Facilitation training to be held March 28-30 in Davis

ANR Learning and Development will offer an Essential Facilitation® workshop March 28 to March 30, 2017. The training will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the UC ANR Building at 2801 Second Street in Davis.

UC ANR employees who organize or lead meetings should apply to attend the training byInteractive Associates for Social Change.

The skills and techniques offered are designed to produce significant performance improvement, career development, and personal growth. Essential Facilitation® shows how to effectively facilitate in situations that have one or more of the following "three Cs":

• Complex or high-stakes content.
• Conflict — the situation is emotionally charged or controversial.
• Context — when you must balance multiple stakeholders' needs and points of view. (read more).

Seating is limited to 24. Register at https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=19310.

Applications will be reviewed to give opportunities to both staff and academics as well as people from different program and unit areas and job titles. Priority will be given to those in Northern California who have not participated in this training. However, others should apply and acceptance will be reviewed at on a case-by-case basis. Please clear with your supervisor for release time.

Registration fees for approved registrants will be covered by ANR Learning and Development funds.

Because this event is fully funded by ANR, we need to limit the possibility of last-minute, costly cancellations. Please provide a UC account number that can be charged in the event of a late cancellation. If you cancel within one week of the workshop, your UC account may be charged for meeting expenses.

For more information, contact Jodi Azulai, Learning and Development coordinator, at jlazulai@ucanr.edu or (530) 750-1239.

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