The Knowledge Asset

Purpose: Plenary / Large Group Discussion Size: 20-200 Difficulty: Medium Preparation: Minimum Duration: 60 – 120 minutes The Fish Bowl is a way to support dialogue in a community about critical issues. It is called a fish bowl because a center circle of people have a conversation and those sitting around them watch. Method: You …

Purpose: Presenting Materials, Group Discussion Size: 10-100 Difficulty: Medium Preparation: Minimum Duration: 15-45 minutes/session This method works best when there are two to five related but significantly different materials to be presented and discussed while PowerPoint presentations and plenary discussions are considered to be too long, exhaustive or boring. Method: Divide participants into the number …

By Marc Steinlin Purpose: Introduction Size: 15-500 persons Difficulty: Easy Preparation: Medium Duration: 15-30minutes An icebreaker that is useful for many sized groups. People have a first opportunity to talk, to connect, to discover diversity and more. Everybody is involved and is in constant movement. Method: Prepare 3-4 sets of 4 signs. Each set contains …

Facilitation is mostly experience. Anyhow, you can’t learn about human and people unless interacting with them. However, this book is particularly interesting – and important – because it collects experiences from both authors (Tom Justice and David W. Jamieson, PhD) and other facilitators into a practical, turn-read-and-go book that busy facilitators will need. And, ah, …

by David Deane-Spread David Deane-Spread.Com. Original article posted here. This question often leads to fierce debate, understandably since they have similarities. However, I assert that the differences are significant. In a nutshell, I further assert that training is the delivery of content, either not previously known by or not remembered by, or unfamiliar to the …