Posts Tagged ‘meeting process’

Five Principles of a Solution-Focused Facilitation Process

. In my consulting I have made it a practice to discuss with clients my philosophical approach and the foundational theories that I use to in facilitation.  I find this is often time well spent because it helps to create a shared space for our working relationship. One “shared space” discussion ...Read More

Facilitating Advisory Groups: Labels & Social Contracts

. When convening a group, two of the primary tasks of a facilitator are to clearly articulate the label that is applied to the group and to create an appropriate social contract between group members.  The terms “workgroup,” “taskforce,” “coalition” and “advisory group” are labels that are often used loosely and ...Read More

Empowerment Education in Facilitation

. Raise you hand if in the last three months you have sat in a meeting that was dominated by process model of information presentation ==> discussion ==> and decision; followed by information presentation ==> discussion ==> and decision, in a pattern that was repeated until the end of the meeting?  ...Read More

Facilitating for Government & Governance

. Over the course of my career I have studied with many talented facilitation mentors from both the organizational development world and the world of community organization.  Studying and, more importantly, practicing in both worlds has helped me develop an understanding that there are two facilitation disciplines that require different sets ...Read More