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Remote Facilitation for Techies

Basics
4 or 5 half-days, remote
12
Seats
German
Online and in-person
From
2027-02-22

Also available as in-house training

We run this training exclusively for your team, online or on site.
In-house Offerings
„A facilitator is an individual who uses self-awareness, self-management, group awareness, and group process to enable teams to access their collective intelligence in order to achieve their desired outcomes“ (Acker, 2020).

Objectives

  • Supplement your technical expertise with professional moderation and group leadership skills.
  • Design a good flow with structure for meetings and workshops.
  • Master challenges that arise with confidence and ease.
  • Skillfully involve both talkative and quiet colleagues.
  • Apply the skills you have learned directly in your everyday work.

Curriculum

  • Introduction and basics
    • Facilitation as a practical, neutral skill for creating open, safe, and innovative environments
    • Distinction: Facilitation vs. moderation
    • What kind of leadership suits the facilitation role?
  • Your own attitude
    • Reflect on and professionally develop your understanding of the role and your attitude
    • Identify your own strengths and use them in a targeted manner
  • Good preparation is (almost) everything!
    • Structure as the basis for successful facilitation
    • Address tensions or challenges in the group preventively
    • Use your analytical tech approach as a strength
  • During the workshop & the moderation flow
    • Structure discussions instead of dominating them
    • Control participation in a targeted manner
    • Use structures for your own orientation and flexibility
  • Useful methods, formats, and toolkits for techies
    • Selected resources from collaborative modeling, liberating structures, core protocols, training from the back of the room, and more
  • Your own facilitation “cockpit”
  • Mastering real challenges from everyday life
    • Dealing with talkative people, integrating (very) quiet people
    • Involving non-techies or “management” effectively
    • Conflict management in the role of facilitator
  • Effective follow-up
    • Avoiding wasted time
    • Efficient evaluation of the workshop
    • Metrics for success
  • Transfer to your personal context
    • Application exercises
    • Moderated exchange of experiences among peers
    • Development of solutions for your everyday work

Audience

This training is suitable for software architects, tech leads, and senior developers.

It is also suitable for anyone who…

  • … often “have to” (or wants to) give presentations or teach others.

  • … want more interaction and participation.

  • … want to take their remote facilitation skills to the next level.

  • … work with different people and is looking for effective methods and tools to leverage these differences.

Description

This interactive and immersive facilitation training is specifically designed for technically oriented participants (“techies”) and offers you a structured but compact learning path in five consecutive modules.

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You will learn how to confidently master facilitation challenges and create effective collaboration in teams and groups. The focus is on combining theoretical principles with practical methods, exercises, and direct application in your own work context.

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Special attention is paid to remote facilitation: Here, you will benefit from proven methods, tools, and tricks to specifically promote structure, clarity, and participation online. Experience shows that the transfer to on-site settings will then come naturally.

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In addition, you will gain practical insights into common moderation formats of Collaborative Modeling (CoMo), thereby expanding your methodological repertoire of effective facilitation techniques.

Trainers

Cosima Laube

Freelance Leadership Coach

Main Skills

Agile methods and organizations, professional coaching, soft skills

Online Courses

In-house Training

You can also book this training as an in-house training course exclusively for your team. Please use the enquiry form for more details.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the maximum number of participants in a training session?

For most training sessions, we limit the maximum number of participants to 12 per instructor. This allows us to ensure that you receive the best possible guidance.

Are meals provided during in-person training sessions?

Of course, we’ll take care of your meals during our in-person training sessions. We usually provide snacks twice a day and lunch. Drinks are also available.

Where can I find information about the training session I've already booked?

You can find all the information about your training in our socreatory Navigator. Here, in addition to useful links and information, you’ll find the specific location of the training for in-person sessions and the link to the video call for online sessions.

When and how will I receive my certificate of attendance after the training?

If you have attended at least 75% of the sessions, you will receive a certificate of attendance from us. You can download it from our socreatory Navigator a few days after the training.

Why socreatory?

Beyond the expertise of our trainers and our wide range of training courses, we offer even more compelling reasons to train with us.

All the benefits at your fingertips – download our program overview!

Unique Variety

We offer you the most comprehensive training program for software architecture in the German-speaking region – accredited and certified by iSAQB®.

Powerful IT expertise

Our experienced trainers are renowned experts in the industry and have co-developed 80 percent of the module curricula, both in terms of content and teaching methodology.

Hands-on learning experience

We are committed to providing interactive and engaging learning experiences, ensuring all participants can directly apply what they've learned.

Fair pricing model

The total price is reduced for as few as two participants from your company. Furthermore, you benefit from early bird pricing and enhanced planning certainty.

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