Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making"The best book on collaboration ever written!" —Diane Flannery, founding CEO, Juma Ventures And now this classic book is even better—much better. Completely revised and updated, the second edition is loaded with new tools and techniques.
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User Review - quinton.baran - LibraryThingThis is an excellent business book of facilitation and running meetings effectively, and dealing with group think, frustrations, and building solutions that are not easy to discover. This is because ... Read full review
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User Review - ipreuss - LibraryThingA great book on facilitating collaborative decision making. It starts with a simple but insightful model on what happens in difficult decision making meetings, and how you can support the different ... Read full review
Contents
Participatory Values | 23 |
Introduction to the Role of Facilitator | 31 |
Facilitator Fundamentals | 39 |
ChartWriting Technique | 61 |
Facilitating Open Discussion | 75 |
Alternatives to Open Discussion | 89 |
Brainstorming | 117 |
Tools for Managing Long Lists | 123 |
Gathering Diverse Points of View | 203 |
Building a Shared Framework of Understanding | 221 |
Developing Inclusive Solutions | 237 |
Reaching Closure | 263 |
Striving for Unanimity | 275 |
Reaching Closure Step by Step | 289 |
Facilitating Sustainable Agreements | 303 |
Photocopying Policy | 313 |
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