COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on understanding the role of a facilitator and learning basic facilitation skills that can help participants harness the collective wisdom of a conservation team. Participants will learn how to prepare for and facilitate effective meetings and workshops, both in-person and online. Specific topics will include: preparation for meetings and workshops, the facilitator’s role in guiding the flow of the conversation, use of icebreakers and energizers, key aspects of adult learning, navigating conflict and difficult participants, enhancing creativity, and helping teams be realistic about what they can accomplish. The course will include a combination of presentations, discussions, hands-on practice facilitating group exercises, and experience planning an agenda and selecting facilitation exercises to use to achieve specific objectives. The course is oriented toward conservation project teams but will be applicable more broadly.
DATES: - Learn at your own pace with instructor support April 28 - June 29 - Live meetings (also recorded) April 28 - June 2 from 1:00-3:00 ET on M/TH each week PRICE: Starts at $500 students / $600 professionals LEARN MORE & REGISTER HERE: https://www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/courses/p/facilitation-101-for-conservation-professionals [image: Logo] <https://www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/> *Emily J. Uhrig*, PhD Director of Education Center for Wildlife Studies <https://www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/> *Center for Wildlife Studies is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose **global mission is to provide accessible environmental education and promote wildlife conservation **through science.* To unsubscribe from this list please go to https://community.esa.org/confirm/?u=RhPWqPxFwODKvbkiT32nkIqRrsiSgulp
