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Written by Peter Ringholm
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Saturday, 22 September 2012 08:13 |
Tips for Facilitators
This short guide will help you improve your facilitations skills. This isn’t an by-the-book guide that will work everytime. Each activity should be altered to meet your group’s needs and situation. Remember that the role of the facilitator is very important and must be intentional.
What is facilitation?
To facilitate, is to help something (usually a process) move along. The word derives from "facile" which is French for "easy". To facilitate, then, is... |
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Written by Peter Ringholm
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Thursday, 20 October 2011 07:47 |
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A group is "a collection of people who come together because they share something in common." (Solomon, Davidson, and Solomon, 1993). What they share could be as insignificant as desire to get on the next bus that will arrive at a particular stop. A team, however, is "a group of people who share a common name, mission, history, set of goals or objectives and expectations." A strategy that can help groups develop into real teams is teambuilding, "the process needed to create, maintain, and... |
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Written by Peter Ringholm
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Saturday, 01 October 2011 19:36 |
Using ice breakers successfully is similar to being able to tell a good story: you need to know your audience, delivery is everything, and good stories build up intensity as they go along. And props never hurt if you have them.
Know your audience. Before deciding which activities to use, assess the group for the following: age, familiarity with one another, purpose of the group gathering, and potential considerations for physical abilities.
Build in intensity. A general rule of thumb is a... |
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Written by Peter Ringholm
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Monday, 27 June 2011 10:17 |
Communications may be linguistic, but is also formed of feelings and moods that can be read in gestures, facial expressions and actions. This article will help you to acquire the skills to communicate with children in a affirmative and validating manner.
Communication and interaction are linked together. Supportive interaction between children and adults are created by the way the adults listen to and communicate with the children.
A caring culture with many affirmative interaction between... |
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