Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making
3. Edition June 2014
432 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
The Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, Third Edition presents valuable tools and skills for facilitators, consultants and anyone who works with groups. The book is comprehensive in scope and contains an accessible format. Every key facilitation concept is illustrated and explained in a few pages. This new edition will includes tools for making judgment calls "on the fly," a participatory methods Hall of Fame, and ideas for facilitating in a virtual environment with illustrative case studies.
Unleash the transformative power of face to face groups
The third edition of this ground-breaking book continues to advance its mission to support groups to do their best thinking. It demonstrates that meetings can be much more than merely an occasion for solving a problem or creating a plan. Every well-facilitated meeting is also an opportunity to stretch and develop the perspectives of the individual members, thereby building the strength and capacity of the group as a whole.
This fully updated edition of The Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making guides readers through the struggle and the satisfaction of putting participatory values into practice, helping them to fulfill the promise of effective group decision-making. With previous editions already embraced by business and community leaders and consulting professionals around the world, this new book is even more insightful and easy to use.
New for this edition:
* 60 pages of brand new skills and tools
* Many new case examples
* Major expansion and reorganization of the advanced sections of the book.
* New chapter: Teaching A Group About Group Dynamics
* Doubled in size: Classic Facilitator Challenges.
* Substantially improved: Designing Realistic Agendas - now three chapters, with wise, insightful answers to the most vexing questions about meeting design.
Introduction to the First Edition xxi
Introduction to the Third Edition xxv
Part I: Grounding Principles
1 The Dynamics of Group Decision-Making 3
2 Participatory Values 23
3 Introduction to the Role of Facilitator 31
Part II: Facilitator Fundamentals
4 Facilitative Listening Skills 41
5 ChartWriting Technique 65
6 Brainstorming 79
7 Tools for Managing Long Lists 87
8 Facilitating Open Discussion 99
9 Alternatives to Open Discussion 113
10 Effective Agendas: Design Principles 145
11 Effective Agendas: Desired Outcomes 161
12 Effective Agendas: Process Design 177
13 Dealing with Difficult Dynamics 197
14 Classic Facilitator Challenges 215
Part III: Sustainable Agreements
15 Principles for Building Sustainable Agreements 229
16 Inclusive Solutions in Real Life 239
17 Creative Reframing 253
Part IV: Facilitating Sustainable Agreements
Introduction to Part Four 262
18 Facilitating in the Divergent Zone 265
19 Facilitating in the Groan Zone 279
20 Facilitating in the Convergent Zone 295
21 Teaching a Group About Group Dynamics 309
Part V: Reaching Closure
22 The Significance of Clear Decision Rules 323
23 Striving for Unanimity 333
24 Reaching Closure Step By Step 347
25 Facilitating Sustainable Agreements 363
Photocopying Policy 373
Bibliography 375
Acknowledgments 381
The Authors 387
Index 389
Covision 399
Community At Work 400
Training from Community At Work 401
