course builds on the well-known Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills Level One training. We will build confidence and practice skills in a safe, supportive environment.

This course consists of two parts. Each week there will be videos, resource materials and discussion threads for you to engage with prior to our live weekly sessions. These materials will prepare you for the live, weekly gatherings where we will focus our time on opportunities for deeper discussion of the issues and facilitation practice. It is important that you build time into your schedule for both of these components. 

The Spring BYVFS Section is currently open for registration: 

Fall 2024 Series, Program Dates and Times: (All Times are Eastern)

October 3, 2024, 1:00-3:00pm
October 10, 2024, 1:00-3:00pm
October 17, 2024, 1:00-3:00pm
October 24, 2024, 1:00-3:00pm
October 31, 2024, 1:00-3:00pm

Modality

Zoom Synchronous

Course fee: $225

Register for the training

 Program Benefits

  • Build competence in virtual facilitation skills and knowledge
  • Actively engage and collaborate with other participants
  • Become familiar with a variety of different approaches for interacting and for peer-to-peer learning in virtual groups
  • Practice facilitating and receiving feedback in a supportive environment

Topics Covered

  • Virtual Facilitation Essentials
  • Setting the Stage for Success
  • Facilitation Practice: Putting Your Skills to Work
  • Facilitation Challenges and Opportunities
  • Celebrating Facilitation Success

Who Should Enroll

  • Analysts
  • Consultants
  • Facilitators
  • Executive
  • Managers
  • Trainers
  • Sales Professionals
  • Others who work with virtual groups

Additional Benefits

  • 10 contact hours/1 CEU
  • Certificate of Completion
  • A micro-credential will also be available

 

In complying with the letter and spirit of applicable laws and pursuing its own goals of diversity, the University of Maine System does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, familial status, ancestry, age, disability physical or mental, genetic information, or veterans or military status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies: Director of Equal Opportunity, 5713 Chadbourne Hall, Room 412, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5713, 207.581.1226, TTY 711 (Maine Relay System).

For more information or a reasonable accommodation, please contact Lauren Campe, 207.581.3113 or email um.continuinged@maine.edu