Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 27, 2017

There is a distinct difference, however, between facilitating meetings with a methodology that underpins the how and the why of the process, and simply convening a meeting or creating an agenda. This is what I call facilitating with a lower case “f” vs. facilitating with an upper case “F.”

Process 133

Process 133

Aaron Wolowiec

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

?Facilitators should actually be expert guides. Their understanding of the subject matter allows them to have a deeper understanding of the goals of the group and how to assist them in achieving those goals.

How To 133

How To 133

Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Currently the WHY driving all of my program design and facilitation is this: help accelerate learning, community, and sustainable progress. I've created a downloadable PDF worksheet to guide you through this process for your efforts in the design and facilitation of meetings, workshops, or conferences.

Analysis 78

Analysis Process Communications Conference 78

Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Note: Every Friday from now through the end of 2020 I will offer a post about effective program design and facilitation drawn from the workshops I often lead on these topics. Currently the WHY driving all of my program design and facilitation is this: help accelerate learning, community, and sustainable progress. What do you do?

Analysis 78

Analysis Process Communications Conference 78

Ungrated

JULY 13, 2021

The post Liability protection: State laws facilitate community pool operations appeared first on Ungated: Community Associations Institute Blog. . >> Pool Position: Swim Season Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic is free for CAI members and $19.99 for nonmembers. .

New Jersey 105

New Jersey Missouri Survey Report 105

Eric Lanke

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

image source I recently participated in a workshop to learn how to be a better facilitator, and to teach others to do the same. Generally speaking, the session leader said, the job of the facilitator in any group setting is to ensure the group achieves a good outcome, not to drive them towards any pre-determined outcome.

Committee 100

Committee Leadership Process Communications 100

Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

I love to facilitate conversations and sessions that explore big ideas and possible innovations. Reflecting on asome previous efforts I helped design and facilitate reminded me of some common sense tips about what is required to facilitate conversations about big ideas and innovations. Facilitate assertively.

Innovation 74

Innovation Tips Chicago Sample 74

Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 4, 2019

If you’ve had these types of experiences, you’ve witnessed firsthand skilled facilitation. A great facilitator moves back and forth between content and process engaging participants in their own learning journeys. In facilitated learning experiences you hear two words: content and process. Content Versus Process.

Process 81

Process Content Conference Education 81

Association Adviser

APRIL 18, 2019

Facilitating adult learning with difficult personalities requires a trained facilitator who’s ready and willing to intervene at exactly the right moment with an effective response. The post Facilitating with Difficult Personalities: What to Do When the Unthinkable Occurs appeared first on Association Adviser.

Education 60

Education 60

Idea Architects

MAY 2, 2017

20+ years of facilitating had taught me the only truthful reply was this: “No. I assured them their inquiry was neither unexpected nor uncommon: “Investing in a facilitated process of any kind is a major commitment, both for the client and the consultant. I paused momentarily, looking at both of them and thinking about the question.

Process 76

Process Survey Organization 76

Ungrated

AUGUST 27, 2020

The post A vote for technology: How electronic voting can facilitate community association elections appeared first on Ungated: Community Associations Institute Blog. She also is a founding member and past president of CAI’s Canada Chapter. Read the full version of this article?.

Technology 105

Technology New Jersey Arizona Illinois 105

Association Adviser

APRIL 17, 2024

Whether conducted in-person or online, events serve various purposes, from promoting brand awareness to facilitating networking and […] For associations, they are a crucial avenue to offer exciting opportunities to members and the industry at large, ensuring engagement and fostering growth.

Member Engagement 127

Member Engagement Industry Communications Marketing 127

Beth Kanter

JUNE 9, 2017

The design lab was facilitated by Pete Maher, founder of Luma Institute. I learned so much about the taxonomy of innovation and really practical techniques, that I took the facilitation training. I started incorporating facilitating design labs as well as the techniques into my training practice ever since. I admit it.

Resources 69

Resources Innovation Tools Process 69

Association Success

JUNE 15, 2017

So, now you are asking yourself… what the heck is a networking facilitator ? But modern conference goals and a good bit of research suggest that one of the most impactful parts of your conference may be the choice to add a networking facilitator to your schedule. How a Network Facilitator is different: Statistics support this….

Conference 68

Conference Process Content Resources 68

Association Success

AUGUST 1, 2017

Now, if Millennial job hopping is in fact so endemic, the question is: do we accept this as a given generational characteristic and plan accordingly, or do we dig a little deeper to understand how we can facilitate a more equitable balance between employee and employer? What’s lacking right now? Leadership training? Mentorship programs?

millennials 74

millennials Maine Survey Cost 74

Idea Architects

OCTOBER 17, 2014

"A facilitative leader brings discipline into maintaining and deepening their capacity—whatever that may be —to be engaged. Of course, it is precisely in those moments of distraction and difficulty that the discipline is required." — The Nine Disciplines of a Facilitator by Jon C. facilitation quotes' Jenkins and Maureen R.

Maine 60

Maine Course Resources Communications 60

Aaron Wolowiec

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The Time Nazi, Get Here When You Can Guy and The Negator), we launched into my four steps for facilitating the most productive meeting ever (which you may find helpful in managing your own meetings). Step 2: Examine the role of meeting facilitator. Learn to be cognizant both of your role as facilitator and of your environment.

Products 100

Products Video Committee Tips 100

Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

"A facilitative leader brings discipline into maintaining and deepening their capacity—whatever that may be —to be engaged. Of course, it is precisely in those moments of distraction and difficulty that the discipline is required." — The Nine Disciplines of a Facilitator by Jon C. facilitation quotes' Jenkins and Maureen R.

