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Business Facilitation

Designed to get people working through issues cooperatively and effectively

Meetings can move much faster and with less stress through the guidance of an external facilitator. With a professional Tirian facilitator constructive dialogue can replace debating, and individuals can be carefully guided through each stage of the process. Good facilitation ensures that outcomes of meetings are effectively achieved and the individuals involved maintain both ownership of the process and the outcomes. (Note: Tirian has some great models and methods to achieve goals in a facilitated session, but pure business facilitation with the focus on outcomes does not include content from our other Tirian seminars & workshops).

General facilitation outcomes:

Providing motivation and flow to a program
Helping people get to know each other better, providing opportunities for positive interaction, and assisting with working across boundaries
Reinforcing the team / group spirit and a sense of identity

Our facilitation can assist with:

Tying a program together to ensure there is an effective flow towards the outcomes:
Introducing the program concepts
Linking the sessions through highlighting key themes and outcomes before and after presentations
Facilitating discussions related to presentations
Advising on how to prepare the different learning settings to provide positive environments that could change as different needs evolve and to maximize interaction
Preparing presenters for presentations to ensure they are clear and confident in what they need to present
Helping design / adapt the presentation methods to ensure maximum impact and to ensure they are engaging
Facilitating the general discussion processes to allow for full participation and to ensure the discussions remain focused and productive
Keeping the group motivated and involved through spontaneously providing relevant exercises, games and input where appropriate
Assisting with evaluating the success of the program

Facilitation can achieve the following:

Provide a productive context for positive change
Introduce important factors to consider in the context of the relevant issues
Nurture discussions towards positive outcomes
Assist with processing information and integrating concepts towards a constructive conclusion

Chose from 3 levels to suit all outcomes, groups and budgets

Lite Facilitation:

Roles can include: MC, time management, reviews, on the spot summary of outcomes, general anecdotal comments, keeps event on track & provides energy, monitoring of team dynamics to ensuring all people are actively involved.

Suitable conferences, MICE, dinners,

Standard Facilitation:

Roles can include: Facilitation of a business meeting, contributes to the agenda & outcomes, assists with sequencing, conducts basic brainstorming discussions .

Recaps the outcomes. Co-presents with the company business leader. Conference learning director (plus all roles above)

Suitable for: one off day or short term events

Executive Facilitation: (business facilitation consulting)

Roles can include: Project management & consulting. Helps set, drive & deliver the agenda & outcomes. Designs the sequencing & introduces best practices. Applies assessment tools. Shapes outcomes. Integration & design of road map (including integration with seminars & coaching etc). Pre and post reporting. (plus all roles above)

Suitable for short intensive session & longer term extended consulting interaction. Senior executive teams.

"These days boards are much more aware of attracting the right mix of skills and interests, but attention has to be given to the group dynamic when these people come together with all of their needs and ambitions. The problem begins in the "coming together" - most people struggle in the transition needed to work comfortably in different groups. Every group will have its own culture because personalities and context will differ."

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How does having a Conference Learning Director change your event?

The traditional compere is often either a glamorous TV or fashion personality or a funny raconteur and entertainer. They attract attention to themselves and attempt to lift the event by their superior presentation skills. If not done well, the net effect can often end up deflecting attention away from the core subject of the conference and can often make the speakers appear, by comparison, clumsy and dull.

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Client Success Stories

"a pleasure to work with and helped us produce amazing results" - Read more on case study >

Jon Niermann
President Electronic Arts (EA) Asia
TV Host Asia Uncut (Star TV)

"You managed to open the minds and attitudes of the most skeptical in the group - and there were plenty. I think one measure of your success is that before the conference, many felt the time allocated was too long, while afterwards, the same people said the program could have gone for longer."

Analyst
Citigroup Hong Kong

"Well organized, tremendous and extremely worthwhile"

Director Channels
Cisco Systems USA

"You quickly and perceptively understood our strong company culture. What you gave us was a better understanding of the group dynamics and a better way to benefit from unrecognized strengths, opening up important sources of talent and energy that we had not recognized. Even to this day your input still has an impact on how we solve problems and work together as a team."

Regional Manager
(Multi award winning) Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

"You certainly had the WOW factor in there"

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