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Facilitation can play an important role in ensuring a well-run meeting or engagement process. Useful facilitation skills include planning agendas, creating the appropriate group environment, encouraging participation, and leading the group to reach its objectives. Of course facilitation can also be used at the organisation, project or comunity level.
- International Association of Facilitators' resource pages They provide a great online guide to facilitation-related tools and resources. Good articles if you are new to facilitation include: Facilitation 101 by Ned Ruete, and Magic of the Facilitator by Brian Stanfield.
- Bonfire This is the latest issue of the International Institute for Facilitation and Change magazine. This month's issue includes the third and last article of the series by Ben Fuchs, Betrayal, Revenge and Forgiveness, an inspiring reflection on human behavior, a true life initiation. The second article, Checking Moods, belongs to Andy Langford's series and is a simple, well thought out resource for checking the "vibes" in a meeting. Finally, Michele Dagnino's article, Meaningful Youth Engagement, is a list of suggestions on how to engage young people in participatory events. Total reading time 10+ min.
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Co-Creative Power This blog from Myriam Laberge looks to support the ability of members of a community to act collectively to address common issues, needs and goals. It provides a wealth of valuable tips for facilitators wanting ideas for managing meetings, forums and other collective initiatives. - Facilitation resources This page from EBG Consulting provides a wide range of on-line resources. These include sections on: facilitation methods & influences; facilitation tips and activities; tools for working on walls; and tools for capturing wall work.
- Online Community Toolkit Thinking about building or hosting an online community? Looking for specific tips, tools and ideas? Start here with this toolkit developed and maintained by Nancy White. This resource covers facilitation techniques, on-line tools, courses and case studies.
- A collection of resources to help you learn more about online collaboration A useful list of resources from facilitate.com
- Facilitation techniques A useful list of resources from the Impact Alliance who are a global action network committed to strengthening the capacity of individuals and organizations to generate deep impact within the communities they serve. We do this through assisting our members to improve the quality, scale and social impact of their services and programs.
- Cleaning Digital Photos of Drawings
One of the big hits from the IFVP 2006 Conference was the Tech Session. There was quite a buzz about the Photoshop demonstration on "cleaning" photos of graphic recording artwork. The instructions are posted here from the Center for Graphic Facilitation site.
- Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better Life-changing knowledge does typically require advanced learning techniques. In fact, it's been said that the average adult only uses 10% of his/her brain. Imagine what we may be capable of with more advanced learning techniques. Here are 77 tips related to knowledge and learning to help you on your quest. A few are specifically for students in traditional learning institutions; the rest for self-starters, or those learning on their own. Happy learning.
"Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, and working together is success." - Henry Ford
"I don’t believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them". - Harold Geneen