Thiagi: A treasure chest of resources for facilitators

The World Cafe: An intentional way to create a living network of conversation around questions that matter. A Café Conversation is a creative process for leading collaborative dialogue, sharing knowledge and creating possibilities for action in groups of all sizes.

Sibbert, D. 2003. Principles of Facilitation. The Grove Consultants International. 71 pp

The Appreciative Inquiry Commons, a worldwide portal devoted to the sharing of academic resources and practical tools on Appreciative Inquiry and the rapidly growing discipline of positive change, hosted by Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management.

Teleconference call facilitation tipsThese tips by Nancy White cover planning, technical set-up, scheduling and preparation; starting the call, general call etiquette, attention and engagement, closure and evaluation and feedback.

Open Space Technology: In Open Space meetings, events and organizations, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance, such as: What is the strategy that all stakeholders can support and work together to create?

ITrain: Resources on faciliting Communities of Practice, listservers and more...

ITrain: Resources on faciliting Communities of Practice, listservers and more...

International Association of Facilitators: Facilitation is a profession rapidly taking its unique place alongside those of consulting and training. The International Association of Facilitators was formed by a group of professionals desiring an avenue for interchange, professional development, trend analysis and peer networking. A formal association was proposed and adopted at a networking conference in Alexandria, Virginia, in January, 1994. More than 70 people signed on as charter members. Since then, the IAF has grown to over 1300 members in more than 20 countries.The IAF encourages and supports the formation of local groups of facilitators to network and provide professional development opportunities for their members. Regional groups from around the world are invited to become affiliated with the IAF to help promote the profession of facilitation as a critical set of skills in the global society of the 21st century.

Full Circle Associates maintains a wide-ranging free collection of resources in online facilitation and provides training in online facilitation and distance collaboration. This site is also a repository for information on online communities, virtual facilitation and more The materials are covered by the Creative Commons license and are available for non-commercial use.

Intercultural communication: A comprehensive, but not exhaustive overvie.

Braun, A. 2004. A training workshop on Participatory Research Approaches for the ICARDA project on Improving Rural Livelihoods through Efficient On-farm Water and Soil Fertility Management in Central Asia. 6-10 September, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Facilitation Plan.Contents:1. Setting the context for the workshop2. Understanding participatory research Analysis of examples of participatory research Theory/Concepts3. Enabling participatory researchTools and skillsPotentials and constraints for adapting participatory research for application in Central Asia4. Doing participatory research# Taking advantage of the potentials /overcoming constraints# How are we doing research now and how can we make it more participatory?