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Mastering Facilitation - JURD7881

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.

Excluded: LAWS8981

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This 4 day workshop is designed to provide lawyers and others who run group meetings with skills and tools to undertake the task more effectively.

Recommended Prior Knowledge

Foundation of facilitation/negotiation recommended.

This course is experiential – there are practical application sessions with feedback and coaching. Prior experience with group meetings is essential. This prior experience is preferably as a facilitator. However, extensive experience (3-5 years practical experience in running or participation in large group meetings) as an adviser, consultant or participant will suffice (eg: participation in mining company and native title negotiations, running welfare groups etc).

Course Objectives

Provide facilitators with additional tools to more effectively work with groups;
Acquire deeper understanding of how groups work;
Understand how to respond to complex and challenging situations;
Assist groups to make decisions and solve problems;
Manage relationships with the group;
Understand your skills and areas for improvement as a facilitator;
Track a facilitation using visual tools;
How to give coaching and feedback for facilitator and group.

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