The Facilitator's Fieldbook
The Facilitator's Fieldbook

Author: Thomas Justice

Publisher: AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0814420087

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Loaded with procedures, checklists, guidelines, samples, and templates, The Facilitator's Fieldbook covers all the key areas of successful team management, including establishing ground rules, planning meetings and agendas, brainstorming, resolving conflict, making decisions, and helping groups optimize their time. The completely revised third edition of this longtime go-to resource for novice and experienced facilitators provides new team-building exercises as well as updated information on virtual meetings, mediation, strategic planning, and much more. You'll also gain tips on maintaining the tone and flow of meetings, and will learn to determine when to delegate projects to individuals rather than assembling a group. Collaborative projects have become an increasingly prevalent feature of modern business strategies and workplace dynamics. But intentional, strategic facilitation is essential to making sure these groups and teams are effective. The Facilitator's Fieldbook provides readers the comprehensive tools and knowledge they need to help their teams--and, ultimately, their organizations--succeed.

The Complete Facilitator's Handbook
The Complete Facilitator's Handbook

Author: John Heron

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780749429720

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Combining a strong theoretical content, including a comprehensive group dynamic theory, with a repertoire for practical action Complete Facilitator's Handbook provides the foundations for building effective and successful skills to suit the facilitator's personality and closely match situations encountered.

The Skilled Facilitator
The Skilled Facilitator

Author: Roger M. Schwarz

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-10-08

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 0787964220

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When it was published in 1994, Roger Schwarz's The SkilledFacilitator earned widespread critical acclaim and became alandmark in the field. The book is a classic work for consultants,facilitators, managers, leaders, trainers, and coaches--anyonewhose role is to facilitate and guide groups toward realizing theircreative and problem-solving potential. This thoroughly revisededition provides the essential materials for anyone that workswithin the field of facilitation and includes simple but effectiveground rules for group interaction. Filled with illustrativeexamples, the book contains proven techniques for starting meetingson the right foot and ending them positively and decisively. Thisimportant resource also offers practical methods for handlingemotions when they arise in a group and offers a diagnosticapproach for identifying and solving problems that can underminethe group process.

The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation
The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation

Author: Sandy Schuman

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-06-15

Total Pages: 709

ISBN-13: 1118429648

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Sponsored by the International Association of Facilitators, The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation offers the need-to-know basics in the field brought together by fifty leading practitioners and scholars. This indispensable resource includes successful strategies and methods, foundations, and resources for anyone who works with groups. The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation provides an overview of the field for new and aspiring practitioners and a reliable reference for experienced group facilitators, including chapters on Creating positive ongoing client relationships Building trust and improving communications Facilitating group brainstorming sessions Drawing out the best in people Developing a collaborative environment Designing and facilitating dialogue Managing conflicting agendas Working with multicultural groups Using improvisation Understanding virtual meetings Facilitating team start-up Assessing group decision processes Building expertise in facilitation Reviewing core facilitation competencies Modeling positive professional attitudes

Medical Tourism Facilitator's Handbook
Medical Tourism Facilitator's Handbook

Author: Maria K. Todd

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2011-11-23

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1439812837

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In addition to coordinating health travel logistics and gathering medical records, medical tourism facilitators play the role of travel agent, appointment setter, concierge, hotel reservationist, tour operator, and hand-holder to clients seeking health services domestically and abroad. Addressing the issues that are likely to emerge as clients travel, the Medical Tourism Facilitator's Handbook is a must-have resource of hard-to-find tools, checklists, terminology, and other helpful information for hospital-based, lay facilitators, travel agents, and even retired physicians and nurses. Supplying the advice of a recognized expert in global healthcare, the book provides a detailed and empathic understanding of patient needs and expectations. It covers the full range of best and worst case scenarios that can occur when clients travel to obtain health services. Using a conversational tone, it includes coverage of international travel logistics, where to find answers to immigration concerns, confidentiality/privacy issues, and unanticipated care in transit in the event of complications or missed connections. The book delivers a fast-moving presentation of useful information and teaches readers how to decode the language, what to look for in terms of safety and quality, how to decode hospital facilitator agent agreements, and how to anticipate clients’ needs and expectations. It also includes access to a regularly updated website with helpful worksheets and reference material so you will be prepared to handle any scenario that might present itself when your clients travel.

Making Questions Work
Making Questions Work

Author: Dorothy Strachan

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-01-06

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1118047273

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This book is an invaluable desk reference for facilitators, leaders, coaches and anyone who wants to engage in more effective learning and decision-making conversations. It offers over 1700 rich questions that you can borrow or adapt to improve your inquiry skills, and provides clear frameworks that point to when, where, and why particular questions are most useful.

Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making
Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making

Author: Sam Kaner

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-03-10

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 111804701X

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"The best book on collaboration ever written!" —Diane Flannery, founding CEO, Juma Ventures And now this classic book is even better—much better. Completely revised and updated, the second edition is loaded with new tools and techniques. Two powerful new chapters on agenda design A full section devoted to reaching closure More than twice as many tools for handling difficult dynamics 70 brand-new pages and over 100 pages significantly improved

The Facilitator's Fieldbook
The Facilitator's Fieldbook

Author: Tom Justice

Publisher: AMACOM

Published: 2012-08-31

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0814420117

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An invaluable guide that provides you with the comprehensive tools and knowledge you need to help your teams--and, ultimately, your organization--succeed. The completely revised third edition of this longtime go-to resource for novice and experienced facilitators provides new team-building exercises as well as updated information on virtual meetings, mediation, strategic planning, and much more. Loaded with procedures, checklists, guidelines, samples, and templates, The Facilitator’s Fieldbook covers all the key areas of successful team management, including: establishing ground rules planning meetings and agendas, brainstorming, resolving conflict, making decisions, and helping groups optimize their time. You’ll also gain tips on maintaining the tone and flow of meetings, and will learn to determine when to delegate projects to individuals rather than assembling a group. Collaborative projects have become an increasingly prevalent feature of modern business strategies and workplace dynamics. But intentional, strategic facilitation is essential to making sure these groups and teams are effective.

Creating a Culture of Collaboration
Creating a Culture of Collaboration

Author: Sandy Schuman

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-09-18

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9780787986902

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Collaboration is often viewed as a one-time or project-oriented activity. An increasing challenge is to help organizations incorporate collaborative values and practices in their everyday ways of working. In Creating a Culture of Collaboration, an international group of practitioners and researchers–from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, and the United States–provide proven approaches to creating a culture of collaboration within and among groups, organizations, communities, and societies.

Drum Circle Facilitation
Drum Circle Facilitation

Author: Arthur Hull

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2007-06-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780972430715

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An introduction and guide to the concepts of facilitating successful community rhythm-based events.