2. To share some successful Facilitation best practices
To experience stage heat and work on the Execution Gap
To discuss and sort out real-life issues (Co-development
Mode)

3. To Know
To Want
The Execution Gap
To Do

4. Effective group meetings really boil down to
three things:
They achieve the group's objective. .1
They take up a minimum amount of time. .2
They leave participants feeling that a sensible .3
process has been followed.

5. Do you want a decision? 
Do you want an agreement ? 
Do you want to generate ideas? 
Are you getting status reports? 
Are you communicating something? 
Are you raising awareness ? 
Are you trying to influence ? 
Are you making plans? 
Are you co-ordinating ? 

6. To help you determine what your meeting objective is, complete this
sentence:
At the close of the meeting/session, I want the group to ...
(Consider your next 2 meetings)

7. Priorities – what absolutely must be covered? •
Results – what do we need to accomplish at the meeting?•
Participants – who needs to attend the meeting for it to be •
successful?
Sequence – in what order will you cover the topics? •
Timing – how much time will you spend on each topic? •
Date and Time – when will the meeting take place? •
Place – where will the meeting take place? •

8. Issue
ID
Information
Immersion
Opportunity Area
Identification, Common Interest
Innovation / Idea Generation/ Possibilities/
Proposals
Criteria Setting
Idea Selection/
Agreement
Synthesis/Discussion
Action Plan

9. Sharing information 
Prioritization of issues 
Constructing proposals 
Collective action decisions 
Monitoring/evaluation 

10. Q1- What is facilitation ?
Q2- What is expected from a Facilitator ?

11. Facilitation means making all group interactions easier; 
Facilitation helps groups and organisations identify and resolve 
difficult issues;
It provides unique solutions to unique needs; 
It is based on techniques that are only appropriate or 
inappropriate, not right or wrong;
Facilitation is based on perception; it is not an exact science. 

12. Is empathic 
Is results-oriented 
Masters process 
Is firm on outcome 
Is flexible on tactics 
Is energetic 
Listens actively 
Is good at non-verbals 
Involves everyone 
Pauses and reflects 

13. high
Interaction between Trainer &
Participant
Trainer’s contribution to content
Interaction among participants
Ownership of outcome by participants
Participants’ level of knowledge
Energy in the audience
Time available
Facilitation Modes is designed
by Sabine Bhanot and Jerome
L’Host based on ideas of John
Townsend and Arthur D. Little
low
Telling
Stimulating
Moderating
Proposing
Empowering

14. TELLING means transmitting information rapidly
PROPOSING means selling an idea
MODERATING means encouraging productive
conversations
STIMULATING means encouraging a richly creative
environment
EMPOWERING means enabling the group to manage
itself - My Comfort Zone -
Look at the five intervention modes to see where you feel most comfortable,
especially under pressure.
Ask a friend or colleague for feedback.
Then imagine yourself operating, at your best, in an intervention mode that is « new »
for you.
Do the exercise many times until you feel at ease. Start practising in your next
meeting.