Virtual Facilitator Certificate

An immersive skill building experience of engaging online training with practice and coaching. A program delivered entirely live online and time-spaced to accommodate busy schedules. Five, 2-hour live online sessions, designed to empower trainers to deliver virtual instructor-led training with confidence! Participants join a live online training world, participate in discussion, both on and offline, practice training online, explore and learn their platform, and create training materials ready for immediate use!

• Define and discover engaging online training 
• Overcome the challenges to engaging an online audience 
• Manage the technical aspects necessary to deliver an effective learning experience

• Sound like a radio star, keeping participants engaged 
• Say messages with clarity of meaning and annunciation 
• Show visuals and screen shares that excite an audience to action '

• Ask insightful questions to inspire thoughtful learning and reflection 
• Listen to participant responses and learn to look for meaning even when it cannot be heard 
• Coach participants to greater levels of learning and depth of understanding 

• Practice real time delivery of a portion of an assigned live online event • Receive coaching and feedback 
• Create an action plan for future successful delivery of the selected live online event 

• Practice real time delivery of a portion of the participant’s selected live online event 
• Receive coaching and feedback 
• Create an action plan for future successful delivery of the selected live online event 

 A Participant Manual

 A copy of Kassy LaBorie and Tom Stone’s book, Interact and Engage! 75+ Activities for Virtual Training, Meetings, and Webinars. (Registration 30 days in advance required)

 Example facilitator’s slides, slides and other materials which can be used as templates

 A Virtual Platform Checklist

 Coaching in the moment

 An online channel or discussion board using Padlet

 Practice time

 Feedback and action plan development

 Flexibility to adjust the program as the team needs

 A Credly Badge is earned which can be shared on your choice of social media

Assumptions/requirements

• All online sessions are delivered using Zoom, but other platforms are discussed and supported. Please make sure you have downloaded and updated the Zoom Desktop Client for Meetings. Do not use the mobile application or the web browser version for this certification. https://zoom.us/download
• Participants attend the training from their own computer, their own desk, and their own audio connection.
• Each online session is recorded and made available only to the candidates who participated in the live sessions for 30 days following the completion of the program.
• Each participant has access to login and host their own virtual sessions, on their platform of choice, to apply the technical learning, and practice on their own, in between sessions.
• Participants actively attend and complete assignments to earn the final certification.
• If participants miss classes or request make up sessions, we will work together to determine the due dates and pricing associated with the additional training/coaching sessions required. Please note there is a $250 fee for makeup teach back sessions, which are also a requirement to earn the final certification.