Facilitation has become a key skill for everyone who is part of a team, committee, department, or other collaborative group. This practical workbook is both a comprehensive guide to the core facilitation tools and techniques and a framework for a complete facilitation workshop. Facilitating with Ease! is an essential manual for anyone who wants to facilitate productive, effective meetings with skill and authority, or train others in their organization to use these skills. Based on the authors in-the-field experience training thousands of team leaders, consultants, supervisors, managers, and others, it provides all the necessary action steps and materials in a simple and accessible format. It contains dozens of exercises, surveys, checklists, and even customizable worksheets on CD-ROM to transform anyone into an effective facilitator. The new edition features extensive updates and new material including the four types of meetings, new process designs, a 3-step starting sequence for facilitation, and more.
Book Details:
- Author: Ingrid Bens
- ISBN: 9780470331019
- Year Published: 2005
- Pages: 224
- BISAC: BUS103000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Organizational Development
About the Book and Topic:
Facilitation has become a key skill for everyone who is part of a team, committee, department, or other collaborative group. This practical workbook is both a comprehensive guide to the core facilitation tools and techniques and a framework for a complete facilitation workshop. Facilitating with Ease! is an essential manual for anyone who wants to facilitate productive, effective meetings with skill and authority, or train others in their organization to use these skills. Based on the authors in-the-field experience training thousands of team leaders, consultants, supervisors, managers, and others, it provides all the necessary action steps and materials in a simple and accessible format. It contains dozens of exercises, surveys, checklists, and even customizable worksheets on CD-ROM to transform anyone into an effective facilitator. The new edition features extensive updates and new material including the four types of meetings, new process designs, a 3-step starting sequence for facilitation, and more.
Facilitation is a key and growing area for Jossey-Bass. In FY05, we will have the largest facilitation list of any publisher. Facilitating with Ease! is one of the top sellers in the field and Ingrid Bens is a core author for our facilitation program.
Update of Bestselling Book: The first edition has sold nearly 17,000 copies net, with a short discount (now priced at $50). Author Promotion: Bens actively consults, resells (including bulk sales), and attends key conferences. She will be at the 2004 IAF (International Association of Facilitators) conference, and is on the organizing committee for 2005. She is expanding her business to include contract trainers (under the name”Facilitation First”). Book Format: The book is formatted instructionally, so it can be used alone or in conjuction with training workshops. The book and CD contain dozens of practical tools and worksheets. Jossey-Bass Core Focus: Faciliation is a rapidly growing field and a core skill growth area for Jossey-Bass. This book will be part a larger cluster that will be promoted through DM (Business & Pfeiffer), to numerous associations including, IAF, ASTD, ACR, PMI, & SHRM, and on Amazon and BN.com.
About the Author
Ingrid Bens is a consultant and trainer who specializes in facilitation skills, team building, conflict management, employee participation, and organizational change. She is a partner in Participative Dynamics, where her clients have included General Electric, The United Way, AAA, the Environmental Protection Agency, Boeing, Bayer, and the AARP. She is a popular conference speaker and in-house program leader. Participative Dynamics has offices in Toronto and Sarasota, Florida.