- Time: 1 day
- Participants: 12-18
- Difficulty: Medium
- Facilitators: 2
Objectives
- Develop/improve a shared understanding about what facilitation is and what the role of a facilitator is.
- Share a basic toolkit for facilitating conversations (e.g. for team meetings)
- Give every participant the opportunity to practice and receive feedback.
When should this session be delivered?
This template is based on a real-life workshop the SessionLab team held at its 2025 team retreat: as such, it is tailored to a group of 12 people, who already know one another and work together.
The idea is to have the opportunity to share and practice basic skills of facilitation, applicable to day-to-day teamwork (e.g. standup meetings, quarterly goal-setting workshops).
Who can facilitate it?
We recommend co-facilitating, with one of you taking on the role of learning facilitator, the other of lead trainer.
The lead trainer should:
- be familiar with all learning materials (there are hand-outs in the template, but you might want to tailor them to your specific case);
- share learning points about the different tools, how and when to use them.
While the learning facilitator:
- prepares activities such as energizers and icebreakers;
- leads the team in debrief and reflection.
Check out the template details including step-by-step plan with instructions, a pre-workshop survey, timings, printable schedule and more
About the author
Deborah Rim Moiso
Deborah Rim Moiso is an Endorsed Facilitator with the IAF – International Association of Facilitators and the current co-chair of the Italian IAF Chapter. She is also a content writer for SessionLab and a published author of a manual and deck of cards on facilitation available in Italian (Facilitiamoci! Prendersi cura di gruppi e comunità).
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