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U-Facilitate
Donna
Rae Scheffert
Program Leader, Leadership & Civic Engagement
University of Minnesota
458 Coffey Hall
1420 Eckles Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
(612) 625-3334
By the end of the program, trainers will be able to help participants:
| 1. | Contribute to positive outcomes where they live and work by serving as a neutral facilitator bringing together diverse and disparate stakeholders. |
| 2. | Apply appropriate facilitation knowledge and practical skills to lead a group toward resolution about an issue of community concern (affordable housing, immigration settlement, economic vitality, etc.) |
| 3. | Utilize a range of facilitation skills including contracting and handling logistics, getting a group focused, managing group interaction, making group decisions, dealing with group conflict, and utilizing diversity, power and ethics. |
| 4. | Foster better communication, stronger working relationships and broadened citizen involvement opportunities within the community. |
Format & Time Required:
- Facilitation
resources are available to learners in written, workshop, on-line and
service formats. Written materials include an 8-volume series listed
below. To order, visit http://www.extension.umn.edu/units/dc/
and search the product catalog for the term "Facilitation."
- Facilitation Resources, Volume 1: Understanding Facilitation
- Facilitation Resources, Volume 2: Contracting and Handling Logistics
- Facilitation Resources, Volume 3: Getting Focused: Vision, Missions, Goals
- Facilitation Resources, Volume 4: Managing Group Interaction
- Facilitation Resources, Volume 5: Making Group Decisions
- Facilitation Resources, Volume 6: Dealing with Group Conflict
- Facilitation Resources, Volume 7: Utilizing Diversity, Power, and Ethics
- Facilitation Resources, Volume 8: Designing a Volunteer Facilitation Program
- Individual workshop topics range from 2-4 hours. The series is designed to be 16 hours in length with an additional apprenticeship phase. Common formats include a day-long workshop, or a series of on-going sessions for a group. Training cans also be held on site for up to 20 facilitation trainers.
North
Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Iowa State University
107 Curtiss Hall
Ames, IA 50011-1050
(515) 294-8321, (515) 294-3180 fax
For questions, comments or concerns about the NCRCRD Web site, contact
.
Last updated August 31, 2004.