Maine 60

Maine Course Resources Communications 60

Idea Architects

AUGUST 22, 2017

Every so often I invite people on Twitter to send me questions they have about facilitation. Do you have questions about facilitation or program design? I also do custom-designed half-day and full-day facilitation training sessions for staff and volunteers, a program you can also cosponsor with other organizations to share the costs.

Cost 60

Cost Organization 60

Idea Architects

JUNE 24, 2015

In far too many organizations, facilitation is still seen as something done by an external consultant or internal manager or leader instead of a core capacity and contribution that everyone should be capable and confident of making. I have been teaching others how to facilitate for most of my professional career. I want to change that.

Sample 60

Sample Content Cost Resources 60

Beth Kanter

MARCH 13, 2018

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? The most critical thing that distinguishes brainstorming from other types of facilitated group activity is the absence negative feedback. Basic Approaches. Before the Session.

Process 59

Process Project Maine Products 59

Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Whether our meeting is useless or valuable depends on how we design, facilitate, and follow up. If you are facilitating the meeting you need figure out logistics like scheduling, materials, and effective use of technology for virtual meetings. The facilitation methods are participatory. Here’s my curated list.

Products 61

Products Library Team Process 61

Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

I detest self-promotion, but I'm doing a rare public registration facilitation skills workshop in Indianapolis on November 15 and thought it might interest a few readers. It's a very practical program with lots of info I've gleaned from my 30 years or so facilitating in varied settings with incredibly diverse participants.

Indianapolis 60

Indianapolis Discount Social Media Cost 60

Aaron Wolowiec

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Dive into our latest post on inclusive meeting facilitation to discover helpful techniques that transform meetings from mundane to magnetic. Whether you're a seasoned facilitator or just starting, learn how to create an atmosphere where every voice is not only heard but actively shapes the discussion.

How To 130

How To 130

Eric Lanke

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Whose Job Is It to Be the Facilitator? Have you been following the weekly series on facilitation on Jeffrey Cufaudes blog? So much of what I do as an association CEO is about facilitation--about helping a group achieve consensus and determine a productive path forward--that I typically welcome any help I can get on the subject.

Leadership 100

Leadership Course Innovation Proposal 100

Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

But this is more than a simple report on a highly successful leadership program that takes a systems approach to serving an underserved community, it is the authors playbook of how to design and implement a program, including facilitation recipes for designing meetings. The facilitation methods are participatory.

System 48

System Handbook Library Innovation 48

Idea Architects

JANUARY 24, 2014

But at some point every person who facilitates encounters this participant response: But you don''t understand. That''s the internal facilitator response to something we''ve heard so many times before. So let''s dig a little deeper into the minds of the frustrated facilitators. Perhaps a town hall or house of delegates meeting.

Proposal 60

Proposal System Examples Organization 60

Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

What is required for a facilitated session to produce bold thinking and fresh ideas? As more organizations focus on innovation, this is a question that every facilitator must be prepared to answer. What else have you found helpful in convening and/or facilitation sessions designed to produce fresh thinking and ideas?

Tips 60

Tips Innovation Library Process 60

The Association 100

MARCH 10, 2024

It emphasizes the importance of maintaining an up-to-date website, engaging members with timely advocacy alerts, facilitating connections via an online member directory and incorporating valuable feedback mechanisms. Your member communications strategy must align with the evolving needs and preferences of your community.

Strategy 130

Strategy Directory Social Media Communications 130

Spark Consulting

OCTOBER 30, 2023

What are some of the positive possibilities that are facilitated by the rise of generative AI technologies? For the professions and industries we serve? What role should associations be taking with regards to regulation of generative AI? Did you miss it? Never fear!

Tools 195

Tools Technology Education Products 195

Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 26, 2022

During the Michigan Society of Association Executives, members and attendees had the opportunity to participate in a facilitated exercise to identify and explore current forces at play that are affecting them and their organizations.

Analysis 245

Analysis Michigan Team Organization 245

Aaron Wolowiec

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Event Garde is a professional development consulting firm committed to lifelong learning—for ourselves, our community and those who attend the meetings we facilitate—believing in its ability to create well-connected leaders and to foster performance improvement.

Conference 130

Conference 130

Aaron Wolowiec

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Often as facilitators we create questions to get to a particular outcome, to the extent that it guides the conversation in a narrow direction. Being clear about our own agenda for a question - the ways in which all questions are loaded and are directly connected to our own worldview – is super important.

230

230

Wild Apricot

JANUARY 15, 2019

Consider creating a member directory for your organization to facilitate outreach, support your communications, and more. Wondering how to keep your members connected?

Directory 416

Directory Organization Communications How To 416

Aaron Wolowiec

APRIL 15, 2022

Aaron and his co-facilitator brainstormed a course of action and turned to nonviolent communication. During a recent strategic planning session, participants were working in small groups when Aaron overheard a participant make a comment that didn't sit well with their colleague. This is how it went.

Communications 246

Communications Course 246

Idea Architects

OCTOBER 8, 2012

I’ve previously written about facilitating sessions designed to elicit new ideas and fresh thinking. But what about the other end of the project development spectrum … when you have to facilitate a session focused on all the detail of an effort? In the end we generated a list with dozens of details and tasks to be managed.

Project 60

Project Chicago Process DC 60

Idea Architects

APRIL 18, 2014

Close with facilitated large group discussion. What other ways have you tried (or experienced) to better facilitate sharing from small group conversations. conferences facilitation facilitationfriday group dynamics workshops' Have each group capture key output in large print on flipchart paper.

Report 60

Report Review Process Conference 60