RE: Consensus | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rob Sandelin (Floriferousclassic.msn.com) | |
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 10:00:51 -0600 |
Ruby said: We are slow to get good at it, although we've improved immensely over time--1 reason is that it's hard to get everyone on board at any given time so we are at very different skill levels. Snip----- It's also more important to have your facilitators very skilled, because a good facilitator with a clear vision of consensus process will shape it and educate as s/he goes along. In my experience, a group is well served to encourage a small group to become master facilitators. It is good for everybody to learn about and get training on group decision making, but it is usually not a good idea to rotate the facilitation around. Excellent faclitation is planned, and takes training on the the part of the facilitator. Frankly, its a level of commitment that most folks that attend a meeting simply do not have, and having a pool of really good facilitators takes time and commitment. The outcome and effectiveness of the collaborative group meeting is directly proportional to skill and preparation of the facilitator. Bad, untrained facilitators can actually damage groups so that people do not attend meetings, or worse, leave the group because the meetings are so bad. Meetings should be fun, something people look forward to, and a major community building activity. If they are not, I would suggest taking my running effective meetings workshop or checking out the materials on the Intentional Communities resource Page at http://www.infoteam.com/nonprofit/nica/resource.html Rob Sandelin NICA
- re: Consensus, (continued)
- re: Consensus Buzz Burrell, July 1 1996
- consensus barbara keppel, December 10 1997
- Re: Consensus Ruby44444, December 12 1997
- Re: Consensus Ruby44444, December 12 1997
- RE: Consensus Rob Sandelin, December 13 1997
- Re: Consensus Ruby44444, April 29 1998
- consensus Stephanie Fassnacht, March 4 1999
- Re: consensus John Sechrest, March 4 1999
- Re: consensus Unnat, March 4 1999
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