Tired of being stuck with boring or painful meetings but wary of gimmicks? Addressing all six areas of IAF’s facilitator competencies, this workshop provides a sound way to plan appropriate levels of participation using a wide spectrum of process tools from a range of practitioners. Design a process that will create energy, and provide productive agenda items and meeting plans for your real situation. Learn skills to honor culturally diverse participation styles and deal with challenging participant behaviours. You’ll use these tools in team meetings, board meetings, project meetings, committees, and almost everywhere you work with a group.

Lucille Michaud is an aboriginal First Nation woman who entered the field of facilitation in 1999 with the Institute of Cultural Affairs, completing the Advanced Facilitator Program and becoming certified as a ToP™ Facilitator in 2007 .She successfully achieved her designation as an IAF Certified Professional Facilitator in August 2008. . Lucille has spent over 20 years working within an aboriginal context with a primary interest in governance, community building and empowerment. Her facilitation experience is almost exclusive to First Nation communities and aboriginal organizations in Northwestern Ontario. She finds the facilitative approach works best to engage aboriginal communities in dialogues that are long overdue. This passion and commitment to improving the lives of First Nation communities has also pulled her into the role of a trainer in facilitation skills with ICA-Associates. In many of her facilitation engagements she involves and mentors community individuals who are interested in the role of a facilitator, with a particular interest in aboriginal youth.