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Submitted by jon on Mon, 2004-12-06 02:02.
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Group facilitation methods: Difficult People and/or Situations

Identification

Level of process: 
Intervention
Intent or purpose: 

To move the discussion from between the facilitator and the disruptive person to the group and the disruptive person.

Used as component of: 

Any workshop, meeting ro training session.

Types of Participants: 
Any as long as one is crticial about the session because they feel that it is of no value for them.
Optimal amount of time needed: 
a few minutes

Howto

Level of participation: 
high
Type of Facilitator-Client Relationship: 
any
Level of Difficulty to Facilitate: 
Facilitation skills required
Setting and Materials: 
none
Resources Needed: 
none
Pre-Work Required: 
none
Procedures: 

1. A person is voicing dissatisfaction with the program.

2. The facilitator says, ?You?ve raised an interesting point, (the name of the person), what do others think??

3. A discussion follows that allows this to be handled at a peer level.

4. The process needs to be observed and facilitated to keep it from becoming an argument.

5. When the person either agrees to leave or to participate in a more helpful manner, the facilitator moves on in the process.

Follow-Up Required: 
none
How flexible is the process?: 
very

Background

Developer: 
unknown
Derived from: 
Presented in Training-Ideas Listserve by Chris Hutcheson
Epistemological Framework: 
unknown
History of Development: 

unknown

References: 

Training Ideas Listserve at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Training-Ideas

Suggested by Chris Hutcheson

President IDEA Ltd.

109 Trinity Street

Toronto, Ontario M5A 3C7

416.368.3664

http://ideaworldhq.com

http://360performance.ca


License Model: 
Free (or unattributable)
Website: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Training-Ideas

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To what degree do you aim to address multicultural needs among your workshop participants?
I don't generally have culturally diverse groups of participants, so it's no issue.
50%
Participants deal with these matters themselves; it's not really my responsibility as a facilitator.
0%
I design workshop language and procedures beforehand to suit the needs of the specific group.
50%
I adapt workshop language and procedures as I go along to suit the needs of the group.
0%
I ask participants how they would prefer to work together.
0%
Total votes: 2

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