Join in this interactive workshop and fill your group facilitation toolbox with experiential, brain-based techniques to inspire and motivate participants, create a positive and supportive learning environment, and facilitate meaningful reflection and dialogue to enhance learning outcomes.

We will explore:

  • Experiential, brain-based strategies to actively engage learners physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually
  • New research from the field of educational neuroscience and its impact on group work, and social-emotional skills development
  • Strategies for increasing participant involvement, buy in, and ownership in learning experiences
  • A variety of group-building activities to develop rapport, respect, positive communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and creativity
  • Active, brain-based strategies to facilitate meaningful reflection and dialogue
  • Methods to help group leaders design, sequence, facilitate and adapt activities to enhance learning outcomes
  • Techniques to increase relevancy, meaning, depth of understanding, and connection to future learning situations
  • Ways to enliven the traditional sharing circle with active methods to facilitate processing and dialogue that meet the diverse needs of learners
  • Techniques to help group leaders become participant-centered, empowering learners to take control and responsibility for their learning
  • The role of the facilitator as guide, and the importance of flexibility, attitude, adaptation, and awareness of group and individual needs and differences
  • Innovative reflective tools and techniques including the use of metaphor to create meaningful, relevant and lasting lessons participants will carry forward

Whether you are new to the field and looking for an introduction to the possibilities of experiential facilitation, or an experienced practitioner looking for new ideas and inspiration, join in with a playful spirit and leave with a valuable set of tools to enhance your work.

Attendees will gain new perspectives on experiential education and their role as a facilitator. They will take away evidence informed practices to support the experiential approach and gain practical strategies to build a supportive learning environment and create lasting lessons.

9:00-4:00 Friday, August 18th • Black Mountain, North Carolina

Tuition:  Includes Lunch and a copy of Jen Stanchfield’s new book Tips & Tools: The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation SECOND EDITION

Location: Montreat College • Black Mountain, North Carolina

To Register: email John Rogers at jrogers@montreat.edu

For more information email: jen@experientialtools.com