Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making

Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making

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"The best book on collaboration ever written!"
--Diane Flannery, founding CEO, Juma VenturesAnd now this classic book is even better--much better. Completely revised and updated, the second edition is loaded with new tools and techniques.Two powerful new chapters on agenda designA full section devoted to reaching closureMore than twice as many tools for handling difficult d...more
Paperback, 341 pages
Published March 1st 2007 by Jossey-Bass (first published April 1st 1996)
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Rico
You know how sometimes meetings are awesome and sometimes meeting suck? Usually we blame it on the people who happened to be at the meeting, "Gee, that guy was disruptive or dominating," or "Everybody seemed scattered and disorganized." However, it is seldom recognized that the facilitator of a meeting makes the difference between successful and sucktastic. For those of us who lead meetings often or occasionally, this book comes to the rescue!

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Elaine
This is another great working book. Its not the type you just read and put aside. It is overlarge and earns it. Only a single concept is on a page (or sometimes more) which lends a great cohesion to the book. Part of the reason for this is the photocopying permission's given to certain sections but it also helped with retention, and will help with review. Concepts are not crammed in tight they are given enough space to stand on their own and have any and all supporting visuals. There was a lot o...more
Margie
One of the best facilitation guides available. Both content-rich and easy to read.
pjr8888
nothing extraordinary... good basic stuff.
Karen
Basic old stuff. Maybe good for someone new to it.
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