Presentations:
Video Assignments
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Making Meetings Work with Liz Madison, 11 mins; podcast available -
A Facilitator's Best Practices with Anne Desmarais, 18 mins; podcast available
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Deeper Dive: Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (CC) with Karen Simms, 28 mins; podcast available
Additional Resources:
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Blog: What's the FACA? Federal Advisory Committee Act by Peter Williams, PhD
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Facilitation resources:
(1) NPS RTCA Community Toolbox: Facilitation Tools
(2) Bonner Network Curriculum: Facilitation 101
(3) The Community Toolbox: Facilitation resources
(4) Enabling Change: CoCreate: A Facilitator’s Guide to Collaborative Planning
Optional Homework: Self-Assessment
Complete one of the two facilitation core competency self-assessments below. The IAF competencies are more focused on concrete meeting and group management practices, while the National College framework (shared in class) focuses on facilitator behaviors that demonstrate social-emotional intelligence.
- Facilitator Core Competencies_IAF.docx Self-Assessment (based on IAF)
- Facilitation Competency Framework_National College UK.docx Self-Assessment (based on National College, UK)
Optional Homework: Facilitation Tools
- REVIEW: Creative Facilitation Tools MbN 2018 (PDF)
- EXERCISE: Select one of these methods to use at an upcoming meeting and prepare for the meeting to introduce this tool.
- Why did you select this tool?
- Do you need to coordinate with the group or the meeting coordinator in advance?
- Do you need support materials to use this tool?
- What objectives(s) for the group will this tool support?
- How might using this tool change the attitudes and behaviors of meeting participants?
- APPLY: Test this facilitation tool at the meeting and then reflect on what went well (WWW) and what would you do differently (WWYDD).
Instructors:
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Liz Madison, Director
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Anne Desmarais, Assistant Director
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Peter Williams, PhD, Associate Direcgtor
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Karen Simms, Former Assistant Field Manager, Gila District, Tucson Field Office, BLM, (video instructor)
