Facilitation Made Easy

Practical Tips to Improve Meetings and Workshops
3. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-7494-4351-1
Verlag: Kogan Page

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 281 g

The facilitator's task of opening up discussion, getting ideas into the open and setting broad future direction is essential if a group is to reach consensus on a particular outcome and it is now one of the key techniques used in meetings and workshops. Facilitation Made Easy provides a practical introduction to the essential skills needed and will help readers develop a facilitation style that is unbiased and enables control without being overpowering. With detailed examples, proven tips for success, checklists and a self assessment guide to help readers test their own personal approach to facilitation, the book will help readers to: Understand the facilitator's role Develop the ideal structure for workshops and meetings Control agendas and help to focus the outcome of meetings Deal with difficulties. This third edition also includes a new chapter on facilitating virtual meetings, explaining the mechanics of virtual teams, the pros and cons of virtual meetings, use of technology and tips on setting up, facilitating and participating in virtual meetings

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cameron, Esther

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaft: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmenskommunikation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• • Chapter - 01: Introducing facilitation;
  • Chapter - 02: The psychology of groups;
  • Chapter - 03: Planning a facilitated workshop;
  • Chapter - 04: Running a facilitated workshop;
  • Chapter - 05: The workshop environment;
  • Chapter - 06: What to do afterwards;
  • Chapter - 07: Other issues surrounding the use of workshops;
  • Chapter - 08: Worked case studies;
  • Chapter - 09: Special case workshops;
  • Chapter - 10: Facilitating virtual meetings;
  • Chapter - 11: The facilitator’s complete checklist

Leseproben

Contents:

* Introducing facilitation

*The psychology of groups

*Planning a facilitated workshop

*Running a facilitated workshop

*The workshop environment

*What to do afterwards

*Worked case studies

*Special case workshops

*Facilitating virtual meetings

*The facilitator's complete checklist

Über Autor(innen)

Cameron, Esther
Esther Cameron is the Founder of Cameron Change, a consultancy that helps leaders and their teams shift their working paradigms to healthier, regenerative and dynamic practices to deal with change.

Throughout her career, she has supported clients including Shell, Tata Steel, Canaccord Genuity and several British government departments.

Esther Cameron is an independent consultant, facilitator and senior level coach. She works with a wide range of organizations to enable significant change. She is Director of Cameron Change Consultancy Ltd and co-author of Making Sense of Change Management, also published by Kogan Page.