Facilitative Skills: An Essential Foundation for Collaborative
Leadership
About the Workshop
This is a unique, two-day workshop developed and presented by UH specialist Donna R.
Ching, Ph.D. She has deconstructed the concept of collaborative leadership and created
a very practical program for helping individuals lead from within their organizations or
groups, starting with the planning and conducting of successful meetings.
Meetings represent only one venue where collaborative leadership can be demonstrated,
but they serve as a microcosm of an organization’s dynamics and provide a useful place
to practice and master one’s leadership skills, whether in the role of participant or inhouse facilitator.
At a time when organizations are seeking to leverage their existing resources, training
people in facilitative skills is a highly efficient way to ensure that 1) meetings are
productive; 2) critical conversations are well managed; and 3) individuals at every level
are working in a collaborative manner. With its emphasis on practical skills and its reallife examples, this workshop provides a roadmap for adding to one’s toolkit a set of skills
and practices that are foundational to collaborative leadership.
About the Presenter
Donna Ching is an Extension Specialist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and
founder of the Pacific Center for Collaboration. She is an advocate for collaborative
leadership and one of Hawaii’s premier practitioners of group facilitation. Donna’s
workshops on leadership, facilitation, group process, and strategic planning are very
popular with participants from non-profit, for-profit, and government organizations.
In her role as a practitioner, Donna facilitates a variety of meetings in community and
organizational settings. As a consultant, she is sought after for her expertise in
facilitating strategic planning initiatives. She also coordinated a statewide agricultural
and rural community leadership program.
Donna believes passionately that all people can lead if given the skills and appropriate
opportunities … and has dedicated the last 25 years to teaching facilitative skills for
collaborative leaders.
Workshop participants will learn
Participants will receive a copy of the book “Facilitative Skills: An Essential Foundation
for Collaborative Leadership,” and have the chance to learn and practice valuable skills:
 The importance of legitimizing participants immediately and often
For more information about the workshop call Donna Ching
at 956-2255.
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How to develop a content and process focus for your meeting
How to acknowledge and meet the differing expectations of participants
The important roles played by the facilitator, recorder, and participants
How to plan a meeting and design an agenda
The critical role listening plays in helping to reach agreement
How to use feedback and evaluation to improve your performance
Facilitative techniques, strategies, and tools
Register Today!
Facilitative Skills: An Essential Foundation for Collaborative
Leadership
Monday, October 19, 2015, 8:30 to 5:00 p.m.
[Registration begins at 8:00 on Monday and workshop starts PROMPTLY at 8:30.]
Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 8:00 to 4:30 p.m.
University of Hawaii-Manoa, Campus Center Executive Dining Room
Participants must commit to 2 full days.
Cost:
$250 for University faculty and staff, $350 for all others. Checks should be
written to RCUH (write “Project #1282” somewhere on check or purchase
order) and MAIL TO Donna R. Ching, 2515 Campus Rd., Miller 110, University
of Hawaii, Hon., HI 96822. When we have received a complete registration
(including expectations) and your check, you can request the book used in the
workshop be sent to you.
What’s included: Book, workshop supplies, morning and afternoon snacks.
Please use a separate form for each registrant. To reserve your space in the workshop, complete
registration form below and email to <donnac@hawaii.edu> or fax to 956-9712. Please do not assume
you are registered for the workshop until you receive an email or fax with detailed
logistical information to notify you that you have secured a seat in the workshop. Sign up
early—workshops frequently close before the actual workshop.
Name (for roster)
Organization
Title
Name (for name tag)
Address (for roster)
City/State/Zip
Telephone
Fax
For more information about the workshop call Donna Ching
at 956-2255.
Email
Donna needs your expectations for the workshop and/or issues you want addressed here
(use another sheet if needed):
For more information about the workshop call Donna Ching
at 956-2255.
 Check here if you require special facility arrangements. How we may accommodate you:
Contact Donna Ching: Phone: (808) 956-2255; Fax: (808) 956-9712; donnac@hawaii.edu
Recording Policy: No audio or video recording is allowed without prior written permission.
For more information about the workshop call Donna Ching
at 956-2255.