Faci Life
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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Facilitation
Living life on the faci lane
WHAT IS FACILITATING
• comes from the french word FACILE which means "to make easy"
Facilitating learning groups, therefore, means enabling learning to occur in the individuals and the group.
• comes from the french word FACILE which means "to make easy"
Facilitating learning groups, therefore, means enabling learning to occur in the individuals and the group.
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What are your goals?
- To introduce the freshmen into the Legal Management life
- To get the freshmen to mingle with the org
- To get to know the freshmen yourselves!!!!!
Main Roles of a Facilitator
To be a good facilitator…
1. Guide
• Bridge the content (or the topic) to the client.
• Your main job is to guide – to let your participants discover and learn the topic for themselves.
2. Coordinate and Organize
• Make sure that everyone is facilitating and staying on track.
3. Engage
• An effective facilitator gets the audience involved in their subjects.
To be a good facilitator…
1. Guide
• Bridge the content (or the topic) to the client.
• Your main job is to guide – to let your participants discover and learn the topic for themselves.
2. Coordinate and Organize
• Make sure that everyone is facilitating and staying on track.
3. Engage
• An effective facilitator gets the audience involved in their subjects.
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WHAT DOES A GOOD FACI DO?
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HOW-TO
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preparation
- Know the concepts and theories of your activities
- Take note of the possible number of participants
- Study the nature of the group & topic to be discussed
- Get creative
Preparation
“Effective facilitation begins even before the group assembles.”
• Knowledge: It's essential to know the concepts and theories, in order to get the learning across to your audience
• Take note of the possible number of participants you have
• The nature of the group and topics to be discussed
• Get creative in your presentation
1. Prepare your information
2. Plan your activities
- take note of the venue, time, participants
3. Make sure to have all the supplies you need
4. Prepare contingencies
“Effective facilitation begins even before the group assembles.”
• Knowledge: It's essential to know the concepts and theories, in order to get the learning across to your audience
• Take note of the possible number of participants you have
• The nature of the group and topics to be discussed
• Get creative in your presentation
1. Prepare your information
2. Plan your activities
- take note of the venue, time, participants
3. Make sure to have all the supplies you need
4. Prepare contingencies
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Preparation
- Prepare your information
- Plan your activities (venue, time and participants)
- Make sure you have all the supplies you need
- Contingencies for contingencies FOR CONTINGENCIES
1. Prepare your information
2. Plan your activities
- take note of the venue, time, participants
3. Make sure to have all the supplies you need
4. Prepare contingencies
2. Plan your activities
- take note of the venue, time, participants
3. Make sure to have all the supplies you need
4. Prepare contingencies
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Execution: Introduction
- Be warm & friendly BUT stay professional
- Conduct an icebreaker
- During lull moments, encourage them to talk to one another
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Execution: giving instructions
- Speak one at a time
- All eyes and ears on you
- Instructions before grouping
- BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS FUN
Giving instructions
1. Only one person at a time should speak
2. Grab everyone’s attention before starting
3. Stand where everyone can see and hear you. Place yourself and modulate your voice
4. If you have groupings in your activity: give the general instructions before breaking out into groups
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Ongoing the activity
- Move around and observe
- Monitor time but allow flexibility
- Remind participants of the time. Allocate more time if needed
- Look into specific moments in the activity for reflection
While the activity is ongoing
1. Move around and observe (take note of what's happening for the discussion and to make sure instructions are being followed)
2. Monitor time but allow flexibility
3. Constantly remind participants of time left. Ask if more time is needed
4. Try to look at specific moments in the activity that you can bring back and ask on later
1. Move around and observe (take note of what's happening for the discussion and to make sure instructions are being followed)
2. Monitor time but allow flexibility
3. Constantly remind participants of time left. Ask if more time is needed
4. Try to look at specific moments in the activity that you can bring back and ask on later
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What to do during breaks
- Always be with your group
- Let them know about upcoming Lex events (ex. RecWeek)
- Get your group members to talk to one another
- Try to find out what are their interests
- Mind the time!!!
