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Facilitation and Visualisation Skills for Audit and Risk Professionals

Target Audience:	Internal audit and risk managers
Maximum Number:	8
Time commitment /cost:	2 days / £795 (discounts for multiple bookings)
Course documentation:	Binder with narrative text, slides, examples and exercises

It's generally agreed that management should take full responsibility for managing their risks and monitoring their effectiveness. And no one knows their business operations better than the managers in charge. But thinking through risk management is not easy for busy people. Facilitation is the art of managing the thinking process so that the problem owners can concentrate on the problem solving. It's a combination of project management, event management and visualisation: getting the most out of every participant.

Facilitation and visualisation techniques are adaptable to many situations but we start off with how to use them for risk assessment workshops before exploring their application to audits, training sessions and one to one meetings.

The workshop is highly interactive: participants will need to bring examples of workshops or other facilitated sessions they have already conducted or are planning to conduct in future.

Objectives
By the end of the two days delegates should be able to:

Understand the difference between facilitation, consultancy, investigation and providing advice
Plan and structure a facilitated workshop to suit the group and the purpose
Prepare visual aids with maximum impact
Guide problem owners through each step to solutions which they can implement
Apply the facilitation and visualisation principles and techniques to business reviews, audits, developing the audit/risk function and training sessions.

Outline of the Day

Introduction and objectives Introducing the course leaders and the participants. Break the ice: visualising our starting point Setting objectives and expectations	Preparing for the facilitation event Setting the scene and issuing invitations Establishing and maintaining expectations Choosing the right visualisation techniques
Discovering facilitation Distinguishing facilitation from problem-solving, advising, telling Keeping out of content The power of visualisation Application of facilitation techniques	Practising a facilitated session Giving and receiving feedback Handling difficult clients
The facilitation process Gaining entry Making a contract Planning the facilitation event Checking with your client	Applying facilitation in audit and risk management The ultimate buy-in to audit work
	Reflection Point and Conclusion Creating an action oriented plan to use your skills and grow your confidence over the next six months.

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