Not every participant in an interaction will respond in the same way to the facilitator. Some language of facilitation may attract the participants to the conversation. Others may cause them to stay away. So, by combining the sciences presented and described in this slideshare, I have created a framework that provides a guide on how the language could be better fine-tuned to enrich the collective learning and wisdom of the group.

1. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Psyche of Facilitation Psyche of Facilitation is a presentation to be given at the Singapore Facilitator Conference 2010. This is one of the sciences behind The Facilitation Star TM http://xxiaohao.blogspot.com/2007/06/5-points-of-facilitation-star.html

2. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Adult Education and Training In training, the trainer is recognised as the source of wisdom

3. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Facilitated Learning In facilitation, the source of wisdom is with the participants They have the capacity to enrich and enlarge the body of collective knowledge within the group

4. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Role of Facilitator Provides the participants his skills in unlocking this wealth of individual experience, knowledge and insights, and transforming them into a collective one

5. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Psyche of Facilitation Knowing how the brain creates insights Understanding the science behind enrichment and enlargement of collective wisdom Being aware of the predictable behavioural responses in group interactions Is about:

6. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Psyche of Facilitation Knowing how the brain creates insights

7. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Brain and Insight Creation Insight 1 Brain is a Connection Machine

8. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Brain and Insight Creation Insight 2 No Two Brains are Alike

9. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Brain and Insight Creation Insight 3 Brain Hardwires Everything

10. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Brain and Insight Creation Insight 4 Hardwiring Drives Automatic Perception

11. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Brain and Insight Creation Insight 5 Impossible to Deconstruct Our Wiring

12. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Brain and Insight Creation Insight 6 It’s Easy to Create New Wiring

13. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Psyche of Facilitation Understanding the science behind enrichment and enlargement of collective wisdom

14. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Enrichment of Collective Wisdom The brain is a machine that ‘ minimises danger and maximises reward ’ Evian Gordon Neuroscientist

15. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Enrichment of Collective Wisdom Five elements that could increase or decrease this attraction-avoidance response..... David Rock ‘ Quiet Leadership’

16. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Enrichment of Collective Wisdom

17. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Psyche of Facilitation Being aware of the predictable behavioural responses in group interactions

18. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Behavioural Responses in Interactions The way we perceive the favourability of our environment and the amount of power we could exercise to control it will impact the way we express our emotions and behaviours in our interactions with other people.... Dr. William Moulton Marston ‘ Emotions of Normal People’

19. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Behavioural Responses in Interactions

20. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. New Language of Facilitation Not every participant in an interaction respond the same way to the facilitator Some language of facilitation may attract the participants to the conversation. Others may cause them to stay away This SlideShare combines these three sciences to inform on the fine-tuning of the Language of Facilitation to enrich the collective learning and wisdom of the group Anthony Mok ‘ The Psyche of Facilitation’

21. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. New Language of Facilitation If you are making a decision for the team, what would that be? I could see that some of you are working out the logic behind the decision. Do you like to share this with the rest of the participants? If there is a need to get your peers to accept the decision, what you think are the ingredients to obtain this buy-in? Let’s hear from those have kept rather quiet as the decision is being discussed. Do you like to share what you are currently thinking? Language of Facilitation Questions

22. Copyright 2010. Anthony Mok. All Rights Reserved. Psyche of Facilitation Psyche of Facilitation is a presentation to be given at the Singapore Facilitator Conference 2010. You could obtain a copy of the article of this SlideShare at the following blogsite: http://fnsingapore.blogspot.com/2010/08/psyche-of-facilitation.html