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Facilitation tools & techniques

Facilitation can play an important role in ensuring a well-run meeting or engagement process. Useful facilitation skills include planning agendas, creating the appropriate group environment, encouraging participation, and leading the group to reach its objectives. Here is a short download if you are new to the idea of what facilitation can offer your organisation, project or comunity team.

• International Association of Facilitators' resource pages They provide a great online guide to facilitation-related tools and resources. Good articles if you are new to facilitation include: Facilitation 101 by Ned Ruete, and Magic of the Facilitator by Brian Stanfield.



• Facilitation resources This page from EBG Consulting provides a wide range of on-line resources. These include sections on: facilitation methods & influences; facilitation tips and activities; tools for working on walls; and tools for capturing wall work.



• A collection of resources to help you learn more about online collaboration A useful list of resources from facilitate.com



• Facilitation techniques A useful list of resources from the Impact Alliance who are a global action network committed to strengthening the capacity of individuals and organizations to generate deep impact within the communities they serve. We do this through assisting our members to improve the quality, scale and social impact of their services and programs.



• Cleaning Digital Photos of Drawings One of the big hits from the IFVP 2006 Conference was the Tech Session. There was quite a buzz about the Photoshop demonstration on "cleaning" photos of graphic recording artwork. The instructions are posted here from the Center for Graphic Facilitation site.
  
  
  
• Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better Life-changing knowledge does typically require advanced learning techniques. In fact, it's been said that the average adult only uses 10% of his/her brain. Imagine what we may be capable of with more advanced learning techniques. Here are 77 tips related to knowledge and learning to help you on your quest. A few are specifically for students in traditional learning institutions; the rest for self-starters, or those learning on their own. Happy learning.

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