Workshop Facilitation Skills For Local Economic Development Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply facilitation techniques to manage group dynamics and ensure inclusive participation in LED workshops.
• Analyze local economic development contexts to tailor workshop content and methods appropriately.
• Design workshop agendas and activities that align with LED objectives and stakeholder needs.
• Implement strategies to handle challenging behaviors and maintain productive workshop environments.
• Evaluate workshop outcomes and gather feedback to continuously improve facilitation practice.
• Demonstrate effective communication and questioning skills to stimulate discussion and consensus-building.

Target Audience

This course is designed for LED practitioners, economic development officers, community development workers, and project managers who are responsible for facilitating workshops aimed at promoting local economic growth and stakeholder engagement.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practicals are essential to develop hands-on facilitation skills. Learners will design, facilitate, and evaluate mini-workshops, receiving real-time feedback from peers and trainers. These sessions build confidence and competence in applying participatory techniques within LED contexts.

Practical Activities

• Icebreaker and Energiser Practice — Learners take turns leading short icebreakers or energisers, then receive peer and trainer feedback on engagement and adaptability. (2h)
• Session Design and Micro-Facilitation — In pairs, learners design a 30-minute participatory session on an LED topic, then facilitate it for a small group. Peers observe and provide structured feedback. (4h)
• Handling Difficult Participants Role-Play — Learners role-play scenarios with difficult participant behaviours (e.g., dominator, resistor, side-talker) and practice intervention techniques. (3h)
• Full Workshop Facilitation Simulation — In groups, learners plan and facilitate a 1-hour mini-workshop on an LED topic (e.g., stakeholder mapping). The session includes opening, participatory activity, and closing. Peers and trainer evaluate using a rubric. (5h)
• Reflective Practice and Action Planning — Learners reflect on their facilitation experiences, document lessons learned, and create a personal action plan for continuous improvement. (2h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.