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6 Tools, techniques and tips for effective facilitation 1. Session openers The beginning is one of the most important parts of any session. The session opener will help you to set the tone of the day and put your participants at ease. In this chapter you will find a number of useful exercises to use when opening your session and a
Participatory Approaches: A facilitator’s guide. CONTENTS. Introduction. 5 Answers on cards. I-1 Principles of participation 7. I-1.1 Participatory approaches to development 7 I-1.2 A scale of participatory approaches 8 I-1.3 VSO’s approach to participation 10.
How Facilitation Differs from Training and Presenting . Training, public presentations, and facilitating share some common behavior skills and often complement each other, but they are distinctly different developmental activities. Illustrated below are some traits of each. Training
Facilitation Techniques. Tips to think about in Facilitation. This resource document is to help you think through key things that you can do to make your training session run smoothly and be more engaging: TIP ONE: SETTING GROUND RULES.
A facilitator applies a specific set of skills and methods, “group technologies,” along with a sharp attention and sensitivity to people, to lead a group to peak performance. Facilitators skillfully blend group technologies with personal style to create the art of facilitation.
Supporting the principles are specific techniques that demonstrate how SMART facilitators execute the principles in practice. Let’s take a look at each of the ten principles. The Facilitation Cycle. The Power of the Pen. Preparing for Success. Getting the Session Started. Focusing the Group.
WHAT IS A FACILITATOR? A facilitator is someone who uses knowledge of group processes to formu-late and deliver the needed structure for meeting in-teractions to be effective. The facilitator focuses on effective processes (meeting dynamics) allow-ing the participants to focus on the content or the substance of their work together.
