Agile Coaching Skills - Certified Facilitator™

Agile Coaching Skills - Certified Facilitator™

When you take the Agile Coaching Skills - Certified Facilitator™ course from Scrum Alliance, you will learn from experienced agile practitioners and earn a two-year membership with Scrum Alliance. Add this essential capability to your skills toolbox and demonstrate to employers that you can positively impact their goals by effectively facilitating groups and teams.

Live Online Agile Coaching Skills - Certified Facilitator® (ACS-CF)® Training

Start Time: 10:00 AM SYD/MEL

Sam Bowtell CST® is your trainer, Australia based and highly experienced in both the training content and real world agile coaching and delivery.

Sam delivers a virtual course where you feel like you are in the room with him, creating an experience that is as good as an in person class. Expect it to be engaging, interactive and lots of fun! 

The course is delivered from Sydney, Australia and starts at a time to accommodate those in Perth, New Zealand and across Asia . Sam has worked with many agile teams across Australia/NZ and Asia, and is uniquely positioned to help people learn and grow with agile. Sam has helped thousands of attendees learn virtually and develop in their careers, from many geographies and across all industry sectors.

Sam's virtual studio uses the latest technology and multiple screens, which combined with his skills of drawing creates an immersive experience full of colour and energy to keep people focused and engaged. This is not a powerpoint course, come to learn, engage with the content and the other participants and you will walk away ready to grow in your career.

You will get a full copy of all learning material, the posters Sam creates and links to deeper levels of content to study post course. Sam sets you up on a learning pathway and the 2 days we have together are just the beginning. Sam will also support you and ensure you are all set with your workstation and technology for the course.

You need a pc/laptop with audio, video and working microphone and a fast, stable internet connection. 

 

What You Will Learn

The Agile Coaching Skills - Certified Facilitator (ACS-CF) course is designed to enhance your group facilitation abilities and mindset by learning from experienced agile practitioners. The course focuses on developing your knowledge, skills, and mindset in group facilitation, which is crucial for effective leadership in agility. It aims to build your confidence and competence in facilitating groups or teams towards collaborative and meaningful outcomes.

 

Facilitation plays a key role in supporting groups as they collaborate, create, and make decisions. This course provides training for individuals interested in developing their facilitation mindset and knowledge. It equips you with a toolbox of skills and exercises to maximise the productivity of your group sessions, whether they are conducted in person or virtually.

 

The course covers various learning objectives, including understanding the role and responsibilities of a facilitator, adopting a neutral facilitator mindset, effectively guiding teams through conflicts, recognising the unique needs of different teams, ensuring that all voices are heard, establishing psychological safety, applying facilitation skills before, during, and after an event, cultivating self-awareness as a facilitator, employing visual facilitation techniques to engage participants and make an impact, and practicing facilitation in real scenarios.

 

Overall, the ACS-CF course is designed to help you become a proficient and effective facilitator, empowering you to lead groups and teams towards successful outcomes while embracing agile principles.

Dates:	13-14 Jun 2024
Starting At:	10:00 AEST for 8.0 hours
Language:	English
Venue:	online
Price:	A$1,595
Notes:	ACS-CF Certification Successful completion of the 2-Day ACS-CF training course means you are not only a Certified Facilitator, you are also entitled to enjoy 2 years of membership of the Scrum Alliance. That brings access to exclusive member-only information, resources and materials. Certification Renewal Your certification will be active for a 2-year period, at that time you will be asked to follow the Scrum Alliance renewal process. To renew the certification, individuals must achieve and record 20 SEUs (Scrum Education Units) and pay a renewal fee. Professional Development Units (PDUs) The also course earns you 14 PDUs (Category A) within the PMI. PDUs can be used toward PMP, PMI-ACP and other certifications.

This training course focuses on developing skills in agile coaching and facilitation. It begins by discussing the concept of facilitation, including what it is, when to use it, and the qualities of a good facilitator. The participants are then taught to prepare for a facilitation session by understanding its purpose, desired outcomes, group dynamics, context, and group norms. They also learn to assess the level of psychological safety within the group and create a facilitation session plan using a canvas.

The course emphasises the importance of setting the stage before the session begins. This involves familiarising oneself with the facilitation space, getting into the right mindset, and delivering effective opening words to engage participants. Additionally, the use of hooks or icebreakers is explored to create a positive and interactive environment.

During the session, participants are taught how to manage the flow of the session and maintain energy and engagement. They learn to utilise their voice, energy, and movement effectively as facilitators and discover various techniques to keep participants involved.

The importance of inclusion is emphasised, and participants learn how to be inclusive facilitators. They are introduced to the concept of different personas in a group and strategies for handling conflicts that may arise. The course also focuses on developing listening skills, exploring emotional intelligence models, and decoding emotions through micro-behaviours.

We then prepare for and conduct a group facilitation session. Participants receive feedback on their performance to enhance their facilitation skills. They also learn about three facilitation orientations and the four C's of session planning.

Visual facilitation is another topic covered in the course, highlighting the power of using posters to engage participants. Examples of posters for facilitation are provided, and participants have the opportunity to practice creating their own. Additional resources for learning visual facilitation are suggested.

Group decision making is addressed, discussing the challenges associated with making decisions as a group and exploring the roles of decision-makers and consensus-building techniques such as diverging and converging.

The course concludes by reviewing real agile coaching workshop scenarios and reflecting on ways to make them more engaging. Participants learn from these scenarios and gain insights into effective session closure techniques.

Overall, this training course equips participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to become effective agile coaches and facilitators. They learn how to create engaging facilitation sessions, foster inclusivity, manage group dynamics, and make informed group decisions. The course emphasises the importance of effective communication, active listening, and understanding emotions to create a positive and productive facilitation environment.

The ACS-CF course is designed for individuals who have a passion for facilitation and want to make a real difference in their careers, industries, and teams. Facilitation is recognised as a crucial skill in today's modern world. The course is suitable for various types of individuals, including those who aspire to become empowering and impactful facilitators, Scrum masters aiming to become Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster (CSP®-SM), Agilists working towards becoming Certified Agile Coach® (CEC or CTC), individuals who want to enhance their career prospects through facilitation skills, and anyone who believes in creating happier teams and improving meeting experiences.