The Art and Practice of Facilitation

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What is Facilitation?

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David Sibbet Principles of Facilitation Best Practices for Facilitation Graphic Facilitation
Thomas Kayser Mining Group Gold
Sam Kaner with Lenny Lind, Catherine Toldi, Sarah Fisk and Duane Berger Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making
Roger Schwarz The Skilled Facilitator
Ingrid Bens Facilitating with Ease

OUR DEFINITION: Facilitation is the art and practice of guiding groups toward desired goals or results. Translated from Latin it means to “make easy.” We view it is a collection of methods and strategies designed to make processes work smoothly and productively while creating involvement and ownership by participants. more)

What does a facilitator do?

OUR DEFINITION: The facilitator is the process leader who focuses on desired outcomes and effective ways to manage group and meeting dynamics thus allowing the participants to focus on the content or the substance of their work together. (more)

Facilitation in Action

scenes from work with our clients