Inter Company Collaborations:
A How-To Workshop in Facilitation

14th August 2008
9.30 - 4.30
Comfort Inn, Antrim

Description

This workshop is designed for individuals who facilitate, support or manage collaborative working groups. It will equip them with new skills for their role and provide an environment to test them out.

Why Attend?

Effective collaborations can deliver higher value, more innovative solutions and better returns than people or businesses working individually can achieve. A smoother, less confrontational approach increases the probability of a successful outcome often reducing the time and resources required to deliver the results - providing confidence for the stakeholders, facilitators and participants of the collaborative group.

The workshop will include:

• What is Clustering?
• Examples Internationally and Locally
• Forming the Team
  • Engagement of Key Shakers & Movers
  • Developing Other, Key Stakeholders & Influencers Support
  • Awareness of the Evolution of the Necessary Structures and Resources
• The Facilitator’s Role
  • Building Trust
  • Managing the Process
  • Managing the Team Dynamics / Egos and Conflict
  • Developing Consensus
  • Managing Time
  • Managing the Finances and Resources
  • Delivering Results and fulfilling Key Stakeholder Expectations
• Key Characteristics of a Facilitator
• Facilitator Do’s and Don’ts
• Facilitation Tools & Techniques

Background

In a time of increasing economic pressures businesses and organisations are increasingly needing to find new ways to better leverage their existing resources, contend with larger competitors and create new value. Clustering has been shown across the world to be an effective way of overcoming these problems.

This requires skills in collaborative working, where the outcomes for an individual organisation can often only be achieved by ensuring that others achieve theirs. Often the teams operate without a formal leader, drawing members from other organisations, cultures, styles, perspectives and priorities, yet are expected to deliver tangible benefits.

The Centre for Competitiveness has facilitated collaborative working groups and networks for over 15 years, drawing on the best international practice and adapting it especially for Northern Ireland. We supply training in interpersonal facilitation techniques, network maturity assessments and supporting technologies including the Northern Ireland Smart Communities in association with DFP and Invest NI.

Fee

Members of the Centre for Competitiveness £275 + VAT
Non Members £350 + VAT

Further Information

For more information contact Derek Johnston or Michael Smith on (028) 9073 7950 or email compete@cforc.org

Upcoming Events

A full list of upcoming Members' Network and Training events can be found at www.cforc.org/events

Cancellation Policy

Any cancellations made up to 10 days before the event will result in a 50% refund.
Any cancellations made up to 5 days before the event will result in a 10% refund.
An absent attendance to a booked event means no refund.