How to facilitate a small group discussion

1. Beth Barkley

2. Change the radio station
Drink coffee
Eat a snack
Talk on the phone
Text

3. DRIVE!!!!
Nowhere

4. Now/here

5. Introduction Activity
Working Activity
Game
Closing Activity

6. Low Risk
Get to Know Others
Build Trust
Example: Question Game

7. Short, Related Activity
Processing Questions
Evoke Dialogue
“Listening, observing, and asking
open ended questions. Creating an
environment where all group
members feel ownership.” -Sells

8.  Extra
Time
 Teambuilding
 Fun
 Everything Needs Closure
 Short and Sweet
 Hug
 Feeling Word

9. Know your CoFac
Plan ahead of time
Sit across from each other
Be a part of the circle
Be flexible

10.  Brimhall-Vargas, Mark. "Become a
Facilitator." About Words of Engagement: an
Intergroup Dialogue Program. Office of Diversity
and Inclusion, University of Maryland, 2010.
Web. 5 Apr. 2010.
<http://www.ohrp.umd.edu/WE/about/facilitat
or.html>.
 Hornecker, Eva. "Analogies from didactics and
moderation/facilitation methods: designing
spaces for interaction and experience." Digital
Creativity 15.4 (2004): 239-244. Research
Starters - Sociology. EBSCO. Web. 19 Apr. 2010.
 Sells, Ty. "Dialogue Facilitation." Telephone
interview. 4 Apr. 2010.