BUT WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRAINING AND FACILITATION? 

If the role of training is to impart knowledge and enable the learning of a given subject and concepts, and the trainers are often experts in the subject being imparted;

facilitators, on the other hand, are not necessarily experts in the content they bring to the table, but rather in how to create and guarantee a secure framework and process within which group members can generate and share ideas, solve problems and make decisions together.

The trainer knows his or her subject and develops pedagogical methods and formats to make it as easy as possible for participants to understand and integrate the content and knowledge transmitted.

The facilitator designs facilitation structures that will enable the group to feel safe and to express itself in many different ways, thanks to exercises and tools for collective intelligence and collaboration (for example) to achieve a common goal by drawing on the knowledge and resources of each group member.

It can also be interesting to combine training and facilitation postures according to needs!

Both the role of trainer and that of facilitator can be creative and inspiring roles in which we can develop new animation structures,"seriously playful" and even "connected"exercises,experiences that are sometimes a little crazy, and enable realizations and moments of strong connections between humans.

And what recent animation structures have you experimented with, and what effects have they had within the teams and groups you work with? We look forward to hearing from you.

-> And if you'd like to take advantage of a place on our Train-the-Trainer facilitator training course for sustainable teams, please contact us.