Tips And Tools: The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation - Softcover

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Facilitation is an art.  By its very nature an experiential practice; an ever dynamic process of give and take, learning and development.

Jennifer Stanchfield's book Tips & Tools: The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation explores the facilitator's role in groups of all kinds and offers creative tools and activities to enhance group experience. Tips & Tools serves as a guide and an inspiration for educators and group facilitators looking to spark their creativity and enhance their own unique style.

Tips & Tools offers practical ideas and key ingredients for enhancing group facilitation including:

  • Ideas for setting the tone and creating a positive environment for learning
  •  Strategies and activities to engage groups from the beginning of a program
  • Ways to facilitate ownership and involvement in the group experience
  •  Ideas for cultivating teachable moments throughout the learning experience
  • Experiential Learning Philosophy and Methods
  • Tips for Sequencing Activities to enhance learning outcomes
  •  Engaging processing/reflection tools and techniques
  • Exploration of the role of a facilitator and the experiential approach to facilitation 
  • Techniques for becoming a "participant centered" facilitator and empowering participants to take control of their learning 
  • Methods for tapping into your own creativity and unique style as a facilitator
  • Reflective Activities to tie it all together and create meaning and opportunities for future learning
Whether you are new to facilitation or a seasoned veteran seeking inspiration, there is something in Tips & Tools for you.

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Facilitation is an art, by its very nature an experiential practice. It is an ever dynamic process of give and take, learning and development. Tips & Tools: The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation explores the facilitator's role in groups of all kinds and offers creative tools and activities to enhance group experience, as well as sequencing and reflection strategies to increase individual involvement and growth. Whether you're new to facilitation or a seasoned veteran seeking inspiration, there's something in Tips & Tools for you!
About the Author:
In her 20 years as an educator Jennifer Stanchfield has worked as a clinician in treatment centers for children, adults and adolescents, as a teacher, and in the professional training setting. Through these experiences she has developed an extensive repertoire of experiential activities, tools and strategies she brings to her workshops, publications and training sessions. Jen is known for her work helping schools and community programs throughout the country use experiential methods to develop a positive learning environment, increase student engagement, enhance learning outcomes and develop positive assets and social emotional skills.
 
Along with her work in schools, Jen provides team-building and staff development programs for community organizations, college staff and faculty as well as open enrollment and customized training for counselors, trainers, classroom teachers, college programs, coaches and human resource professionals. She is an instructor at the Southeast Vermont Learning Collaborative, a coach for the Vermont Center for After School Success, and offers open enrollment trainings on teaching and group facilitation at the UNH Browne Center for Innovative Learning.
 
Jennifer is author of  Tips and Tools: The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation and co- author of A Teachable Moment: A Facilitator's Guide to Activities for Processing, Debriefing, Reviewing, and Reflection along with Jim Cain and Michelle Cummings. She is also creator and regular contributor to the byline "Facilitators Toolbox" published by the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT). She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of New Hampshire in recreational therapy and outdoor education and a Masters of Science in Experiential Education and Educational Leadership from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

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  • PublisherWood N Barnes
  • Publication date2008
  • ISBN 10 1885473710
  • ISBN 13 9781885473714
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages200
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