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Fresh Approaches to Facilitation -

In this issue, you’ll find a refreshing new way of looking at your role from Marv Weisbord, hints for managing multi-cultural meetings from Glenn Parker, some ideas that meeting participants will love from Steve Davis, from Jay Vogt - the first half-day vision process we’ve seen, fun facilitation fairy tale from Robert Moir and Janet Danforth, great body language advice for facilitators from Carol Goman, and from Paula Griffin, a long list of ways to get people involved. 

  • Let People Be Responsible -  Excerpted from their ground breaking new book, Marvin Weisbord and Sandra
    Janoff offer approaches to help you free yourself from the burdens of doing it all in facilitation.                                (Click Here to Order)

  • Facilitating a Multicultural Meeting - Glenn Parker has some suggestions that will help when English isn’t the first language for some of your participant.

  • Twelve Acts of Courage to Change Meetings For Good - Steve Davis knows it isn’t easy, but here are some suggestions to help participants improve the meetings they attend.

  • Six Steps to a Grounded Vision - Jay W. Vogt show you how, even in time constrained situations, to create a vision that works.

  • 37 Ways to Build Participation - Paula Yardley Griffin’s been looking for ways to get people involved; she’s found a slew.

  • Body Language Tips for Facilitators - Carol Kinsey Goman preswents hints that can make a difference in how you are perceived by a group.

  • Virtual Brainstorming? Definitely - Nancy Settle-Murphy proves you can facilitate powerful brainstorming across boundaries if you follow a few simple steps.

  • A Facilitation Fairy Tale - Robert Moir and Janet Danforth, just for fun, develop a story of a facilitator discovering her rightful field.

  • Resources - A collection of books and other resources for facilitators.

 Frontiers in Facilitation - 

In this issue, we explore some of the innovations in facilitation. You’ll see how the folks at AmericaSpeaks are facilitating groups of 4,000 and more, an explanation of transdisciplinary facilitation from Maggie Buxton, some creative ideas from Julie Ann Gircys on using art to help change a culture, concepts from Terrie Temkin to challenge nonprofit boards, a process from Perry Walker for getting information to large groups, Dick Axelrod’s current musings, and some tips from Paula Griffin for working with public meetings.

    

  • Facilitating Large Scale Public Participation - Carolyn Lukensmeyer and Steven Brigham offer some guidance on the skills and environment required to manage the massive public events AmericaSpeaks facilitates.                                                           (Click Here to Order)

  • Facilitating Big-Picture Thinking - Terrie Temkin describes some concrete ways you can help boards of directors and other groups to focus away from the mundane toward seeing the bigger picture.

  • What is Transdisiplinary Facilitation, and How Do I Get There? -  Maggie Buxton reveals the mysterious ways creative facilitators are working across borders to combine the best of many fields.

  • Culture Change Quick? Art to the Rescue - Julie Ann Gircys describes how a small group moved a big ministry with the help of some cameras and a well-planed one-day event.

  • It’s a Game; It’s a Lesson; It’s a Conversation - Perry Walker has developed a tool for leveling the information playing field in large-group meetings.  You can engage the group and share information at the same time.

  • Practical Tips for Public Meetings - Whether it’s a public information meeting, hearing, or charrette, Paula Yardley Griffin has collected ideas that can be helpful when you’re dealing with the public.

  • Facilitator Musings: The Inner Frontier - Dick Axelrod has been thinking about what he’s learned in his years of facilitating.  He’d like it if you did too, and he wants to hear from you

  • Resources - A collection of books and other resources for facilitators.

The full topic catalogue includes:

Coaching Topics

Marketing

Consulting Topics

Non-Profit Consulting

Facilitation

Organizational Change

Leadership

 

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