AGILE TEAM FACILITATION
Honing Your Cornerstone Skills
Facilitation is a cornerstone skill for successfully leading agile teams. As much of the work in agile teams occurs through face-to-face communication and involves collaboration in nearly all decisions, the ability to facilitate discussion is paramount to success.
With this Agile Team Facilitation course you will develop a greater sense of self-awareness, an improved ability to self-manage, and will be able to continually show-up powerfully with a strong presence.
The course is brought to you in partnership with TeamCatapult in the US and it holds the distinction of the first ever ICAgile accredited Facilitation class, back in 2012.
“The more I learn about facilitation, the more I realise EVERYTHING is about facilitation. And as facilitator your presence is your biggest tool.” – Antoinette Coetzee
AGILE TEAM FACILITATION
Honing Your Cornerstone Skills
Facilitation is a cornerstone skill for successfully leading agile teams. As much of the work in agile teams occurs through face-to-face communication and involves collaboration in nearly all decisions, the ability to facilitate discussion is paramount to success.
With this Agile Team Facilitation course you will develop a greater sense of self-awareness, an improved ability to self-manage, and will be able to continually show-up powerfully with a strong presence.
The course is brought to you in partnership with TeamCatapult in the US and it holds the distinction of the first ever ICAgile accredited Facilitation class, back in 2012.
“The more I learn about facilitation, the more I realise EVERYTHING is about facilitation. And as facilitator your presence is your biggest tool.”
– Antoinette Coetzee
AGILE TEAM FACILITATION
Honing Your Cornerstone Skills
Facilitation is a cornerstone skill for successfully leading agile teams. As much of the work in agile teams occurs through face-to-face communication and involves collaboration in nearly all decisions, the ability to facilitate discussion is paramount to success.
With this Agile Team Facilitation course you will develop a greater sense of self-awareness, an improved ability to self-manage, and will be able to continually show-up powerfully with a strong presence.
The course is brought to you in partnership with TeamCatapult in the US and it holds the distinction of the first ever ICAgile accredited Facilitation class, back in 2012.
“The more I learn about facilitation, the more I realise EVERYTHING is about facilitation. And as facilitator your presence is your biggest tool.”
– Antoinette Coetzee
CLASS INFORMATION
PUBLIC CLASSES:
This course forms part of our Team Coach Bootcamp. Please visit the Bootcamp page for more information.
SEMI-PRIVATE / IN-HOUSE CLASSES:
The details shown below relate to individual Agile Team Facilitation classes, scheduled on request. Request pricing for a private class of 10 – 20 attendees.
METHOD: Virtual
DURATION: 4½ hrs/day over 5 days
PRICING (per person):
| DISCOUNTED PRICE for Africa** | ||
| Early Bird* | €1,700 | R15,980 (+VAT***) |
| Regular | €2,000 | R18,800 (+VAT***) |
| Group (5+) | €1,600 | R15,040 (+VAT***) |
*Limited bookings, available until 1 month prior to class date
**Applies to residents of Africa and developing countries
**15% VAT applicable to SA citizens
CLASS INFORMATION
PUBLIC CLASSES:
This course forms part of our Team Coach Bootcamp. Please visit the Bootcamp page for more information.
SEMI-PRIVATE / IN-HOUSE CLASSES:
The details shown below relate to individual Agile Team Facilitation classes, scheduled on request. Request pricing for a private class of 10 – 20 attendees.
METHOD: Virtual
DURATION: 4½ hrs/day over 5 days
PRICING (per person):
| DISCOUNTED PRICE for Africa** | ||
| Early Bird* | €1,700 | R15,980 (+VAT***) |
| Regular | €2,000 | R18,800 (+VAT***) |
| Group (5+) | €1,600 | R15,040 (+VAT***) |
*Limited bookings, available until 1 month prior to class date
**Applies to residents of Africa and developing countries
***15% VAT applicable to SA citizens
WHY ATTEND THIS CLASS
Marsha Acker is the founder of TeamCatapult and the author of The Art & Science of Facilitation. She is an industry thought leader and a founding member of the ICAgile tracks on Agile Coaching, as well as Enterprise Agile Coaching for the last 5 years.
