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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

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Accountants Content moderators Legal Assistants Proofreaders Entry-level stock traders Transcribers Graphic designers, where creativity isn’t a priority Customer service representatives Soldiers Writers, where quantity is a greater concern than quality I reviewed several of these lists. The nominees varied depending on the publication.

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Facilitation Friday #1: Anyone Can and Everyone Should

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In addition, Ill share and review some of the facilitation resources I find most helpful and some of the lessons learned (the good and the kind of ugly) in my own facilitation work. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3). Jul 2002 (3). Jun 2002 (2). May 2002 (4). May 2004 (5).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #21: How to.

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The closing section of a facilitated effort should include a carefully calibrated mix of attention to both the content and process of what just took place. Reviewing decisions made and next steps along with the accountability for action. effective facilitation, sharing some of the content and thinking I. Dec 2002 (6).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #2: Behavior is.

Idea Architects

This simple equation helps unpack much of what we need to review for an individual facilitation effort. Every Friday in 2012, I will post information and insights about effective facilitation, sharing some of the content and thinking I provide in the one-day and half-day facilitation workshops that groups often engage me to present.

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Facilitation Friday #19: Resisiting Resistance is Futile

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This is why reviewing the agenda and establishing group norms is important at the onset. Paraphrasing confirms for the speaker that s/he is being heard and clarifies the content by restating what an individual said. effective facilitation, sharing some of the content and thinking I. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4).

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Facilitation Friday #23: Going in Different Directions

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Restated the purpose and outcome at the onset never hurts: "Lets quickly review why were together today, what we hope to accomplish, and the agenda for doing so.". effective facilitation, sharing some of the content and thinking I. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3). Jul 2002 (3).

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Facilitation Friday #10: Establish Rules of Engagement

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Shared agreements can be generated in a variety of ways: large group facilitated discussion; small group list generation followed by large group voting; individuals noting ideas that are then clustered into common themes and reviewed by the group. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3).