Description: Hampshire College alum Jay W. Vogt founded Peoplesworth, a private practice in organizational development, in 1982 and he has facilitated thousands of meetings and retreats since. Jay is the author of Recharge Your Team: The Grounded Visioning Approach and Board Roles to Board Goals: Creating an Annual Board Workplan. In this talk he discusses … Continue reading The Art of Facilitation: Changing the Way the World Meets
Description: A downloadable training program based on Building Communities from the Inside Out (1995). The program consists of six separate modules, each lasting 30 to 45 minutes. They are below in fourteen 15-minute segments. John McKnight and John Kretzmann present clear, practical ways to mobilize the capacities of local residents, the power of citizens' associations, and … Continue reading Video Training Program: Mobilizing Community Assets
Description: Keynote Speaker and Corporate Trainer Dana Brownlee shares practical, effective tips for how to handle difficult personalities in your meetings. Quick Tip: This is a fun, visually aesthetic, and easy-to-follow video specifically about conflicts and managing difficult personalities. It includes descriptions of the Round Robin and the Compliment/Document/Pivot techniques. Creator: Dana Brownlee Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-y2fkRs12s … Continue reading Facilitation Skills Training: Managing Difficult Meeting Personalities
Description: Accompanying slides: https://www.slideshare.net/KarenMartinGroup/facilitator-skills/2-Learning_ObjectivesParticipants_will_learn_how Quick Tip: This is a webinar on facilitation from a psychological perspective (body language, resistance, and noticing demeanor). It offers an interesting discussion from a unique lens that is unexplored in other resources. Creator: TKMG Academy, Inc. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llv1fyKaRzM Video Length: 88 minutes
Description: In this video, we'll examine a 5-step facilitation process to help you improve your facilitation skills. We'll also look at some common problems you might encounter when facilitating a meeting and show how you can handle each of them. Companion Article: https://expertprogrammanagement.com/2019/09/effective-facilitator/ Quick Tip: This video provides a discussion of a 5-step facilitation technique … Continue reading How to Be a Great Facilitator