Facilitation Basics, 2nd Edition

Facilitation Basics, 2nd Edition
Author: Donald V. McCain
Publisher: Association for Talent Development
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2015-09-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1607284901

Stop presenting and start facilitating meaningful learning. Whether you are a subject matter expert who occasionally takes on a trainer role, a trainer who wants to build on solid presentation skills, or anywhere in between, Facilitation Basics will help you create supportive and effective learning. This complete how-to guide is designed to improve your facilitation proficiency so you can give face-to-face as well as online and virtual classroom learners your best. Part of ATD’s Training Basics series, this publication offers practical examples, worksheets, and tools that make workplace learning easy and rewarding. You’ll walk away with proven facilitation techniques and a deeper understanding of how to manage difficult participants and use media to support learning. This refreshed second edition will guide you through how to: enhance your skills as a facilitator create supportive and effective learning environments for face-to-face and online learners ensure learning is transferred to the job. About the Training Basics Series ATD’s Training Basics series provides a baseline explanation of the theories and concepts behind featured topics, as well as instructions for their practical day-to-day application in the workplace. Additional titles include Adult Learning Basics, Competency-Based Training Basics, the second edition of Training Design Basics, and Virtual Training Basics.

Facilitation Basics

Facilitation Basics
Author: Donald V. McCain
Publisher: ASTD
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Employee motivation
ISBN: 9781562863616

Whether you are a subject matter expert who occasionally takes on a training role or a trainer or subject matter expert who wants to build on already solid facilitation skills, Facilitation Basics will show you how to how to guide learners and meeting participants in a safe and supportive atmosphere. With its dozens of practical examples, worksheets, checklists, and other tools, this book focuses squarely on learners and participants and how to be an efficient and effective facilitator of well-designed meetings and other learning events.

The Secrets of Facilitation

The Secrets of Facilitation
Author: Michael Wilkinson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2012-06-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118429524

The Secrets of Facilitation delivers a clear vision of facilitation excellence and reveals the specific techniques effective facilitators use to produce consistent, repeatable results with groups. Author Michael Wilkinson has trained thousands of managers, mediators, analysts, and consultants around the world to apply the power of SMART (Structured Meeting And Relating Techniques) facilitation to achieve amazing results with teams and task forces. He shows how anyone can use these proven group techniques in conflict resolution, consulting, managing, presenting, teaching, planning, selling, and other professional as well as personal situations.

Rees Trio, How to Lead Work Teams

Rees Trio, How to Lead Work Teams
Author: Fran Rees
Publisher: Pfeiffer
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1991-05-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780883900567

Improve group results as a successful leader-facilitator Now you can reap the benefits of a more facilitative, participative style of leadership! How to Lead Work Teams will help you increase cooperation and job satisfaction, raise productivity and quality levels, and gain a more favorable view of your leadership abilities through facilitation. It describes exactly what facilitation is and what it is not and how to do it effectively. It shows you how to: Involve others, build consensus, and get commitment Help others solve problems and make decisions Use the knowledge and experience of all employees Develop and lead a team Use group process to run effective team meetings This book is especially helpful for someone who is new to managing or leading a team. It will also help experienced team leaders refine the role of leader-facilitator. And it will help team members understand how facilitation works and how they can enhance the process. To read the first chapter from this book, click here.

Adult Learning Basics, 2nd Edition

Adult Learning Basics, 2nd Edition
Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: Association for Talent Development
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2020-09-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1950496155

Everything you need to know to get started as an adult learning professional Instructing adults is dramatically different from teaching children, and the effectiveness of training programs is often dictated by how well they apply the principles of adult learning. Enhance your programs with the latest research into how adults learn, remember, and apply knowledge and skills. Adult Learning Basics examines the principles of adult learning theory and how they relate to the training function by addressing individual learning competencies, organizational learning climate, and technology-related issues. This new edition features the latest research on generational trends, microlearning, and other TD breakthroughs. Exercises at the end of each chapter help you apply the science and theory to your real talent development challenges. Elevate your practice with this thorough guide, and keep it as an indispensable resource.

