9. How to host a good group session
The stance and details of holding open creative space
1 min readMar 15, 2017
During this week of class, student teams will be preparing to host facilitated group sessions. This class session has two goals:
- Prepare teams to do a good job of hosting and facilitating
- Introduce topics and resources for beginning the lifelong journey into the craft of hosting and facilitation
Lecture and activities
- Warm-ups: experiencing yet another way for groups of people to quickly get into conversation or get into creative flow
- Lecture and activity: working step-by-step through a typical session, attending to the details of hosting and facilitation
Key concepts
- The inner game of facilitation: stance and attention
- Letting go of control while guarding quality of conversation and movement toward an outcome
- Working as a team: roles, communication, handling difficulties
- The nitty-gritty details of welcoming, providing structure, intervening, including, harvesting