Managing Facilitated Processes (PDF)

Managing Facilitated Processes

Managing Facilitated Processes helps people make thoughtful
decisions about managing successful gatherings. The book's ten
chapters are divided into three parts:

From Contact to Contract--building customized agreements;
eighteentypes of facilitated processes, their deliverables and
unique features

Approach and Style--ensuring integrated, customized, and
systematic elements; a forget-me-not prompter; effective management
styles

Management x 5: Participants, Speakers, Logistics,
Documents,Feedback--practice guidelines, examples, and
time-saving tools

Managing Facilitated Processes also includes a companion Web
site with handy e-versions of the book's tools and templates.

Praise for Managing Facilitated Processes

"This book honors the importance of the details and care that
every gathering deserves.It should be a standard reference?for
people who come together to produce results."

--Peter Block, author of Community: The Structure of Belonging,
and consultant and partner, Designed Learning, Ohio, USA

"The authors' combined experience of nearly 60 years in process
facilitation is generously shared in this clearly written
guide."

--Sharon Almerigi, certified professional facilitator (CPF),
Barbados International Association of Facilitators, Latin America
and the Caribbean

"In a world of 'expert-centered' workplaces, Managing
Facilitated Processes offers a much-needed focus on the process of
creating effective, customized environments for learning and
work."

--Marilyn Laiken, professor and chair, Department of Adult
Education and Counseling Psychology, The Ontario Institute for
Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada

"A comprehensive and practical guide to making group sessions
effective and outcome driven--great insights from cover to
cover and a terrific 'go to' reference guide."

--Gabriella Zillmer, senior vice-president, Performance
Alignment and Compensation, BMO Financial Group, Canada

"A time-saving gem for planning facilitated sessions
effectively. It is unique in its thoroughness without being
overwhelming. To be pulled off the shelf over and over
again."

--Julie Larsen, associate adviser for social policy and
development, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA