Facilitation for Researchers 101
Series Description
Whether you are hosting a weekly team meeting, conducting a focus group with research participants, or organizing a strategic planning session with your research partners, robust facilitation skills can help to foster an environment of collaboration and learning, while boosting team engagement and morale.
If you are new to facilitation, or looking to refresh and reenergize your existing facilitation practice, The Centre for Research and Innovation Support invites you to participate in a newly launched Facilitation Series kicking off in 2022.
Each month, the Centre for Research and Innovation Support will take a deep dive into a particular aspect of facilitation featuring guest speakers from across the University of Toronto. During these hands-on sessions, we will explore as a group various practical tools and strategies you can apply to your own facilitation practice and share customizable templates you can experiment with.
Session line up:
- Back to Facilitation Basics: Practical Strategies to Get You Started
- Featuring: Krystyna Kongats, Collaborative Programs Officer
- January 12, 2022 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm [FULL]
- February 23, 2022 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- *NEW!* September 14, 2022 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm [Virtual]
- *NEW!* October 19, 2022 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm [In Person]
- Accessible Collaborative Engagements: Facilitation x AODA Best Practices
- Featuring: Ben Poynton, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Officer and Chris Sabatinos, Web Accessibility Specialist
- February 9, 2022 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- Creating Inclusive & Equitable Spaces for Collaboration: Facilitation & EDI Best Practices
- Featuring: Dr. Nicole Kaniki, Director of EDI in Research and Innovation
- March 9, 2022 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- Writing Together: Facilitating Group Manuscript Writing
- April 21, 2022 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- Facilitating a Collaborative Grant Sprint: Tips For Researchers
- May 11, 2022 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Back to ‘In-Person’ Facilitation Basics: Practical Strategies to Get You Started – Oct. 19, 2022
Date: October 19, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Location:
Name: Centre for Research & Innovation Support
Address: 9 King’s College Circle
Toronto
Ontario
M7A 1A5
Description:
Join the CRIS Collaborative Programs Officer for an in-person offering of the ‘Back to Facilitation Basics’ workshop! This hands-on training will focus on activities and tips & tricks for in-person facilitated sessions. About the workshop: Picture this: you are in a 3-hr team brainstorming session, or a strategic research planning retreat, or maybe a consensus…
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Back to Facilitation Basics: Practical Strategies to Get You Started – Sept. 14, 2022
Date: September 14, 2022 @ 10:30 am
Description:
Join the CRIS Collaborative Programs Officer for virtual offering of the ‘Back to Facilitation Basics’ workshop! This hands-on training will focus on activities and tips & tricks for facilitated sessions in a virtual context. About the Workshop “The way we gather matters.” – Priya Parker Picture this: you are in a 3-hr team brainstorming session, or a strategic research…
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Facilitating a Collaborative Grant Sprint: Tips for Researchers – May 11, 2022
Date: May 11, 2022 @ 10:30 am
Description:
Featuring Guest Presenter: Ann Verhey-Henke, MDiv, Strategic Director of the Center for Socially Engaged Design (C-SED), University of Michigan In 2016, a team of designers collaborated with faculty to create the first ever Grant Sprint™ to create a more creative and collaborative approach to grant ideation and writing. This process, rooted in the principles of design…
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Writing Together: Facilitating Group Manuscript Writing – Apr. 21, 2022
Date: April 21, 2022 @ 10:30 am
Description:
This workshop is the fourth session in the CRIS Facilitation for Researchers 101 series. In this workshop faculty members in the humanities and medicine will share their experiences of facilitating collaborative writing with members of their research team including community partners and students. Faculty will provide insight into their process and lessons learned! Panelists: •…
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Back to Facilitation Basics: Practical Strategies to Get You Started – Feb. 23, 2022
Date: February 23, 2022 @ 10:30 am
Description:
“The way we gather matters.” – Priya Parker Picture this: you are in a 3-hr team brainstorming session, or a strategic research planning retreat, or maybe a consensus building workshop with your policy or practice stakeholders. When these sessions go well, you may feel energized and engaged and leave feeling motivated for the next steps.…
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Accessible Collaborative Engagements: Facilitation x AODA Best Practices – Feb. 9, 2022
Date: February 9, 2022 @ 10:30 am
Description:
Featured Guests: • Ben Poynton, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Officer • Chris Sabatinos, Web Accessibility Specialist Facilitating accessible collaborative engagements in a virtual environment requires different skills and considerations for facilitators as you design and implement your next collaborative session. In this engaging workshop, CRIS will be joined by guests Ben Poynton,…
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Creating Inclusive & Equitable Spaces for Collaboration: Facilitation & EDI Best Practices – Mar. 9, 2022
Date: March 9, 2022 @ 10:30 am
Description:
Feature Guest: Dr. Nicole Kaniki, inaugural Director of EDI in Research and Innovation How we facilitate our everyday team meetings to larger community conversations has a significant role to play in creating more equitable and inclusive spaces for collaboration and engagement. Effective facilitation also considers the power dynamics of the relationships in the room that can…
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Back to Facilitation Basics: Practical Strategies to Get You Started – Jan 12, 2022
Date: January 12, 2022 @ 10:30 am
Description:
“The way we gather matters.” – Priya Parker Picture this: you are in a 3-hr team brainstorming session, or a strategic research planning retreat, or maybe a consensus building workshop with your policy or practice stakeholders. When these sessions go well, you may feel energized and engaged and leave feeling motivated for the next steps.…
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