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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.

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Wed Jul 10 - 11, 2024
09:00 EDT
8 hours each day
Live Online
$1,195

Early bird pricing:

Price increases to $1,395 after 07/03/2024

Course details

Lonnie Weaver-Johnson

CST®, CSP®‑SM, CSP®‑PO, A‑CSM®, CAL 1™, CSM®, CSPO®

Sticky Agile LLC

Course

This Agile Coaching Skills – Certified Facilitator course is tailored to enhance participants' facilitation skills through many engaging activities. The workshop covers various aspects, including understanding and applying Agile values, orienting oneself as a facilitator, considering environmental factors, and delving into conflict resolution strategies.

With Lonnie Weaver-Johnson as the instructor, participants can expect a dynamic and engaging learning experience. Lonnie's background as a Certified Scrum Trainer® and professional facilitator, coupled with her degree in Communications from the University of Minnesota, provides her with a strong foundation to guide students effectively.

Participants can anticipate a hands-on approach to learning, with opportunities to practice facilitation during the course and receive immediate feedback to aid in their skill development.

Note: Enrolling in Lonnie's Certified Facilitation class guarantees learning from one of the finest instructors in the field. With a degree in Communications and a remarkable proficiency in the subject matter, Lonnie stands out as an exceptional guide. Just as you wouldn't choose an instructor lacking technical expertise for a technical class, it's equally important to select a communication class taught by a specialist like Lonnie.

Details

Facilitation supports groups of people as they collaborate, create, and make decisions. The Agile Coaching Skills - Certified Facilitator (ACS-CF) course provides training for anyone interested in developing their facilitation mindset and knowledge while learning from experienced agile practitioners.

Completing this course is also a way forward on the path for those who want to become Certified Agile Coaches. Facilitation is one of the many tools essential to coaching, and this course will equip you to develop and hone the skill.

Learning objectives:

Discover what a facilitator is and what they do
Practice the mindset of a neutral facilitator
Learn how to facilitate teams through conflict
Understand the needs of different teams
Learn what to do before, during, and after a facilitation event
Facilitate

Agenda

Who should attend

WHO SHOULD TAKE THE COURSE?

If you’d like to develop your facilitation skills, the ACS-CF course provides many opportunities to learn and grow through classroom practice, observing the instructor modeling the techniques, hands-on activities, and self-reflection resulting in your personal backlog of ideas. This class will help you demonstrate a real difference in your skills, enabling you to help others by being more effective yourself. Many careers, industries, and teams need people who know how to facilitate. Become someone who can make sure all voices are heard, establish psychological safety, and create better meetings by attending this course.

The ACS-CF course is right for:

Anyone who wants to be an empowering and impactful facilitator
Scrum masters on the path to Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster (CSP®-SM)
Agilists on the path to Certified Agile Coach®
Anyone interested in growing their career with facilitation skills
Anyone who believes in happier teams and better meetings

Commitment

BENEFITS OF THE ACS-CF CERTIFICATION and THIS COURSE IN PARTICULAR

Deep dive of an in-demand skill that goes beyond technique alone and explores the mindset of a facilitator
Live, immersive facilitation practice - previous students have said this was their favorite part
Facilitated by a Scrum Alliance-Certified Scrum Trainer® who facilitates for a living
Membership with a global organization, the Scrum Alliance
Contributes to evidence of facilitation experience when you apply to become a CEC or CTC