Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, Paperback (3rd Ed.)

Contributor(s):

• Author: Sam Kaner

Unleash the transformative power of face to facegroups

The third edition of this ground-breaking book continues toadvance its mission to support groups to do their best thinking. Itdemonstrates that meetings can be much more than merely an occasionfor solving a problem or creating a plan. Every well-facilitatedmeeting is also an opportunity to stretch and develop theperspectives of the individual members, thereby building thestrength and capacity of the group as a whole.

This fully updated edition of The Facilitator's Guide toParticipatory Decision-Making guides readers through the struggleand the satisfaction of putting participatory values into practice, helping them to fulfill the promise of effective groupdecision-making. With previous editions already embraced bybusiness and community leaders and consulting professionals aroundthe world, this new book is even more insightful and easy touse.

New for this edition:

• 60 pages of brand new skills and tools
• Many new case examples
• Major expansion and reorganization of the advanced sections ofthe book.
• New chapter: Teaching A Group About Group Dynamics
• Doubled in size: Classic Facilitator Challenges.
• Substantially improved: Designing Realistic Agendas - nowthree chapters, with wise, insightful answers to the most vexingquestions about meeting design.