Little Book of Cool Tools for Hot Topics Group Tools to Facilitate Meetings When Things Are Hot

Name: Little Book of Cool Tools for Hot Topics Group Tools to Facilitate Meetings When Things Are Hot
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ISBN: 9781561485437

ISBN-10: 1561485438

ISBN-13: 9781561485437

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ron Kraybill, Ron Kraybill

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Some subjects seem too hot for a group to discuss sanely. Not necessarily. The Little Book of "Cool Tools for Hot Topics"--Group Tools to Facilitate Meetings When Things Are Hot shows how to help people hear each other when they feel like shouting; how to focus on the issues at stake rather than having a war of personalities; how to employ actual practices for better understanding (interviews, small-group discussions, role-reversal presentations); and how to move a group toward making a decision that all can honestly support. Lead author Ron Kraybill is professor of Conflict Studies in the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. During the…

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List price: $7.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English




Who Counts? What Counts? The Tools Say It All


About this Book



Basic Tools


The Role of the Facilitator


Circle Process


Interweaving Small-Group and Large-Group Discussion


Process Committee



Tools for Getting Started


Opening Circle


Circle Check-In: Three Feeling Words


Circle Energizer: Sound and Movement


Setting Baggage Aside



Tools for Gathering Information and Options


Circle on Personal Perspectives


Circle on Positions and Needs


Interviews in the Presence of the Whole Group


Interviews with a Listening Chair


Role Reversal Presentations


Appreciative Inquiry


Sort Cards


Sort Cards: Whole-Group Variation


Brainstorming


Brainstorming Variations



Tools for Dialogue


Conflict Spectrum


Samoan Circle


Fishbowl


The Spiral


No Crosstalk Dialogue


Open Sentences Dialogue


Circle of Allies


World Cafe


Polarity Management


Study Circles



Tools for Closing


Circle Wrap-Up and Evaluation


Circle for Evaluation and Closing: Keep and Change


Circle for Ending: Seven Words or Less



Conclusion


Suggested Readings


Endnotes


About the Authors