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Facilitation for Innovation: Inspiring Group Creativity

Description: Teaches ways to foster group innovation using facilitation tools and approaches that spark creativity. Facilitating group creativity for innovative action has always been a challenge, perhaps never more so than when a group is tasked to “think outside the box” on the spot and come up with new solutions to a problem or situation. This highly interactive course utilizes creative tools to explore and practice group innovation.

Participants learn methods that can be immediately applied to foster creative teamwork.

 

Outcomes:

  • Facilitate processes to heighten and enhance a group’s creativity.
  • Frame and reframe problems and dilemmas.
  • Resolve issues and problems creatively.
  • Develop innovative strategies.
  • Expand toolkit with methods to enhance creativity methods with groups.

 

Benefits:

  • Harnesses the power of creative collaboration to improve organization effectiveness.
  • Exercises the creativity of the group members to develop innovative solutions.
  • Helps the group view problems through a new creative lens.
  • Builds confidence in applying multiple practical techniques and strategies for facilitating innovation.

 

Who Should Take this Course:

  • Those who wish to develop the creative capacities of teams and groups
  • Organizational change agents
  • Project managers
  • Team leaders
  • Group facilitators
  • Local, state, and federal leaders and program managers

Course Length: One Day

Prerequisite: None

Upcoming ToP Courses

Technology of Participation (ToP) PUBLIC COURSES Online

Facilitation Methods Leadership: Online Intensive  [4 Courses offered in 2022; 9 modules each, 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM PST ]

• February 14, 15, 25, 28, March 1, 11, 14, 15, 25
• May 9, 10, 20, 23, 24, June 3, 6, 7 & 17
• Aug 1, 2, 12, 15, 16, 26, 29, 30, & Sept 9
• Oct. 11, 12, 21, 24, 25, Nov 4, 7, 8, & 18

ToP Strategic Planning Online Mural Edition: 3 Courses offered this year; Mornings 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST

• March 28 – April 1, 2022
• July 11 – 15, 2022
• Dec. 5 – 9, 2022
Accelerated Action Planning  – TBD

Approaches to Environmental Scanning  – TBD

ToP Secrets of Implementation (4 Modules)
TBD

Facilitation Graphics
TBD

All courses online unless otherwise specified.

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