facilitator: guide on the side! thursday, january 12, 2005
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Facilitator:Facilitator:Guide On The Side!Guide On The Side!
Thursday, January 12, 2005Thursday, January 12, 2005
What We Know About The What We Know About The Facilitator!Facilitator!
Good Facilitators . . . Good Facilitators . . . - Encourage and invite people to participate!Encourage and invite people to participate!- Create an equal balance with discussions!Create an equal balance with discussions!- Activate schema!Activate schema!- Tap into the strengths of the people they are Tap into the strengths of the people they are
working with to create synergy!working with to create synergy!- Make it real and relevant!Make it real and relevant!
What Else Do We Know About The What Else Do We Know About The Facilitator!Facilitator!
Good Facilitators . . . Good Facilitators . . . - Ask questions instead of make statements!Ask questions instead of make statements!- Are invisible!Are invisible!- Are mobile!Are mobile!- Get on the group’s level when helping or Get on the group’s level when helping or
listening to a group!listening to a group!- Connect with each individual!Connect with each individual!
GREAT FACILITATORS . . .GREAT FACILITATORS . . .
INVITEINVITE active participation active participation through collaborative through collaborative structures!structures!
INVOLVEINVOLVE all participants all participants with skillful monitoring, with skillful monitoring, intervening when intervening when necessary and by asking necessary and by asking facilitating questions!facilitating questions!
INTERPRET INTERPRET the results of the results of the collaboration and the collaboration and how the team worked how the team worked together !together !
InviteInvite with collaborative structures! with collaborative structures!
The 7 Deadly SinsThe 7 Deadly Sins
(of facilitation!)(of facilitation!)
Involve Involve all participants!all participants!
Give them roles!Give them roles!
Interpret Interpret the results!the results!
Reflections!Reflections!
NEXT TIME. . . NEXT TIME. . .
Mediator = Coach In The Mediator = Coach In The Field!Field!