GEERS Rise & Thrive Webinar: Facilitation as a Tool for Building Campus-Community Relations

The GEERS Rise & Thrive - Facilitation as a Tool for Building Campus-Community Relations webinar was presented on March 9, 2022. The keynote speaker was Robert Hosea, PhD Civil Alternative Dispute Resolution Branch Chief with the Multi-Door Resolution Division of the District of Columbia Superior Court.

The experience of bringing together members with varying interests can be challenging, particularly in establishing working relationships for long-term goal attainment. In this webinar, Dr. Hosea shares how facilitation offers a meeting, presentation, and training tool to assist groups to accomplish desired goal-oriented outcomes.

A well planned and executed facilitated session can offer benefits of:
Goal-focused interactive session with participants
Needs identification
Options generation
Solutions development All within a productive and respectful environment

Participants learn facilitation strategies for developing collaborative relationships with community partners to enhance student support and services.