BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_961_a7e517b5bc5c4d3f1ebcd1cec06e7727@infopeople.org 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 ½\; hours per week\, for a total of ten course hours. Each week'\;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'\;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 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210316T120000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210316T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210412T163000 URL:https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=961 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR