The New Compleat Facilitator: A Handbook For Facilitators

Rating:
Summary: An excellent primer for facilitating group work
Review: For people who lead and/or work in groups, this is a terrific little how-to book, practical and readable. I sit on a number of non-profit boards, and I've given it as a gift to all my board members to help us have more effective meetings. I also gave it to everyone in my department -- the book's advice on groundrules and agenda-building has helped us cut our meeting times in half. The book is so well-organized that I can take it into meetings with me and access information and tips quickly and easily. It doesn't load the reader down with theory and jargon. I'm an experienced meeting-manager, and I've read lots more advanced books on the topic, but I still like The Compleat Facilitator the best of all the facilitation books I own -- it's just so useful!

Rating:
Summary: An excellent primer for facilitating group work
Review: For people who lead and/or work in groups, this is a terrific little how-to book, practical and readable. I sit on a number of non-profit boards, and I've given it as a gift to all my board members to help us have more effective meetings. I also gave it to everyone in my department -- the book's advice on groundrules and agenda-building has helped us cut our meeting times in half. The book is so well-organized that I can take it into meetings with me and access information and tips quickly and easily. It doesn't load the reader down with theory and jargon. I'm an experienced meeting-manager, and I've read lots more advanced books on the topic, but I still like The Compleat Facilitator the best of all the facilitation books I own -- it's just so useful!