MAFN Online Workshop: Methods Workshop - Facilitating Creativity

Duration:  90 minutes

About the workshop: 

Do you work with clients on designing products, programs or services?  Are you looking for ways to unlock more creativity in your workshop sessions?  

Join us to learn a few simple techniques you can use in meetings and workshops to help groups ‘unstick’ their thinking and unlock creativity!  You'll walk away with practical tools – drawn from Futures Thinking and Human Centered Design - that you can incorporate into your sessions right away.  

And you’ll have the chance to share ideas on how to use them.

Learning Objectives 

In this session, participants will:

• Learn and practice a handful of practical facilitation tools and techniques that can be used to encourage creative thinking for program design and strategy sessions

• Share ideas and experience on how these and similar tools can be used in various workshop and meeting settings

• Understand basic principles of Futures Thinking and Human Centered Design.

NOTE: This workshop will be recorded for distribution to all who register (breakout rooms will not be recorded).

This is a 90-minute online workshop. It will take place at 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT.

Speaker: 

Catherine McMahon is an Organizational Development Consultant who leverages 20+ years of international program management and development experience to help mission-driven teams and organizations build alignment and resilience for positive practical action.  She is a skilled trainer and facilitator who has developed and delivered training materials and events ranging from weeklong courses for food security professionals, to highly participatory skills-building workshops focused on program design and proposal development, to strategic planning and change management sessions for nonprofit organizations.

ONLINE WORKSHOP REMINDERS

• MAFN does not offer refunds for events. Anyone who registers for an event will receive a credit that can be applied to any other MAFN event, or to MAFN membership. Credits must be used within 2 years.

• Registered participants will receive instructions for joining the live session and any additional details 1 day in advance and the morning of the event. Please be sure to look for the link in your email.

• Workshops begin promptly at 12:00PM Eastern.  Please log on at least 15 minutes in advance to ensure your internet connections, audio and other settings are functioning properly.

• MAFN Members have access to all online workshop recordings via the MAFN website.

• For registration or membership questions contact info@mafn.org.