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12:00pm - 12:45pm, Join NH Listens for a 45-minute informative and interactive session aimed at sharing bite-sized tips and resources from our toolbox for community engagement and facilitation.This session on building your facilitator toolbox will present several resources, tools, and frameworks for expanding your practice as a skilled facilitator. 

12:00pm - 2:30pm, NH Listens' Online Basic Facilitator Training provides an overall glimpse into facilitating for public engagement. It is an introductory training for frameworks on key facilitator concepts for facilitating online and in-person, including drawing people in, managing productive conversations, and strengthening your skills as a facilitator.We welcome everyone, no matter how little or how much you know about facilitation. We love when there is a mix because it always makes for e...

12:00pm - 12:45pm, Join NH Listens for a 45-minute informative and interactive session aimed at sharing bite-sized tips and resources from our toolbox for community engagement and facilitation.This session on Asking Good Questions will explore what it means to ask good questions as a facilitator and gain some practice reframing questions for more constructive dialogue.

12:00pm - 12:45pm, Join NH Listens for a 45-minute informative and interactive session aimed at sharing bite-sized tips and resources from our toolbox for community engagement and facilitation.The role of a facilitator in many spaces is to support the group in working with and moving through conflict, hold space for conflict resolution, and know when to intervene as a facilitator. 

12:00pm - 2:30pm, New Hampshire Listens' Online Advanced Facilitator Training focuses on those difficult moments where people are in dialogue across significant differences. Many people are often trained to remain "neutral" when serving as facilitators for public engagement and community dialogues. However, that doesn't mean facilitators should remain passive in the face of misunderstandings and harmful dynamics. We focus on self-reflection, centering equity, and building confidence to addres...