Facilitation Tips

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Meetings can be tough. We need meetings to communicate concerns, share ideas, review challenges, consider options and make decisions. And we need face-to-face meetings to build bonds between people.

Then why are so many meetings ineffective?

You can have the right team, with the right skills and experience, but without the right kind of leadership, a meeting may be unproductive and perhaps more importantly, not valued by those who attend.

A skilled facilitator can make all the difference! Facilitators are neutral, design and manage process, understand group dynamics, defuse communication challenges and ensure that meeting objectives are met or exceeded.

fa·cil·i·ta·tion n. - The act of making easy or easier - The state of being made easy or easier fa·cil i·ta tor n. - Someone who makes progress easier Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

By definition, facilitators help make progress easier.

Whenever groups meet - whether in business, government, organizations, associations, clubs, schools and even in families - there are often challenges that the group alone cannot resolve.

Facilitation is useful when people meet to discuss topics that are challenging and complex. A facilitator adds value by making progress easier (more effective, productive and valued) than it would have been without the facilitative leadership. A skilled facilitator can make the difference between a meeting that achieves its objectives and one that does not.

This is the role of a facilitator - to bring people together to think through their challenges, resolve their issues and achieve exceptional results so that meeting participants and stakeholders are satisfied.

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None of us is as smart as all of us. — Margaret Mead