Facilitation Made Easy: Practical Tips to Improve Meetings and Workshops

by Esther Cameron

Overview

The facilitator's task of opening up discussion, getting ideas into the open and setting broad future direction is essential if a group is to reach consensus on a particular outcome and it is now one of the key techniques used in meetings and workshops. Facilitation Made Easy provides a practical introduction to the essential skills needed and will help readers develop a facilitation style that is unbiased and enables control without being overpowering.

With detailed examples, proven tips for success, checklists and a self assessment guide to help readers test their own personal approach to facilitation, the book will help readers to:

Understand the facilitator's role

Develop the ideal structure for workshops and meetings

Control agendas and help to focus the outcome of meetings

Deal with difficulties.

This third edition also includes a new chapter on facilitating virtual meetings, explaining the mechanics of virtual teams, the pros and cons of virtual meetings, use of technology and tips on setting up, facilitating and participating in virtual meetings

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780749443511
Publisher:	Kogan Page, Ltd.
Publication date:	09/27/2005
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.17(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Esther Cameron is an independent consultant, facilitator and senior level coach. She works with a wide range of organizations to enable significant change. She is Director of Cameron Change Consultancy Ltd and co-author of Making Sense of Change Management, also published by Kogan Page.

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Contents:

* Introducing facilitation

*The psychology of groups

*Planning a facilitated workshop

*Running a facilitated workshop

*The workshop environment

*What to do afterwards

*Worked case studies

*Special case workshops

*Facilitating virtual meetings

*The facilitator's complete checklist

Table of Contents

** Chapter - 01: Introducing facilitation; ** Chapter - 02: The psychology of groups; ** Chapter - 03: Planning a facilitated workshop; ** Chapter - 04: Running a facilitated workshop; ** Chapter - 05: The workshop environment; ** Chapter - 06: What to do afterwards; ** Chapter - 07: Other issues surrounding the use of workshops; ** Chapter - 08: Worked case studies; ** Chapter - 09: Special case workshops; ** Chapter - 10: Facilitating virtual meetings; ** Chapter - 11: The facilitator’s complete checklist