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 - 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
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Excellent book on the subject. Extremely well laid out to make it less wordy & less of a typical text book. The use of graphics really helps to reinforce the messages.
Particularly liked the section on Classic Facilitator Challenges as it makes you realise that you are not alone in sometimes things not working as hoped and giving good ideas to counter problems.
Contents
The Dynamics of group decision making | 3 |
Participatory values | 23 |
Introduction to the role of facilitators | 31 |
Part 11 Facilitator Fundamentals | 39 |
Facilitative Listening Skills | 41 |
Chartwriting Technique | 61 |
Facilitating Open Discussion | 75 |
Alternative to open Discussion | 89 |
Gathering Diverse Points of view | 203 |
Building Shared framework of Understanding | 221 |
Developing Inclusive solutions | 237 |
Part 1v | 263 |
Importance of Clear Decision rules | 265 |
Striving for Unanimity | 275 |
Reaching Closure step by step | 289 |
Facilitating Sustainable agreements | 303 |
Brainstorming | 117 |
Tools for Managing long lists | 123 |
Dealing With difficult Dynamics | 135 |
Effective Agendas Desired Outcomes | 155 |
Effective Agendas Process design | 173 |
Part 111 Building Sustainable Agreements | 189 |
Principle for building Sustainable Agreements | 191 |
Photocopying Policy | 313 |
| 315 | |
Acknowledgements | 319 |
The authors | 323 |
| 325 | |
Training from community at work | 341 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making |
| Author | Sam Kaner |
| Contributors | Lenny Lind, Catherine Toldi, Sarah Fisk, Duane Berger, Michael Doyle |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, 2011 |
| ISBN | 111804701X, 9781118047019 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Management |
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