Introduction

This topic explains why facilitation is important to businesses. It covers

• What facilitation consists of
• The benefits of facilitation to individuals and organisations
• The essential skills of the facilitator
• The techniques and processes used in facilitation
• How to select and train facilitators
• How to set up and run a facilitated workshop.

Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.

Other topics that are closely related to this one include

• Preparing and chairing meetings (which is covered in the Meetings topic)
• Setting up and running action learning sets (which is covered in the Action Learning topic).