Appendix 4 Resources for Learning Facilitation Skills

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Three organizations that offer facilitation training:

• Technology of Participation, Group Facilitation Methods Course: http://www.ica-usa.org/top/courses/crsgfm.html
• Community at Work, Group Facilitation Skills: http://www.communityatwork.com/groupfac.html
• The Grove Consultants International for workshops on facilitation and graphic recording: http://www.grove.com

To supplement training, practice, and observation, here are three excellent books:

• The Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Kaner, Lind, Toldi, Fisk, and Berger (New Society Publishers, 1996)
• The Skilled Facilitator (revised edition) by Roger Schwartz (Jossey-Bass, 2002)
• The Art of Focused Conversation: 100 Ways to Access Group Wisdom in the Workplace edited by R. Brian Stanfield (New Society Publishers, 2000)

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