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 Facilitating
a group can be very rewarding and very challenging at the same time.
It is important to know how a group works so you can facilitate the
workshop. This section will give you some tips and ideas on your role
as a facilitator and dealing with situations that may come up.
Your
Role as The Group Facilitator°
As the
group facilitator, your role is to:
- Encourage all
group members to participate.
- Appreciate
everyone's contributions
- Give positive
feedback - try not to judge or criticize
- Respect
the right of each member to take part at his/her comfort level
- Use a variety
of open-ended questions to draw people out
- Recognize
that members take part simply by attending
- Participate in the group yourself.
- Share your
own ideas and personal stories, but do not take over discussion
- Use words
like "we" and 'us" instead of 'you"
- Let the
group know that you learn from them too
- Discuss
appropriate and inappropriate disclosure
- Model good
listening techniques and expect that participants will listen
to others in the group
- Keep the group
orderly.
- Develop
and stick to the group's agreements
- Give everyone
an equal chance for participation
- Review the
ideas for handling difficult people or situations
- Review agreements
every couple of weeks - ask if they want to add or delete anything
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