1. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults 2008 Statewide 4-H Agent In-Service Lori Gallimore Belew, Ed.D. April 24, 2008 Henry Horton State Park WELCOME!

2. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Purposes and Reasoning: Move thru meetings more effectively/quicker Everyone has a voice Teach leadership skills Teach 4-H life skills

3. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Leadership Indicators: As a member of a committee, I take my job seriously. I help to ensure that everyone gets an opportunity to say what they think. I can cooperate and work in a group. When in charge of a group, I treat everyone fairly and equally.

4. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Responsibilities of a Facilitator: Communicate without communicating Encourage voice Don’t be the “White Elephant” Avoid group-think/Encourage the Devil’s advocate Capitalize on diversity

5. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Ground Rules: Shared expectations Expectations for outcome of the meeting Expectations for members Expectations for the facilitator Set in the beginning; Review in the end

6. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Types of Facilitative Leadership Tools: Mind Mapping The T-Chart The Sticky Wall Gradients of Agreement Brainstorming Rank Voting Sticker Voting Quadrant Diagram The Timeline The Matrix Diagram Rotating Charts

7. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: Divide into groups. Each group needs three sheets of flip chart paper. Each member needs a marker. Each group needs to select one “scribe.”

8. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: Review the selection matrix. Identify eight potential fruits. Scribes: Write your eight potential fruits on one sheet of the flip chart paper.

9. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Kiwi Strawberry Pineapple Blueberry Blackberry Tomato Raspberry Grapes

10. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: Vote for your four favorites. Scribes: Record the vote. Write the top four fruits on the second sheet of flip chart paper.

11. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Kiwi0 Strawberry3 Pineapple1 Blueberry2 Blackberry0 Tomato1 Raspberry2 Grapes3

12. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: Vote again … vote for your two favorites. Scribes: Record the vote. Write the top two favorite fruits on the third sheet of flip chart paper.

13. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Kiwi0 Strawberry3 4 Pineapple1 Blueberry2 3 Blackberry0 Tomato1 Raspberry2 1 Grapes3 2

14. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: Individually, complete the “Selection Matrix.”

15. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Selecting the National Fruit of the United States: Vote again … vote for your favorite! Scribes: Circle the fruit with the most votes.

16. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults Kiwi0 Strawberry3 4 8 Pineapple1 Blueberry2 3 2 Blackberry0 Tomato1 Raspberry2 1 Grapes3 2

17. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults And the winner is …!

18. The Shopping Cart: Meeting Facilitation Tools for Youth and Adults FINAL THOUGHTS: Describe your experiences verses your expectations? Was it easier or harder than you thought it might be? Why or why not? How did you group make a decision regarding how to narrow down the fruit choices? How can you use this tool? What experiences have you had in the past in which this tool would have been helpful? Can you think of any ways to improve “The Shopping Cart” method of group decision making?