What Does A Facilitator Do?

Becoming a facilitator is a great career move, and learning the basics of facilitation is easier than you might think! But what does a facilitator actually do? In this video, AJ&Smart's CEO and Facilitator, Jonathan Courtney, walks you through the different responsibilities of a workshop facilitator. He also discusses a range of various job titles you're likely to find when you start looking for facilitation positions. (including Agile Coach, Workshop Moderator, Design Thinking Facilitator, and Business Design and Strategy Facilitator).

🤔 What else would you like to know about being a facilitator? Have you facilitated your first workshop yet? Leave your questions in the comments below 👇

⏰ Video timestamps:

0:00 Intro
0:11 What is facilitation (definition)
0:50 What does a facilitator do?
1:35 What types of things do you do as a facilitator?
2:35 What is the role of a facilitator?
3:38 What types of facilitators are there?
7:39 Outro

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What Does A Facilitator Actually Do? (2022)

[asawynn]

The concept of "getting doneness" made all the sense to me. Great video!

[estherariikeadegboye]

This is a loaded presentation in a very short time. Really love it

[vivianenyong]

Thanks for this video, at times we do things that we don't even know if it's important or even have a name.

[ProjectPeixe]

Great video! Is sometimes hard to explain what we do and this video does it brilliantly. Tks 🙏

[thelandofmisteroz]

Holy crap man, you mean I can get paid for this? I naturally do this and have been doing this for 50% of my life. Yet I did not know there was a name given to it or a way to make money with it. My mind is blown. A good friend described me yesterday as a facilitator during an introduction to a new friend. I didn't think much of it, but looked up the word this morning and now searched yt. Now realizing i have always connected people or give people I know very fulfilling relationships with connecting them, they almost always become VERY good connections for them to the point of moving beyond me. It used to frustrate me, but that was ego. Long-winded brain dump comment. I have been wanting a career change for some time. Hmmmm

[Vincentdeoliveira]

That office view sure looks a lot like the one I saw in Singapore ;) Great vid too!

[maryagboola]

As a facilitator, how can you handle questions raised that you are not familiar with because you are not an expert in the field

[ziad]

So, you facilitate and organize things for everyone to achieve the end goal.

[yakubualbertaudi]

Is there any difference between a facilitator and human resource manager?

[DoFurther]

I like how the ancient Egyptians facilitated their projects. Very effective.

[piperex]

Great video, as a facilitator one of my objective is always unlock people superpowers!!! Thanks!

[chimazambewe]

Great video.Very informative and would like to know more about facilitators flamewirk.

[toobalkain]

so in other words "facilitating" is just another meaningless concept designed to get businesses to part with their money, it's just babbling like 99% of various workshops, "team building" and what not.

[adpa]

This is so useless that if I ask chatgpt to do this job, it will probably get offended

[rumorscameras]

person who thinks he is smarter than people and loves post it s

[narchiebatol]

AJ&Smart is my go to place, when ever I need some advices about Workshop Facilitation. I love how your videos are straight to the point.
I'm also a fan of your Workshopper Playbook. :D  

Do you have any tips on how to convince novice/stakeholders/ peers to participate in a Workshop?