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Practical pointers for maximizing meetings and motivating team members!

At their worst, meetings can waste time, lack focus, foster a combative spirit, or be just plain boring. At their best, meetings can be a positive, dynamic experience that nurtures individual strengths while inspiring teamwork to successfully accomplish an established task. The fate of a meeting lies in the skill of the facilitator, and this easy-to-use guide has all the tips and tools necessary to make you shine in this challenging role.

Anyone charged with navigating a group of people toward a desired objective will benefit from this book′s indispensable features, which include:

Templates for easy implementation at every stage of the facilitation process Straightforward tactics for managing difficult participants and emotionally charged situations Realistic examples to help you avoid pitfalls Surefire methods for delegating in a meaningful and respectful manner

From pre-meeting preparation, to the meeting′s critical first few minutes, to its conclusion and beyond, this manual provides step-by-step guidance for the entire facilitation process. It is packed with proven do′s and don′ts based on psychological principles, research, real-life experience, and field-tested best practices. The user-friendly strategies focus on such key areas as team building, brainstorming, motivating, overcoming problematic situations, reaching goals, and assessing results.

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• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• 1 What am I Getting Into?
• Why do We Get People Together to Meet?
• When Do We Use Teams?
• The Impact of a Facilitator on the Effectiveness of a Group
• The Unique Position of a Group Facilitator
• Internal Versus External Facilitators
• Characteristics of Effective Facilitators
• Your Mission as a Facilitator
• Summary
• 2 Get Ready, Get Set...
• The Importance of Planning to a Successful Session
• Factors to Take Into Consideration When Planning Meetings
• Breaking the Meeting Tasks Into Parts
• Planning for the Effective Delivery of Directions
• Summary
• 3 Go
• Setting the Proper Tone for a Meeting
• The Use of Music
• Foundation-Setting Activities
• Good News
• The Use of Framing
• Active Learning Strategies
• Watching Team Member Behaviors During the Start of a Meeting
• Opening the Session
• Setting Norms and Ground Rules
• Summary
• 4 Connecting All Members of the Team
• Interdependence/Community and Its Importance to Team Operation
• Community
• Team Building
• Conflict Resolution
• Conflict and Chaos
• Protecting Team Members During the Decision-Making Process
• Protecting Team Members When Announcing the Results of Their Decisions
• Keeping Uninvolved Stakeholder Groups Informed About Decision Progress
• Summary
• 5 Reaching Peak Performance: Connecting Their Minds
• The Need to Minimize/Maximize Energy
• Diagnosing Group Energy
• Working/Processing Combinations
• Grouping and Regrouping Strategies
• Other Group Processing Strategies
• Summary
• 6 Working the Brain
• Brainstorming Techniques
• Brainstorming Strategies and Ideas
• Summary
• 7 Reaching the Goal
• The Problem with Goals
• Typical Issues Inhibiting Goal Implementation Success and Facilitator Implications
• Other Important Considerations for Success in the Goal Process
• Summary
• 8 Putting On Your Oxygen Mask
• Important Factors for Facilitators to Track
• Importance of Self-Protection
• Understanding Your Role as the Group Facilitator
• Use of Positive Presuppositions
• Gesturing
• Use of Charts, Papers and Other Visuals to Deflect Anger
• Use of Positioning in the Room
• Developing an Exit Plan
• Reflect Emotions/Content Back to the Group
• Summary
• 9 Transforming a Difficult Group
• What is a Difficult Group?
• Problem People
• Identification Strategies
• Starting a Session
• Music and Difficult Groups
• Foundation-Setting Activities
• Framing
• Use of an Agenda
• Summary
• References
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

John Eller has had a variety of experiences in working with adults over the years he has been in education. His experiences include work educational leaders at Virginia Tech University, developing teacher leaders in a Maters program, serving as the Executive Director of Minnesota ASCD, work as a principal's training center director, a position as an assistant superintendent for curriculum, learning, and staff development, and several principal positions in a variety of settings. In addition to the work he does in training and supporting facilitators, John also does work in the areas of dealing with difficult people, building professional learning communities, employee evaluation, conferencing skills, coaching skills, strategic planning strategies, school improvement planning and implementation, differentiated instruction, leadership for differentiation, employee recruitment, selection, and induction, supervisory skills, and effective teaching strategies. He has his PhD. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Loyola University-Chicago and his MS in Educational Leadership from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. John has authored books on substitute teaching, wrote The Training Video Series for the Professional School Bus Driver, The principals' Guide to Custodial Supervision contributes articles for the publication Superintendents Only. He wrote Effective Group Facilitation in Education: How to Energize Meetings and Manage Difficult Groups, and co-authored So Now You're the Superintendent, the best selling, Energizing Staff Meetings and Creative Strategies to Improve School Culture all through Corwin Press.