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Tips for facilitators

Get prepared and have a plan
This guide suggests a basic structure for a social and professional empowerment workshop.
However, as the interaction with the participants is a dynamic process, the facilitators may need to
re-define some procedures or add more steps for a successful empowerment process. As a result,
it is necessary to prepare yourself, creating alternatives for things that might go wrong or do not
fit to the participants. You can also ask for help, inviting an expert as a speaker to the workshop,
and it can be encouraging and really helpful in case of questions that participants will have and the
facilitators will not be able to answer with certainty.
Create a warm atmosphere
One of the most important points of an empowerment workshop is its environment and the feelings
that creates to the participants. Thus, it is essential to create a positive atmosphere from the first
minutes of the workshop and maintain it during the whole workshop. Make everyone feel
comfortable and welcome create a positive attitude for every problem that may arise, like
participants that came late, or participants that are very shy to talk in front of an audience.
Encourage everyone, give them time and always have a friendly approach. Only in this way, every
participant will feel comfortable and trust the whole process so as to freely express themselves and
reap the greatest possible benefits of the workshop.

Project 2019-1-BG01-KA204_062299
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