Co-facilitation involves two or more people facilitating a meeting or group process together in a cooperative manner. They should plan together by dividing roles and tasks. They also need to decide on communication strategies, when they can interrupt each other, and how to provide constructive feedback. After the session, co-facilitators should evaluate each other's performances jointly. Effective nonverbal communication techniques for co-facilitators include using hand signals to check the time, indicate how things are going, or give feedback on keeping to the topic or pace.

1. Appreciate
the Fellow Climbers
The Art of Co-Facilitation

2. WHAT IS
CO-FACILITATION?

3. "Meeting or other group process by two or
more persons in a cooperative, collegial
manner to achieve a given outcome(s).
Each facilitator is capable of assuming the
lead role. Those not taking the lead role
can support the lead facilitator in various
ways."

6. TIPS of
EFFECTIVE
CO-FACILITATION

7. 1. Plan together and divide all
your roles and tasks.

8. 2. Decide communication
strategies.

9. 3. Decide on how and when you
can interrupt one another.

10. 4. Be flexible
(make nonthreatening,
non-challenging contributions ).

11. 5. Mutual support
(offer appropriate but at the same
time constructive feedback).

12. 6. After the session, evaluate
both performances jointly.

13. EFFECTIVE
CO-FACILITATION
COMMUNICATION

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15.  Point index finger on your left wrist to indicate ‘Check the time’.
 Form circle with index finger and thump with other fingers extended to mean
‘Things are OK’.
 Hold up two, three, four or five fingers to indicate the 2, 3,4 or 5 minutes are
left.
 Draw index finger across the throat as though cutting it to mean ‘You are off
topic’.
 Move hand away from face with palm out to say ‘Move nearer microphone or
audience’
 Move hands up, palms up to say’ speak louder’ and vice versa to say ‘speak
softly or slowly.
 Move your hands in a circular motion to say ‘You are going in circles/
Repeating yourself’.
 Bring your arms from being wide open to palms stuck together to say ‘Bring it
to the point’.