TAKEAWAYS, READY FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
- Emerge with the mindset of a facilitator. Know how to achieve it and maintain it, even under the toughest of environments and with jaded teams
- Specific tools to deploy in specific scenarios that will break down barriers, get to the heart of issues, and encourage teammates to speak candidly and respectfully
- An in-depth understanding of the 5 cornerstones of highly productive meetings:
- hold a group’s agenda
- honour the wisdom of the group
- maintain neutrality
- uphold agile values and principles
- stand calmly in the eye of the storm
- A comprehensive toolkit to help you prepare productive and useful meetings every time
- Improved ability to work with conflicts and dysfunctions between team members
The objective is for you to leave the course as a trained facilitator — the most critical skill in helping teams be successful.
WHY ATTEND THIS CLASS
Marsha Acker is the founder of TeamCatapult and the author of The Art & Science of Facilitation. She is an industry thought leader and a founding member of the ICAgile tracks on Agile Coaching, as well as Enterprise Agile Coaching for the last 5 years.
TAKEAWAYS, READY FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
- Emerge with the mindset of a facilitator. Know how to achieve it and maintain it, even under the toughest of environments and with jaded teams
- Specific tools to deploy in specific scenarios that will break down barriers, get to the heart of issues, and encourage teammates to speak candidly and respectfully
- An in-depth understanding of the 5 cornerstones of highly productive meetings:
- hold a group’s agenda
- honour the wisdom of the group
- maintain neutrality
- uphold agile values and principles
- stand calmly in the eye of the storm
- A comprehensive toolkit to help you prepare productive and useful meetings every time
- Improved ability to work with conflicts and dysfunctions between team members
The objective is for you to leave the course as a trained facilitator — the most critical skill in helping teams be successful.
Agile Team FaciliTation WILL ENABLE YOU TO…
Design meetings that are
engaging, purposeful, fun and get desired results every time.
Create an environment that engages all voices.
AGILE TEAM FACILITATION WILL ENABLE YOU TO…
Design meetings that are engaging, purposeful, fun and get desired results every time.
Create an environment that engages all voices.
Agile Team FaciliTation WILL ENABLE YOU TO…
Design meetings that are engaging, purposeful, fun and get desired results every time.
Create an environment that engages all voices.
Agile Team FaciliTation WILL ENABLE YOU TO…
Design meetings that are engaging, purposeful, fun and get desired results every time.
Create an environment that engages all voices.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
The Role of Facilitators: Understand the role of facilitators and how it differs from other methods of running meetings.
The Facilitator Stance: Discover the specific mindset and skills required for team facilitation.
The Facilitation Process: Learn a proven, structured process for planning, designing, and conducting your facilitated sessions.
Planning and Designing Meetings: Explore how to design an outcome-oriented facilitated session that is collaborative and meets desired outcomes.
Listening and Questioning: Improve these critical skills in working with groups. Learn specific techniques for building these muscles and improving group communication and your own communication skills.
Getting Started: Gather and practice these techniques and tools for kicking off each facilitated session.
Exploring and Evaluating: Experience different facilitation tools for exploring and evaluating – before you begin deciding.
Deciding: Understand different decision-making models, when to use them, and learn techniques for helping the team move out of the ‘spin cycle’ and reach consensus.
Remote Facilitation: Develop key techniques for using facilitation skills in virtual environments.
Facilitation Simulations: Get hands-on practice and feedback in designing and facilitating sessions.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
The Role of Facilitators: Understand the role of facilitators and how it differs from other methods of running meetings.
The Facilitator Stance: Discover the specific mindset and skills required for team facilitation.
The Facilitation Process: Learn a proven, structured process for planning, designing, and conducting your facilitated sessions.
Planning and Designing Meetings: Explore how to design an outcome-oriented facilitated session that is collaborative and meets desired outcomes.
Listening and Questioning: Improve these critical skills in working with groups. Learn specific techniques for building these muscles and improving group communication and your own communication skills.
Getting Started: Gather and practice these techniques and tools for kicking off each facilitated session.
Exploring and Evaluating: Experience different facilitation tools for exploring and evaluating – before you begin deciding.
