This site is for individuals interested in improving their knowledge and skills in facilitation, recording, strategic planning and organizational effectiveness.
If you have completed a 3- or 4-day ANR Essential Facilitation Training workshop please complete our Essential Facilitation Training Follow-up survey by July 1, 2006
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For information on UC-ANR leadership and professional development activities and resources see ANR Leadership Development.
Upcoming UC-ANR Essential Facilitation Training:
*October 14, 15, and 16, 2008
Details on the training:
The training will be conducted by certified trainers Linda Marie Manton and Carole Paterson. Location will be in Modesto area or Fresno area depending upon location of those who register for the training.
Contact Diane Chadwick at dchadwick@uckac.edu to register for this session or for more information about Essential Facilitation training program. This training is three full days - Tuesday through Thursday -- intense, but it delivers.
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Facilitation literally means "to make easy." This site is set up to share practical information on facilitation concepts, materials, methods and models to make it easier to plan and conduct focused, productive, satisfying meetings with diverse groups in various settings. For more information about ANR Facilitation and Effective Meetings support contact Linda Manton at lmmanton@uckac.edu or call 559-646-6531.
Meetings can be both fun and productive.
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Essential Facilitation Case Stories
Case stories mentioned in April 2006 Journal of Extension (JOE) article illustrating a wide range of scenarios where EF strategies make a difference in meeting effectiveness and how they benefit community efforts. Learn how the Interaction Associates model of meeting facilitation is rapidly becoming the method of choice for more productive and satisfying meetings with University of California Cooperative Extension staff. Interviews and case stories were done by UC-ANR members Pat Day, Linda Marie Manton, Carole Paterson and Ellie Rilla.
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Essential Facilitation Training Workshops
UC-ANR periodically sponsors 3 or 4-day training sessions for ANR members and official volunteers in the Interaction Associates, Inc. Essential Facilitation mindset and methods.
December 2003 Essential Facilitation Workshop
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Format Templates
The following template groups contain digital images of the basic process formats.
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Graphic Facilitation Workshop
Eighteen ANR members participated in an intensive Graphic Facilitation Techniques workshop conducted by Art-4-Change consultants, Christine Valenza and Helen Spector. Workshop participants learned about the evolution and role of graphic recording for effectively representing group process and sharing information between groups. Participants practiced using various media and techniques to increase undertstanding, work with metaphors and incorporate pictorial/symbolic/graphic vocabulary in facilitation of group work. Digital images from this workshop are available in the Documents section of this web site.
August 15th Workshop
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Process Formats
The basic templates for graphic recording are linked below. They were developed by David Sibbett of The Grove Consultants over a period of many years. Each of these formats is connected to a process as well as ways of connecting information or reinforcing the task at hand.
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Use of Graphic Templates in Workshops and Meetings
Learn how Graphic Templates have improved participants' focus and quality of involvement in extension education workshops and meetings.
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