How To Facilitate Great Meetings - Results Washington Training - Day 1

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Slides from Day 1 of Wonful's training with Results Washington on how to be a great meeting facilitator.

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Facilitation Training !

for Results Washington

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Mad Tea

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1. What I hope to get out of today is…

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2. I know I am effectively facilitating when…

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3. To facilitate effectively I…

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4. Things that prevent me from doing this all of the time are…

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5. Someone that effortlessly facilitates groups productively is… !

Their success is made possible by…

Overview of Today

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What could you do to reliably guarantee

you do an awful job facilitating a meeting,

nothing productive happens, and everyone knows it’s your fault.

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Which of these things are you doing today?

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How are you going to stop doing these things?

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What is in your control?

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1. Invitation !

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What is in your control?

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1. Invitation 2. Space !

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What is in your control?

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1. Invitation 2. Space 3. Time !

What is in your control?

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1. Invitation 2. Space 3. Time 4. Groups

What is in your control?

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1. Invitation 2. Space 3. Time 4. Groups 5. Participation

Principles

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1. Never start without a clear purpose !

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1. Never start without a clear purpose 2. You are in charge… not in control. !

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1. Never start without a clear purpose 2. You are in charge… not in control. 3. Fake it ‘till you make it. !

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1. Never start without a clear purpose 2. You are in charge… not in control. 3. Fake it ‘till you make it. 4. Learn by failing forward

General Facilitation Tips

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1. Slow down !

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1. Slow down 2. Connect with your audience !

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1. Slow down 2. Connect with your audience 3. Body language !

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1. Slow down 2. Connect with your audience 3. Body language 4. Silence is Golden !

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1. Slow down 2. Connect with your audience 3. Body language 4. Silence is Golden 5. Questions are your most powerful weapon !

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1. Slow down 2. Connect with your audience 3. Body language 4. Silence is Golden 5. Questions are your most powerful weapon 6. Deflect back to the audience !

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1. Slow down 2. Connect with your audience 3. Body language 4. Silence is Golden 5. Questions are your most powerful weapon 6. Deflect back to the audience 7. Facilitator is always neutral (except when you aren’t)

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1. Slow down 2. Connect with your audience 3. Body language 4. Silence is golden 5. Questions are your most powerful weapon 6. Deflect back to the audience 7. Facilitator is always neutral (except when you aren’t)

8. Have a plan, abandon it at a moment’s notice

Core Protocols

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1. Decider !

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1. Decider 2. Law of Two Feet !

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1. Decider 2. Law of Two Feet 3. Pass !

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1. Decider 2. Law of Two Feet 3. Pass 4. Yes, and… !

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1. Decider 2. Law of Two Feet 3. Pass 4. Yes, and… 5. Process check !

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1. Decider 2. Law of Two Feet 3. Pass 4. Yes, and… 5. Process check 6. Expanding vs. Narrowing !

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1. Decider 2. Law of Two Feet 3. Pass 4. Yes, and… 5. Process check 6. Expanding vs. Narrowing 7. What I need from you… !

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1. Decider 2. Law of Two Feet 3. Pass 4. Yes, and… 5. Process check 6. Expanding vs. Narrowing 7. What I need from you… 8. Do not do for the sake of doing

Purpose to Practice

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Purpose The fundamental justification for the existence of something.

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How to tell if you have a clear purpose? What are the characteristics of a good purpose?

Purpose to Practice

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Principles !

What makes a principle principled? Must be able to know if it’s been violated.

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Participants !

Who must be included or invited?

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Structure !

How will we organize resources, time, people (microstructures and macrostructures)?

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Practices !

What will we actually do?

Storyboards

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Split into teams of 3.Troika Consulting

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Debrief

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Zachary Cohn Fisher Qua @ZacharyCohn @SFQua

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