Deciding: Understand different decision-making models, when to use them, and learn techniques for helping the team move out of the ‘spin cycle’ and reach consensus.
Remote Facilitation: Develop key techniques for using facilitation skills in virtual environments.
Facilitation Simulations: Get hands-on practice and feedback in designing and facilitating sessions.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
The Role of Facilitators: Understand the role of facilitators and how it differs from other methods of running meetings.
The Facilitator Stance: Discover the specific mindset and skills required for team facilitation.
The Facilitation Process: Learn a proven, structured process for planning, designing, and conducting your facilitated sessions.
Planning and Designing Meetings: Explore how to design an outcome-oriented facilitated session that is collaborative and meets desired outcomes.
Listening and Questioning: Improve these critical skills in working with groups. Learn specific techniques for building these muscles and improving group communication and your own communication skills.
Getting Started: Gather and practice these techniques and tools for kicking off each facilitated session.
Exploring and Evaluating: Experience different facilitation tools for exploring and evaluating – before you begin deciding.
Deciding: Understand different decision-making models, when to use them, and learn techniques for helping the team move out of the ‘spin cycle’ and reach consensus.
Remote Facilitation: Develop key techniques for using facilitation skills in virtual environments.
Facilitation Simulations: Get hands-on practice and feedback in designing and facilitating sessions.
WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES?
This is an intermediate course for practitioners with at least 3 months of hands-on agile experience.
You should also be grounded in Agile Fundamentals (ICAgile Certified Professional), a Certified ScrumMaster, or equivalent agile training because the course builds directly on your agile team experience.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Our virtual classes require you to have access to a computer with an up-to-date web browser, video camera, headset and microphone.
WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES?
This is an intermediate course for practitioners with at least 3 months of hands-on agile experience.
You should also be grounded in Agile Fundamentals (ICAgile Certified Professional), a Certified ScrumMaster, or equivalent agile training because the course builds directly on your agile team experience.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Our virtual classes require you to have access to a computer with an up-to-date web browser, video camera, headset and microphone.
WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES?
This is an intermediate course for practitioners with at least 3 months of hands-on agile experience.
You should also be grounded in Agile Fundamentals (ICAgile Certified Professional), a Certified ScrumMaster, or equivalent agile training because the course builds directly on your agile team experience.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Our virtual classes require you to have access to a computer with an up-to-date web browser, video camera, headset and microphone.
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE
This course is a fast-paced, deep dive into both the mindset and skills of facilitation in the context of agile practices. Participants will explore both the being and doing of facilitation.
Learn by doing
Facilitation cannot be taught in a traditional classroom setting alone. It is a practice that is best learned through doing and learning. Because of this, we place a heavy emphasis on experiential learning.
You’ll have several opportunities to practice the skills and receive feedback throughout the workshop, and you’ll observe as an active participant in others’ facilitated sessions as well.
Many participants describe their experience in this course as transformational, seeing a new way of leading their teams.
What else can you expect?
Through a variety of hands-on experiences and opportunities to practice facilitation you will learn to:
- Understand the beliefs and assumptions underneath the facilitation mindset that enable you to lead collaborative meetings with confidence and ease.
- Explore and practice the art of planning, designing and conducting effective collaborative sessions.
- Engage teams in collaborative processes that allow all voices to be heard so that outputs are more effective.
- Define and reach consensus on decisions within the team’s scope of authority.
- Identify and understand the impact of different facilitation techniques and learn the art to making in-the-moment decisions.
- Give and receive feedback to grow your own facilitation skills and those of others.
WHAT SOME ATTENDEES HAVE TO SAY
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF
THE COURSE
This course is a fast-paced, deep dive into both the mindset and skills of facilitation in the context of agile practices. Participants will explore both the being and doing of facilitation.
Learn by doing
Facilitation cannot be taught in a traditional classroom setting alone. It is a practice that is best learned through doing and learning. Because of this, we place a heavy emphasis on experiential learning.
You’ll have several opportunities to practice the skills and receive feedback throughout the workshop, and you’ll observe as an active participant in others’ facilitated sessions as well.
Many participants describe their experience in this course as transformational, seeing a new way of leading their teams.
What else can you expect?
