Facilitating a Crowdsource

Facilitating a Crowdsource

Crowdsourcing is a buzzword for community engagement and a skilled facilitator can unleash the potential of the crowd through a carefully constructed facilitation process.

Empowerment Education in Facilitation

Empowerment Education in Facilitation

Empowerment education is a critical theory that serves well as one of the foundation stones of facilitation. A facilitator needs to understand the experiences and world views of the group in order to successfully foster change and further the learning process.

Measuring Network Effects in Community Engagement

Measuring Network Effects in Community Engagement

A community engagement process such as developing a coalition or an advisory group typically has the dual purposes of achieving a specific program outcome (such as advocating for funding or policy change) and attempts to build social networks between participants.

Characteristics of Quality Facilitation

Characteristics of Quality Facilitation

While meeting management is the basic foundation for facilitation, quality facilitation includes advanced practices and skills in addition to meeting basics. Focusing on these advanced practices will help teams manage process more effectively with a higher return on the time invested.

Work Plan Development Process

Work Plan Development Process

Whatever the scale of the workplan development process, those teams that invest the attention, focus and resources in working through these six steps will reap the benefits of improved performance.