The Facilitator's Fieldbook: Step-by-Step Procedures Checklists and Guidelines Samples and Templates

Book Description
What is facilitation? Ironically, it's a difficult word that means "to make easy." When applied to businesses and organizations, facilitation means helping people work together in groups and teams to achieve their goals. But wait, you're probably thinking there's nothing easy about that--and until now you've been right. Most existing texts on facilitation (and there are lots of them) are theoretical, have too many complicated models, and lead to unnecessary confusion. The Facilitator's Fieldbook was written to break through the theory, clear up the confusion--and make facilitation itself easy. Comprehensive in scope, yet extremely practical and to the point, The Fieldbook is perfect for both novice and experienced facilitators. Those new to the art of facilitation will find clear guidance on basic how-to information. More experienced facilitators will discover advanced methods for use in more challenging facilitation situations and simple models for facilitating both large and small groups. Best of all, The Facilitator's Fieldbook contains a wealth of resources such as checklists, samples, templates, guidelines, and step-by-step procedures. It will enable you to perform all the skills of facilitation, including: * establishing ground rules for groups * planing meetings and agendas * building the group database * brainstorming * decision making * conflict resolution, and more.


About the Author
Tom Justice is an organizational development practitioner and President of Justice & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in in-depth interventions that bolster the capacity of the organization. He has conducted numerous workshops on meetings management, process facilitation, team building, effective training, and the management of organizational change. He lives in Santa Monica, California. David W. Jamieson, Ph.D. is President of the Jamieson Consulting Group, assisting organizations across varying industries in both public and private sectors with strategy, design, change, and human resources issues. He frequently writes and speaks on organizational issues such as managing workforce diversity, developing teams, and organizational alignment and is the author of Managing Workforce 2000: Gaining the Diversity Advantage. He lives in Los Angeles.


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A practical guide for both novice and experienced group facilitators, offering a wealth of resources such as checklists, samples, templates, guidelines, and step-by-step procedures to be used in basic situations and in more challenging facilitation situations in both large and small groups in business and community environments. Material is organized around a three-phase model of preparation, working with the group, and follow-up, with additional sections on special meetings, and facilitating with technology. An introduction overviews adult learning, group dynamics, and process consultation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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