Effective Facilitation Skills for Digital Leaders

What’s worse than sitting through poorly-run meeting? Well, leading a poorly-run meeting, for one.

That’s why even the most seasoned leaders will benefit from our latest workshop on effective facilitation and brainstorming.

Watch our latest, pre-recorded workshop to learn new skills for leading engaging, dynamic and highly productive meetings and brainstorms. With content tailored specifically for digital leaders, the session covers:

• An overview of adult learning principles and personas, and how to tailor your sessions to these personas to maximize retention and participation.

• The latest methods, tools and resources to design and lead group sessions, as well as strategies to keep your audience involved and engaged.

• Guidance on how to handle difficult participants – devils advocates, change resistors, and withholders among them.

• Strategies to adapt your facilitation techniques for virtual, in-person and hybrid environments.

Meet your facilitator:

John Davis, Project Manager & Facilitation Expert at Brooks Bell

John Davis is a versatile professional known for his expertise in project management, instructional design and facilitation. With an extensive background in education, John has seamlessly transitioned his career into one of Brooks Bell’s lead project managers where he excels in organizing timelines, roadmaps and deliverables, designing processes, and many other tasks–all to ensure smooth collaboration between Brooks Bell strategists and our clients.

His years in the public education system—first as a teacher and curriculum coordinator in the Wake County Public School System, and later as a consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction—have honed John’s skills in these areas. He is passionate about helping diverse audiences–students, teachers and now marketing and digital teams–collaborate more effectively, learn new skills and leverage their collective knowledge to solve creative challenges. 

John holds a Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction from UNC Wilmington, a Master of Education in English Education from Wake Forest University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English & History from UNC Chapel Hill.

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