Virtual 2-Day Workshop
Here are comments received from participants of our virtual offering of Journey to Group Power…
I would never have believed that a virtual version of this type of course could be EVEN MORE effective than a live, in-person, but I’ll be damned if it wasn’t. Using the virtual breakout rooms really eliminated a lot of the natural lags that cause real-life schedules to fall behind, and it somehow felt more intimate to be having these conversations from my home than it does in a hotel ballroom. Seriously, it’s brilliant. It’s the future (or should be).
While I was familiar with many of the techniques used in this training, the larger picture model of when and why to use these techniques was enormously beneficial. No matter what your current level of facilitation skills are, I truly believe you will walk away from this training a better facilitator.
Theresa Kim, Program Manager, Learning and Talent Development, UW-Madison
Honestly one of the best workshops I’ve been to ever. Active engagement and practical tools the entire time. Thank you.
This course will change your sense of what is possible when it comes to building community and holding effective meetings on a virtual platform. I wish so much I could have taken this course a year ago. I plan to urge all of my colleagues to register for it at their first opportunity.
Shelly Fox, program manager, Wisconsin DHS
I want to personally thank you both for guiding us through a great two days of learning and sharing. I have always felt that I was a creative and effective meeting planner and facilitator. The past two days have made me realize that I’ve been “coasting” – thinking that I could “wing it” based on my experience. I’ve gotten sloppy, not spent enough time planning, and not kept up with expanded strategies and resources. The careful planning and skills that you brought to us was very evident and effective. Thanks for waking me up!
Mike George
While I was familiar with many of the techniques used in this training, the larger picture model of when and why to use these techniques was enormously beneficial. No matter what your current level of facilitation skills are, I truly believe you will walk away from this training a better facilitator.
Theresa Kim, Program Manager, Learning and Talent Development, UW-Madison
Darin and Steve walk the talk. Every second of the two-day workshop is a living example of what they teach and a model of the tools they introduce.
Both Steve and Darin created a wonderful journey of facilitation skill development virtually. This was scheduled to be a face to face experience and they exceeded my expectations of the course.
It was well run. Facilitators created an inviting and welcoming space. Engaging activities and everything ran on time.
This workshop was facilitated in such a positive and graceful manner that it helped me get comfortable quick and then dive deep with very wise fellow participants.
~Melissa Kopplin, Omaha, NE-
This experience makes me excited to facilitate my next meeting. I have never before been excited to go to a meeting.
-Jake Moser, phone reception supervisor-
Everything you didn’t realize you needed to know about facilitating at work.
This has been an exploration of not only how to facilitate others during meetings and similar activities but how to regulate and internally improve to better the outcomes of the meetings.
Darin and Steve provide a relaxed and easy-going presentation making the learning
fun and retainable.
Darin and Steve were great- truly masters of the craft of facilitation
and modeling those techniques.
-Chris Snyder, Clinical Associate Professor-
This presentation/workshop really opens your mind to the power of openness, the power of listening, the power of empathy, and the power of the collective mind.
If you are in a supervisor role, it is a must-do workshop.
Everything you didn’t realize you needed to know about facilitating at work
-Sophie Aschenbroich, Veterinary Anatomic Pathologist, Assistant Professor-
Steve and Darin led the group through a masterful explicit and implicit journey of facilitation tools and techniques. Not only did they offer tangible tools and opportunities to practice, but they also modeled how to do it all in a virtual environment.
I facilitate groups of teachers, this workshop gave me the tools and insights to engage groups in different ways to enhance the power they have in order to co-construct ideas and connect with others.
-Maya Martinez-Hart, Professional Learning Specialist, UW-WIDA-
With the small group work and diads, it felt more personal than an on-the-ground workshop.
You will learn more than you realize, in a fun and engaging way!
This is a course that will help to not only introduce you to novel techniques and strategies for facilitation but will also help you to self-evaluate and identify behaviors and tendencies that you already practice, or to identify those that you might want to change or modify in order to become a more effective leader.
This is a course that will help to not only introduce you to novel techniques and strategies for facilitation but will also help you to self-evaluate and identify behaviors and tendencies that you already practice that can help you become a facilitator, or to identify those that you might want to change or modify in order to become a more effective leader.ppreciated the breakout connections with open and deep people and the positivity and grace of the facilitators.
The practice–interacting in different structures and also gaining the wisdom of this great group of people.
In two fast-paced days, we got a distillation of the best facilitation practices around.
An exceptional blend of learning from the content, process and technological perspective and a focus on how to create interactive and truly participatory group learning and working experiences.
The Group Power Workshop provides a plethora of extremely useful tools and techniques for anyone who facilitates groups of any type.
Darin & Steve are tremendous facilitators! They lead by example and share meaningful experiences to help participants grasp the concepts.
The information, resources, and experiences provided over the past two days have helped me figure out how to develop well-planned meetings and thoughtful facilitation.
