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<b>1</b> Focus on the participants' goals, evaluations, feelings and opinions.<br>=> Which for you means, to step back with your personal contributions or opinions.  
 
<b>1</b> Focus on the participants' goals, evaluations, feelings and opinions.<br>=> Which for you means, to step back with your personal contributions or opinions.  
  
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* Take every participant serious and treat all participants in an equal way.<br> => Allow all opinions and ideas to be presented.
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<b>2</b> Take every participant serious and treat all participants in an equal way.<br> => Allow all opinions and ideas to be presented.
  
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* Don't evaluate contributions of your participants. <br>=>Just describe what you perceive in a neutral way.
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<b>3</b> Don't evaluate contributions of your participants. <br>=>Just describe what you perceive in a neutral way.
  
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* Have the goal of your unit always in mind. And if needed, help the group in seeing the goal again.
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<b>4</b> Have the goal of your unit always in mind. <br>If needed, help the group in seeing the goal again.
  
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* Motivate the group to find constructive rules for discussion.
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<b>5</b> Motivate the group to find constructive rules for discussion.<br>=> Reintroduce these, if necessary.
  
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* Make your observation of group's behavior transparent.<br> => Mirror, how they deal with irritations or conflicts.
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<b>6</b> Make your observation of group's behavior transparent.<br> => Mirror, how they deal with irritations or conflicts.
  
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* Focus on [[Constructive Questions]] rather than on answers.  
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<b>7</b> Focus on [[Constructive Questions]] rather than on answers. <br>=> Let participants formulate their answers and conclusions.
  
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* Hear better, speak less.  
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<b>8</b> Hear better, speak less.  
  
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* [[Powerful Listening |Paraphrase aspects, opinions, findings]].
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<b>9</b> Strive for clarity, help participants understand clearly what is being said.<br>=> [[Powerful Listening |Paraphrase aspects, opinions, findings]]
  
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* [[Visual Facilitation | Visualize]].
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<b>10</b> [[Visual Facilitation | Visualize]] <br>=> Help participants with a visual structure.
 
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Revision as of 11:10, 25 April 2022

Facilitating is different from instructing. It is a form of steering a process that gives more space to the participants, and thus to the unforeseen. This checklist gathers a few tips on how facilitators can successfully meet this challenge.

1 Focus on the participants' goals, evaluations, feelings and opinions.
=> Which for you means, to step back with your personal contributions or opinions.

2 Take every participant serious and treat all participants in an equal way.
=> Allow all opinions and ideas to be presented.

3 Don't evaluate contributions of your participants.
=>Just describe what you perceive in a neutral way.

4 Have the goal of your unit always in mind.
If needed, help the group in seeing the goal again.

5 Motivate the group to find constructive rules for discussion.
=> Reintroduce these, if necessary.

6 Make your observation of group's behavior transparent.
=> Mirror, how they deal with irritations or conflicts.

7 Focus on Constructive Questions rather than on answers.
=> Let participants formulate their answers and conclusions.

8 Hear better, speak less.

9 Strive for clarity, help participants understand clearly what is being said.
=> Paraphrase aspects, opinions, findings

10 Visualize
=> Help participants with a visual structure.

Created By nez

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