Through a variety of hands-on experiences and opportunities to practice facilitation you will learn to:
- Understand the beliefs and assumptions underneath the facilitation mindset that enable you to lead collaborative meetings with confidence and ease.
- Explore and practice the art of planning, designing and conducting effective collaborative sessions.
- Engage teams in collaborative processes that allow all voices to be heard so that outputs are more effective.
- Define and reach consensus on decisions within the team’s scope of authority.
- Identify and understand the impact of different facilitation techniques and learn the art to making in-the-moment decisions.
- Give and receive feedback to grow your own facilitation skills and those of others.
WHAT SOME ATTENDEES HAVE TO SAY
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE
This course is a fast-paced, deep dive into both the mindset and skills of facilitation in the context of agile practices. Participants will explore both the being and doing of facilitation.
Learn by doing
Facilitation cannot be taught in a traditional classroom setting alone. It is a practice that is best learned through doing and learning. Because of this, we place a heavy emphasis on experiential learning.
You’ll have several opportunities to practice the skills and receive feedback throughout the workshop, and you’ll observe as an active participant in others’ facilitated sessions as well.
Many participants describe their experience in this course as transformational, seeing a new way of leading their teams.
What else can you expect?
Through a variety of hands-on experiences and opportunities to practice facilitation you will learn to:
- Understand the beliefs and assumptions underneath the facilitation mindset that enable you to lead collaborative meetings with confidence and ease.
- Explore and practice the art of planning, designing and conducting effective collaborative sessions.
- Engage teams in collaborative processes that allow all voices to be heard so that outputs are more effective.
- Define and reach consensus on decisions within the team’s scope of authority.
- Identify and understand the impact of different facilitation techniques and learn the art to making in-the-moment decisions.
- Give and receive feedback to grow your own facilitation skills and those of others.
WHAT SOME ATTENDEES HAVE TO SAY
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WHAT'S IN THE BOX?
An electronic copy of the participant guide, available for download after the class.
Meeting Planning and Design Canvases, available for download after the class.
Access to the TeamCatapult Resource Hub.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX?
An electronic copy of the participant guide, available for download after the class.
Meeting Planning and Design Canvases, available for download after the class.
Access to the TeamCatapult Resource Hub.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX?
An electronic copy of the participant guide, available for download after the class.
Meeting Planning and Design Canvases, available for download after the class.
Access to the TeamCatapult Resource Hub.
CERTIFICATIONS
ICAgile Team Facilitation Certification (ICP-ATF) – the course is accredited by the International Consortium for Agile (ICAgile). Participants are eligible for the ICP-ATF Certification upon completion of this course. In order to receive the certification participants must attend the full course (not missing more than 1 hour of class time) and complete the simulation exercises.
This course also qualifies for 19 PDU’s under Leadership with the Project Management Institute.
CERTIFICATIONS
ICAgile Team Facilitation Certification (ICP-ATF) – the course is accredited by the International Consortium for Agile (ICAgile). Participants are eligible for the ICP-ATF Certification upon completion of this course. In order to receive the certification participants must attend the full course (not missing more than 1 hour of class time) and complete the simulation exercises.
This course also qualifies for 19 PDU’s under Leadership with the Project Management Institute.
MEET YOUR COACHES
Our experienced coaches have invaluable experience and an absolute passion for growing leaders and teams. They have dedicated years to studying, practicing and coaching individuals and teams to reach higher levels of success.
The coaches for all SA-led classes are
Antoinette Coetzee
Will van der Walt
MEET YOUR COACHES FOR THE NEXT CLASS
Our experienced coaches have invaluable experience and an absolute passion for growing leaders and teams. They have dedicated years to studying, practicing and coaching individuals and teams to reach higher levels of success.
The coaches for all SA-led classes are
Antoinette Coetzee
Will van der Walt
MEET YOUR COACHES FOR THE NEXT CLASS
Our experienced coaches have invaluable experience and an absolute passion for growing leaders and teams. They have dedicated years to studying, practicing and coaching individuals and teams to reach higher levels of success.
The coaches for all SA-led classes are
Antoinette Coetzee
Will van der Walt
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E: info@agilecoaching.co.za
T: +27 (0)61 835 6809
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