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SUMMARY:Facilitating Community Conversations
DESCRIPTION:\n Are you looking for a new way to engage with yo
 ur community? Our communities today face new and p
 ersistent challenges. Community conversations can 
 help to create cohesion\, increase understanding\,
  and address these challenges with collaboration a
 nd insights from all.\n \n In this course\, partic
 ipants will learn how to organize and facilitate t
 hese conversations in their own communities. They 
 will develop skills in designing\, convening\, and
  leading conversations on issues that matter most 
 to the communities they live and work in.\n \n Dur
 ing the four weeks of this course\, you will learn
 :\n \n \n 	How to frame and structure your convers
 ation to be meaningful and achieve your goals.\n 	
 How to develop powerful questions and facilitate a
  conversation among diverse community members.\n 	
 How to identify community partners and collaborate
  to convene conversations\n 	How to address challe
 nging moments in a conversation and come to decisi
 ons as a group.\n 	How to continue to develop and 
 strengthen your practice.\n \n \n Join us to plan 
 and gain comfort with leading your next conversati
 on!\n \n \n Course Description: This four-week cou
 rse will include two interactive online sessions:\
 n \n \n 	Wednesday\, March 17\, 2021 12:00-1:15 PM
  Pacific\n 	Wednesday\, March 31\, 2021 12:00-1:15
  PM Pacific\n \n \n Please make every effort to en
 sure that you are able to attend these two meeting
 s before enrolling in the course. If this is not p
 ossible\, archived recordings will be made availab
 le.\n \n In addition to the scheduled sessions\, y
 ou will work independently and with your fellow pa
 rticipants in discussion forums to map out a plan 
 for your first conversation\, and practice facilit
 ation skills and discuss how to improve. Each week
 \, you will be provided with materials to review\,
  and activities which apply the skills you are lea
 rning. By sharing among participants\, you will be
 nefit from the ideas and feedback of your fellow l
 earners. And\, you will have the opportunity to ap
 ply these skills to your life and work immediately
 .\n \n Course Outline:  When you log in to the Inf
 opeople online learning site\, you will see weekly
  modules with these topics:\n \n \n 	Week 1: Plann
 ing Community conversations\n 	\n 		Identifying go
 als and frame topics for conversation\n 		Identify
 ing community partners and collaborating to conven
 e conversations\n 	\n 	\n 	Week 2: Designing the C
 onversation\n 	\n 		Building a conversation struct
 ure\n 		Crafting powerful questions\n 	\n 	\n 	Wee
 k 3: Facilitation Skills and Techniques\n 	\n 		Th
 e facilitator&rsquo\;s role and other conversation
  roles\n 		Active listening techniques\n 		Address
 ing challenging moments in a conversation\n 	\n 	\
 n 	Week 4: Closing a Conversation\, Next Steps\, a
 nd Reflections\\\n 	\n 		Identifying next steps an
 d potential actions beyond the conversation\n 		Re
 flecting on facilitation practice and receive feed
 back.\n 	\n 	\n \n \n Pre-course Assignment: None.
 \n \n Time Required: To complete this course\, you
  can expect to spend 2 &frac12\; hours per week\, 
 for a total of ten course hours. Each week&#39\;s 
 module contains various options for assignments\, 
 discussions\, or online meetings. You can choose t
 he options most relevant to your work and interest
 s. Although you can work on each module at your ow
 n pace\, at any hour of the day or night\, it is r
 ecommended that you complete each week&#39\;s work
  within that week to stay in sync with other learn
 ers.\n \n Who Should Take This Course:  Library st
 aff\, community leaders\, local government officia
 ls and staff\, and any community members intereste
 d in facilitating conversations in their community
 .\n \n Online Learning Details and System Requirem
 ents may be found at: infopeople.org/training/onli
 ne_learning_details.\n \n Are you a member of ARSL
 ? If so\, you may be able to sign up for a free se
 at in this course. Limit is four free seats per co
 urse. Make your request here and if a free seat is
  available you will be notified.
CATEGORIES:Online Course
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210316T120000
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210316T120000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210412T163000
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