The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation

Sponsored by the International Association of Facilitators, The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation offers the need-to-know basics in the field brought together by fifty leading practitioners and scholars. This indispensable resource includes successful strategies and methods, foundations, and resources for anyone who works with groups. The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation provides an overview of the field for new and aspiring practitioners and a reliable reference for experienced group facilitators, including chapters on

Creating positive ongoing client relationships
Building trust and improving communications
Facilitating group brainstorming sessions
Drawing out the best in people
Developing a collaborative environment
Designing and facilitating dialogue
Managing conflicting agendas
Working with multicultural groups
Using improvisation
Understanding virtual meetings
Facilitating team start-up
Assessing group decision processes
Building expertise in facilitation
Reviewing core facilitation competencies
Modeling positive professional attitudes

Customer Reviews:

A TOP-NOTCH, IN-DEPTH INTRODUCTION TO FACILITATION.

By Yvette Borcia and Gerry Stern "Stern's Manage... - August 8, 2005

An extraordinarily rich and in-depth introduction to the subject. Each chapter is written by one or more experts. The book covers such topics as:

- creating an ongoing client relationship;

- the skilled facilitator approach;

- process issues such as difficult personalities;

- facilitation planning and preparation;

- building trust;

- the art of drawing out the best in people;

- building a collaborative environment;

- facilitating the whole system in the room;

- improvisation in facilitation;

- virtual meetings;

- facilitating communication in group decision making discussions;

- how to build you facilitation expertise.

These topics are but a sampling, to give some idea of the scope and depth of this most valuable volume, which takes the reader far deeper than methods and techniques. The book is well organized and very accessible. Based on our... read more

The Facilitation Reference Book

By J. C. Jenkins - April 20, 2005

I have over 35 years of experience in facilitation, working in villages, multinational companies, intergovernmental bodies and not-for-profit organizations. The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation is the reference book of facilitation. From the day it arrived I began using it.

Chapters cover a wide array of applications, methods and theory of faciliation. Topics such as visual facilitation, the use of stories in facilitation, training of facilitators, facilitation as a communications tool and much more make this book a must have for those concerned with the profession of facilitation

Excellent Resource Manual

By Melissa Smith - March 8, 2007

I purchased 3 different books regarding faciliation techniques and guidelines and this was the ultimate. It is set out very clearly, provides background to faciliation and then systematically steps through an end-to-end process including a wide range of techniques to select from when developing a plan for a facilitation workshop.

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