An intensive 1-day workshop in facilitation skills This workshop will equip you with the skills, understandings and processes to facilitate with confidence and get results with diverse groups of participants in almost any situation.

CoCreate is an intensive training course for a small group of 6-9 staff who have facilitation roles. It's dynamic and interactive, with role plays and plenty of practice (after all, facilitation is best learnt by doing it!).

The course includes:

• The eight keys to being an effective facilitator

• Creating ground rules

• Dealing with conflict

• How to structure a session

• Facilitating the creation of strategic objectives (using the Force Field method).

Download the course brochure (takes 10-20 seconds)

"Very good. Gave me what I wanted, which was greater confidence to facilitate."
- Environmental educator, NSW

For bookings and enquiries

The CoCreate training can be delivered in-house in your organisation.

Phone Les Robinson on 0414 674 676

or email workshops@enablingchange.com.au

What they say about the course

"Terrific - lively, engaging, informative and highly useful."
- Environmental educator, NSW

"Pretty damn good."
- catchment officer, Central NSW

"Well done Les! Most valuable part was giving me a framework and structure that will allow me to build and own as my own."
- Facilitator, Wellington, NZ

"Informative and valuable. On target for what is needed in our jobs."
- NRM officer, Victoria

"Found the focus on participants' prior (unknown) knowledge a wonderful way of opening people to their inherent skill."
- Environmental educator, Victoria

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CoCreate: the facilitator's guide to collaborative projects

Based on the manual for the Victorian EPA's Neighbourhood Environment Improvement Program, this guide makes available to a wide audience a comprehensive methodology and tool set for facilitating multi-stakeholder projects that generate high levels of ownership (and hence action) by the participants.

It's a 218 page (A5) book packed with practical techniques and tips.

Download the complete guide (2.5 Mb PDF).

About the presenter,
Les Robinson

Les Robinson, author of CoCreate - a Facilitator's Guide to Collaborative Planning is a strategist, trainer and facilitator who specialises in community change towards sustainability.

He regularly trains and advises state agencies and councils on the design of behaviour change and community participation programs.

Over 1000 managers and educators have attended Les's Enabling Change workshop - the master class in designing community change programs. Les is also the author of Enabling Eco-Action, the popular guide to involving the public in conservation.

Les was formerly SocialMarketing Director with SocialChange Media in Sydney.