Tips for Effective Facilitation « Ideas for Great Facilitation. I am frequently asked what it takes to be an effective facilitator. It can look really easy if it’s done well. But, attempt it yourself and you may wonder why it looks so easy, but isn’t! Effective facilitation is the sum total of knowledge, skills, planning and a little luck! Here are my top 10 aspects of smart, dynamic and effective facilitation: Absolute clarity of what the work is that the group wants to accomplishPre-planning – creating a detailed process to facilitate the group through the meeting.
That’s the basics behind effective facilitation. . — Published by Cindy Diamond, Principal of Diamond Marketing Solutions & IGNiTE Like this: Like Loading... State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet. Appreciative inquiry. According to Gervase R. Bushe[1] (2013) "Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a method for studying and changing social systems (groups, organizations, communities) that advocates collective inquiry into the best of what is in order to imagine what could be, followed by collective design of a desired future state that is compelling and thus, does not require the use of incentives, coercion or persuasion for planned change to occur. " Developed and extended since the mid 1980s primarily by students and faculty of the Department of Organizational Behavior at Case Western Reserve University, AI revolutionized the field of organization development and was a precursor to the rise of positive organization studies and the strengths based movement in American management.
" Basis and Principles[edit] The Appreciative Inquiry model is based on the assumption that the questions we ask will tend to focus our attention in a particular direction. Instead of asking “What’s the problem?” Implementing AI[edit] The Appreciative Inquiry Commons. Welcome to the World Caf?! OpenSpaceWorld.ORG.