The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation

The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation
Author: Sandy Schuman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 709
Release: 2012-06-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118429648

Sponsored by the International Association of Facilitators, The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation offers the need-to-know basics in the field brought together by fifty leading practitioners and scholars. This indispensable resource includes successful strategies and methods, foundations, and resources for anyone who works with groups. The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation provides an overview of the field for new and aspiring practitioners and a reliable reference for experienced group facilitators, including chapters on Creating positive ongoing client relationships Building trust and improving communications Facilitating group brainstorming sessions Drawing out the best in people Developing a collaborative environment Designing and facilitating dialogue Managing conflicting agendas Working with multicultural groups Using improvisation Understanding virtual meetings Facilitating team start-up Assessing group decision processes Building expertise in facilitation Reviewing core facilitation competencies Modeling positive professional attitudes

10 Steps to Successful Facilitation, 2nd Edition

10 Steps to Successful Facilitation, 2nd Edition
Author: ATD
Publisher: Association for Talent Development
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1949036294

Facilitate Groups That Deliver Results Every professional businessperson needs a complete portfolio of skills, yet one area is often taken for granted: the art of facilitation. This book takes the guesswork out of this essential skill and gives you a step-by-step process for becoming an accomplished and successful facilitator. As a facilitator, your job is to remain neutral while helping others achieve common objectives. To do this, you need tools and techniques to deal with a wide variety of group meeting situations. In 10 Steps to Successful Facilitation, you’ll find everything you need, including A wealth of methods and ideas to engage participants Strategies for handling conflict and creating a collaborative climate Tips for using media and technology effectively This second edition features updates to each step, reorganized to align with the problems facilitators face today, such as the increasing prevalence of virtual meetings. You’ll have the help you need to act as a catalyst for progress, enabling others to focus on key issues, arrive at appropriate solutions, and build sustainable agreements. With this book as your roadmap, you can be thoroughly prepared for the role of facilitator, ready to cultivate cooperation and understanding among individuals and assist your organization in developing shared solutions to its challenges.

Facilitation Skills

Facilitation Skills
Author: Gregory Bryan Putz
Publisher: Deep Space Technology
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The facilitation process - Your job as facilitator - The role of the participants - What's the issue? - Wha are our concerns? - Any posible solutions? - Our criteria? - Wha's our action? - Check? - Getting started - You and the leader - Pre-meeting logistics & the room - Flipcharts and other visual tools - The first meeting - Building consensos - Handling conflict - Getting participation - Building trust - Managing your stress.

Facilitator's Pocketbook

Facilitator's Pocketbook
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Management Pocketbooks
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2014-09-04
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1908284056

The 'facilitraining rainbow' won't lead you to a pot of gold but it will enable you to decide on the most suitable approach for your next facilitation session. This innovative decision-making model is central to The Facilitator's Pocketbook - a comprehensive guide covering all stages of facilitation, from planning through to implementation. Interpersonal skills (including attitudes and values) and session skills (including energising and problem solving) are dealt with at length. This second edition contains significant new material, notably the addition of a detailed case study and examples of six typical facilitation sessions. "John and Paul provide a quick route to a practical understanding of facilitation. This book should be compulsory reading for all managers handling change." Teresa Kilmartin, Executive Manager Training & Development, Irish Life Assurance plc "This book is the perfect illustration of what facilitation is all about - making things easy. Reflecting on the methods, skills and techniques described, it is easy to understand what it takes to become a skilled facilitator. Read it and you will undoubtedly do it better and get better results!" Karin Priarollo, Director, Human Resources, Novartis Consumer Health

Evaluation Basics

Evaluation Basics
Author: Donald V. McCain
Publisher: American Society for Training and Development
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Employees
ISBN: 9781562863739

Evaluation Basics is the perfect tool for individuals wishing to build or enhance practical training evaluation skills from frontline trainers and designers of training to subject matter experts who occasionally function as a trainer. The four carefully constructed chapters on each of Kirkpatrick's classic four levels of evaluation offer you a clear path to success. Plus, you will find two invaluable chapters on how biases creep into all levels of evaluation and a chapter on how to communicate evaluation results effectively. Practical examples, worksheets, checklists, tips, and notes are included throughout the book.