Building Professional Capability
- 2.3.A Knowledge of facilitation methods and techniques.
Key Points from BoK
- The practitioner serves as a catalyst for learning by understanding the learner’s needs
- creating the right environment for learning, building rapport with participants
- using the appropriate delivery options and media to make learning engaging, effective, relevant, and applicable
- Facilitating meetings means taking an objective approach to helping stakeholders discover new insights, achieve group outcomes, and work to make positive changes in the organization.
Facilitation
Facilitating usually refers to taking less of a delivery role and acts as a catalyst for learning. When a trainer uses facilitative methods, participants assume responsibility for their own learning.
Useful Articles from Review
- https://www.td.org/insights/ask-a-trainer-tips-for-virtual-facilitation
- https://www.td.org/newsletters/atd-links/critical-factors-for-effective-training-facilitation
- https://www.td.org/insights/putting-the-science-of-learning-into-practice
- https://www.td.org/insights/science-of-learning-101-key-learning-science-concepts-and-how-to-apply-them
Overview of the 70-20-10 Framework
- 70 percent was learned as hands-on experience on the job and directed by the individual’s manager;
- 20 percent was learned through developmental interactions that some now call social learning; and
- 10 percent was learned through formal learning that consisted of classes, workshops, or reading.
- Michael Lombardo and Robert Eichinger then adapted this research to create the 70-20-10 framework TD professionals use today.
The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument is a method of personality testing developed by W.E. “Ned” Herrmann (1989), who is considered the father of brain dominance technology. The instrument demonstrates how people learn in terms of preferences for thinking in four modes based on brain function:
- left brain, cerebral: logical, analytical, quantitative, factual, and critical
- left brain, limbic: sequential, organized, planned, detailed, and structured
- right brain, limbic: emotional, interpersonal, sensory, kinesthetic, and symbolic
- right brain, cerebral: visual, holistic, and creative.
