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Facilitation

In organizational development (OD) and Consensus decision-making , facilitation refers to the process of designing and running a successful meeting.

Facilitation concerns itself with all the tasks needed to run an impartial meeting. Facilitation serves the needs of the group in its decision making. It does not lead the group nor does it try to distract or entertain.

Table of contents

1 Aspects of Facilitation 2 Principles of Facilitation 3 For more info

Aspects of Facilitation

• The role of the Facilitator
• Making arrangements for the Meeting
• Setting the Agenda
• Understanding group Norms
• Understanding Group process

Principles of Facilitation

• Teach them to fish: helping people "do it themselves"
• When the true leader leads the people say , "We did it Ourselves"

For more info

• The International Association of Facilitators: http://www.iaf-world.org/
• The Group Facilitation Listserv: http://www.albany.edu/cpr/gf/