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What I learned during International Facilitation Week 2019

What I learned during International Facilitation Week 2019

Affirming, confirming, learning! Here are my highlights from International Facilitation Week October 7 to 13, 2019. This week honours, explores, and promotes the power of facilitation worldwide. I find that the week is a great time to reflect on what

“facilitating authentic participation”: a great book with 4 stages, 7 phases for success

“facilitating authentic participation”: a great book with 4 stages, 7 phases for success

What a joy to read this book titled “facilitating authentic participation” by James M. Campbell. The author describes and summarizes much of what I have learned from 25 years of facilitating individuals in groups as they converse, discuss and decide. I

Silence … a gift to facilitation and conversation (Excerpt 1 from my summer reading list)

Silence … a gift to facilitation and conversation (Excerpt 1 from my summer reading list)

I have selected six books, related to my facilitation work, to read this summer. My challenge is to actually read them and learn from them; since, during the summer, I like reading light, fun and frivolous books. That’s a good