[nabs-l] Facilitation tips

[justin williams]

Establish your rrule set before you start.  Make sure everyone knows that
you can't see, and to please remember that and just say something.  Ask for
everyone's cooperation. Talk it over with your fellow facilitator.  Also, if
you have a counseling department, then see if a group counselingg professor
can give you more tips.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of minh ha
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 12:40 AM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] Facilitation tips

Hi all,

I am in a student organization called FACES, which promotes and fosters
healthy dialogue on my campus regarding issues of race and privilege.
Recently, we began hosting book groups for students to read books on
subjects of race and I am acting as a facilitator along with one other
member. Anyway, the first meeting was tonight and I found it extremely hard
to capture the attention of the students in my group.
When they had something to say, they would either raise their hand or make
eye contact with my co-facilitator for him to give them the ok to talk. It
was super frustrating for me because I felt like I wasn't helping leading
the discussion at all, instead just acting as a participant. Have you guys
lead discussions of this nature before and what tips did you use to help you
be a better facilitator? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Minh

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"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty
recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity:
but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their
dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T. E. Lawrence

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