Maggie Havergal and John Edmonstone's Facilitator's Toolkit provides your organization with a resource on which every manager can draw. The authors explain the basic skills of facilitation, how and when to use them (and not to use them). The main part of the manual then offers a Toolkit of almost 100 tools for facilitation; tools for organizing groups; tools for strategic thinking; tools for problem solving; diagnostic tools; tools for managing people, including other facilitators; tools for decision making; tools for planning; tools for managing conflict and dealing with problems, situations or people.

From Ingrid Bens, the author of the best-selling book Facilitating with Ease!, comes the next-step resource for project leaders, managers, community leaders, teachers, and other facilitators who want to hone their skills in order to deal with complex situations. Advanced Facilitation Strategies is a field guide that offers practical strategies and techniques for working with challenging everyday situations. These proven strategies and techniques are based on experience gleaned from hundreds of facilitated activities in organizations of all sizes and in all sectors. Both novice and seasoned facilitators who have had firsthand experience designing and leading meetings will benefit from this reality-based playbook. Advanced Facilitation Strategies is filled with the information facilitators need to Become better at diagnosing facilitation assignments and creating effective process designs Broaden their repertoire of tools to make impromptu design changes whenever they are needed Learn to be more resilient and confident when dealing with dysfunctional situations and difficult people.

Internationally respected NVC trainers, Judi Morin, Raj Gill, and Lucy Leu have come together to codify more than twenty years of training experience in one hands-on Nonviolent Communication (NVC) facilitator guide. Whether you're a new facilitator, a seasoned trainer looking to incorporate a more experiential approach, or a team of trainers, the Nonviolent Communication Toolkit for Facilitators has a wealth of resources for you. By breaking Nonviolent Communication down into 18 key concepts, this toolkit provides succinct teaching tools that can be used on their own for shorter sessions, or combined for a long-term or multi-session training. Your NVC Toolkit purchase includes: • Hard Copy Exercise Manual—Includes exercises, activities, and facilitator scripts to guide you in sharing 18 key NVC concepts • Electronic Downloads—Access to 21 Learning Aids and 33 Handouts to create an interactive, hands-on learning environment • Instructional Video Clips — Access 20 short clips and one 30-minute video to help clarify some of the more complex activities

Step by step, Facilitating the Project Lifecycle guides theproject manager/facilitator in making smart choices about when andhow to pull key talent together to spell success for the projectand ultimately the organization. The authors will help youunderstand the benefits of using facilitated group work sessions toget real work done during a project and get it done better and moreefficiently than more traditional individual work approaches. Inaddition, the book includes: Recommendations for capitalizing on group knowledge toaccelerate the building of key project deliverables and ensuretheir quality as they are built A work session structure for planning, delivering, andfollowing up facilitated work sessions Guides for building key project deliverables Sample agendas Proven techniques for managing the group dynamics

Insights, tools, and case studies from digital-first companies and expert facilitators - including: -Pro tips & key questions around teams, tools, & techniques-Breakdowns & diagrams for dealing with essential factors like time zones, audio/video, & group size-Case studies from remote teams at Intuit, Trello, & IBM-Step-by-steps for 10+ remote-friendly workshop activities-Checklists & guides for planning, running, and following up on workshops