Facilitation

Definition: Engage a group of people to understand their common objectives and help them to plan how to achieve these objectives; remain "neutral" yet supportive in the discussion. Example: Develop structured strategic activities and lead a group through them.

Relates to: Integrate and Co-Create

SKILL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

ONLINE RESOURCES

Facilitation Skills: Developing Facilitative Leadership

BOOKS

Designing the Conversation: Techniques for Successful Facilitation, 1st Edition
Facilitation Tools for Meetings and Workshops

COURSE, WORKSHOP, OR SEMINAR

Certified Competent Facilitator 
Developing Facilitation Skills

 

TOOL RESOURCES

Tools to support this skill may include:

Mudslinging: Instant Creativity: Simple Techniques to Ignite Innovation & Problem Solving
Normative Voting: Mission Critical Meetings: 81 Practical Facilitation Techniques
Social Currency: 15 Examples of Social Currency Used in Marketing
Social Currency: Contagious: Why Things Catch On