General Questioning Model
• Opener: “How did you feel when…”
• Follow-upper: “What happened then?”
• Clarifier: “What do you mean by “hard”?”
• Comparison: “How was it different from what the other team did…?”
• Parrot: “(Repeat word)”
• Relate to Experience: “How did you feel when…?”
• Prober: “Why do you think __ happened…”
• Finisher: “Am I correct in saying that…”
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Verbal skills you need
- Ask open ended questions
- Encourage more responses
- Redirect comments to other members
- Respond positively
- Call members by their names
Verbal Skills
• Ask open ended questions
• Request to encourage more responses
• Ask for specifics or examples
• Respond positively to ALL contributions
• Redirect comments to other members
• Encourage quiet participants (better if you get to know their names and call them)
• Paraphrase to clarify key ideas
• Stay on track: always go back to the main topic
• Synthesize ideas: allow them to build on each others thoughts
• Collect ideas: take note of all the ideas and create a summary of what was said
• Say only enough to give instructions, keep things on track and summarize.
• Ask open ended questions
• Request to encourage more responses
• Ask for specifics or examples
• Respond positively to ALL contributions
• Redirect comments to other members
• Encourage quiet participants (better if you get to know their names and call them)
• Paraphrase to clarify key ideas
• Stay on track: always go back to the main topic
• Synthesize ideas: allow them to build on each others thoughts
• Collect ideas: take note of all the ideas and create a summary of what was said
• Say only enough to give instructions, keep things on track and summarize.
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non-verbal skills
- Listen and be attentive
- Be firm: be assertive and keep things on track
- Voice and Facial expression
- Movement and position in the room
Non-verbal Skills
• Listen & be attentive
• Be firm: it takes a substantial level of assertiveness to keep things on track. Be ready to step in and direct the process.
• Voice and Facial Expression
• Movement and Position in the room
• Listen & be attentive
• Be firm: it takes a substantial level of assertiveness to keep things on track. Be ready to step in and direct the process.
• Voice and Facial Expression
• Movement and Position in the room
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things to remember
- Stay neutral, objective and focused
- Get everyone to play!
- Initiate conversations over lull moments
- Do not play favorites
- Be time conscious
Things to Remember
• Neutral: always be objective and step back from your own opinions & focus on the group process.
• Always thank people for their insights regardless whether it is desired or not.
• (Remember: respond positively to ALL contributions)
• Try to get everyone to give input. Do not play favorites
• Be conscious of time
• Neutral: always be objective and step back from your own opinions & focus on the group process.
• Always thank people for their insights regardless whether it is desired or not.
• (Remember: respond positively to ALL contributions)
• Try to get everyone to give input. Do not play favorites
• Be conscious of time
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CONCLUSION:SYNTHESIS
NOT WITH A FIZZLE BUT WITH A BANG
Conclusion - Synthesis
• Bring all of the points you gathered earlier together.
• Draw from the participants’ experiences and insights when synthesizing. When you do, use their names, to show that you really listened to them.
• After synthesizing all the points, make sure to bring the topic back to their own context.
• Signs of being a good facilitator: the group feels like they did the work themselves
Sources: http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/PDFpubs/6101.pdf
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/RoleofAFacilitator.htm
• Bring all of the points you gathered earlier together.
• Draw from the participants’ experiences and insights when synthesizing. When you do, use their names, to show that you really listened to them.
• After synthesizing all the points, make sure to bring the topic back to their own context.
• Signs of being a good facilitator: the group feels like they did the work themselves
Sources: http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/PDFpubs/6101.pdf
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/RoleofAFacilitator.htm
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TAKE IT FROM EXPERIENCE
• Draw from the participants’ experiences and insights when synthesizing. When you do, use their names, to show that you really listened to them.
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also get their numbers if you want to (hehe)
• After synthesizing all the points, make sure to bring the topic back to their own context.
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GD!
HAHA Just explain it Tins,it isn't that hard :)) just make sure they keep the mashup like around 15-30secs long
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