1. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Overview  Facilitator Exercise –Facilitators will do their best job –Participants will create some complexity  Debriefing and Discussion  Facilitation Concepts

2. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Facilitation Demonstration

3. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Facilitation Demonstration Ground Rules  Give everyone a chance to talk  Take turns  Treat each other with respect  Let the facilitator run the group

4. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Facilitation Demonstration + Things I did well ∆ Things I could improve upon

5. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Discussion: Some Key Principles  Facilitator Neutrality –Never truly neutral –Not neutral about process  Fundamental vs. Developmental Facilitation  Need for education about process  Role of ground rules  Creativity and expanding options

6. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Discussion: Core Facilitation Values  Valid Information  Free and Informed Choice  Internal commitment to the choice

7. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Discussion: Consensus Building Groan Zone Business as Usual ExpandingDeliberatingNarrowing Based on Kaner(1996)

8. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Final Points  Facilitated process is key to collaboration  Effective facilitation is not as easy as it looks  Groups can become complacent  Best approach is preventative one