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Group Facilitation Phrases to Use in a Pinch

October 27 | 2:00-2:45pm ET

Live-Online Webinar

Almost every meeting reaches these kinds of moments: momentum ebbs, you can hear a pin drop, someone won't stop talking, the group tiptoes around an issue or trumpets round-and-round the same content. Somehow, the trance must be broken. And you, the meeting leader or facilitator, don't always know what to do or say.

In this Group Facilitation Masterclass, we'll provide you with 17 tried-and-true phrases for moments kind those, plus how to say each one without sounding like a school teacher or automated message.

Session Objectives

  • Recognize the moments in a meeting where a course correction is required

  • Build a working vocabulary for the trouble spots that come up most (someone's checked out, the group's stuck in a loop, disagreement is bubbling)
  • Leave matched up with phrases for the situations you personally run into most

Who Should Attend and Why

For anyone who leads or facilitates meetings and, in the face of a confounding situation, reached for the right move or words, and drawn a blank This session will provide you with a practical, in-the-pocket companion to that moment.


Featuring:

Beth O'Neill
Senior Consultant
Interaction Associates

Beth Yates
Senior Consultant
Interaction Associates

About the Featured Speaker

Beth O'Neill
Senior Consultant | Interaction Associates

Beth works with leaders to create collaborative work environments. She is passionate about empowering leaders to build trust, engagement and foster collaboration to drive strong business results.

Beth joined Interaction Associates in 1993, and currently serves on our Board of Directors. She contributed to the development of our “Mastering Meetings™” and “The Coaching EDGE®” workshops. Prior to joining IA, Beth worked in the television news and aerospace industries.

Her published work includes “How to Lead Effectively in Virtual Environments” (CLO Magazine), “How to Shape Your Company Culture Before It’s Too Late” (Fast Company), and “Go Ahead, Give Your Boss a Piece of Your Mind – Just Do It Effectively” (Fast Company).

Beth’s extensive client experience includes engagements with Bank of Hawaii, Colorado Children’s Hospital, Credit Human, eBay, Genentech, Gilead, Invesco, Making Waves Academy, PayPal, Putnam, Salesforce, Stanford Children’s Health Center, Stanford University, StubHub, TPC, and Twitter.

Beth practices The Interaction Method™ daily, both at work and at home.

Beth holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and The Whitman School of Management. She also holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Hartford's School of Communication. Beth is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the International Coach Federation, and a Certified NLP Coach by the Academy of Leadership Coaching and NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming).

Beth Yates 
Senior Consultant | Interaction Associates

As a seasoned trainer and facilitator, Beth’s mission is to help managers and teams collaborate to achieve stellar results.

Beth participated in Interaction Associates’ Essential Facilitation® workshop in 1989, and it changed the trajectory of her career and her life. She joined Interaction Associates as a Senior Consultant in 1999 and has more than 20 years’ experience working in organizational consulting. Prior to joining our team, she worked as a trainer and organizational development consultant at AG Consulting. She has worked internally in organizations as a facilitator, training designer, and deliverer. She has also consulted as an external partner doing the same work.

Beth’s extensive client experience includes engagements with CoStar, Curtis Wright Flow Control, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dolby Laboratories, eBay, General Mills, Genentech, Kaiser Permanente, Medtronic, Moody’s, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Saks Fifth Avenue, Sun Microsystems, Toyota, Wells Fargo, and Yahoo.

Her IA favorite practice is the one that gets a group of people with disparate experiences to successfully collaborate. She finds it’s different with every group and enjoys introducing different techniques to fresh faces.

Beth holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from California State University-Humboldt. She is certified in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and is a trained Life Coach and Community Mediator.