The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation: Best Practices from the Leading Organization in FacilitationISBN: 978-0-7879-7160-1
Hardcover
704 pages
March 2005, Jossey-Bass
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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