{"id":58,"date":"2012-10-22T09:26:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T13:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2019-10-08T17:24:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T17:24:33","slug":"best-facilitation-practices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Facilitation Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Carefully assess the needs of the members<\/li>\n<li>Probe sensitively into people&#8217;s feelings<\/li>\n<li>Create an open and trusting atmosphere<\/li>\n<li>Help people understand why they\u2019re there<\/li>\n<li>View yourself as servant of the group&#8217;s needs<\/li>\n<li>Make members the center of attention<\/li>\n<li>Speak in simple and direct language<\/li>\n<li>Work hard to stay neutral<\/li>\n<li>Display energy and appropriate levels of assertiveness<\/li>\n<li>Champion ideas not personally favored<\/li>\n<li>Treat all participants as equals<\/li>\n<li>Stay flexible and ready to change direction if necessary<\/li>\n<li>Make notes that reflect what participants mean<\/li>\n<li>Listen intently to understand totally what is being said<\/li>\n<li>Periodically summarize a complex array of ideas so that they form a coherent summary<\/li>\n<li>Know how to use a wide range of discussion tools<\/li>\n<li>Make sure every session ends with clear steps for the next meeting<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that participants feel ownership for what has been achieved<\/li>\n<li>End on a positive and optimistic note<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u2014 Ingrid Bens, <em>Facilitating with Ease!<\/em> San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carefully assess the needs of the members Probe sensitively into people&#8217;s feelings Create an open and trusting atmosphere Help people understand why they\u2019re there View yourself as servant of the group&#8217;s needs Make members the center of attention Speak in simple and direct language Work hard to stay neutral Display energy and appropriate levels of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Best Facilitation Practices - Cooperative Extension: Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Best Facilitation Practices - Cooperative Extension: Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Carefully assess the needs of the members Probe sensitively into people&#8217;s feelings Create an open and trusting atmosphere Help people understand why they\u2019re there View yourself as servant of the group&#8217;s needs Make members the center of attention Speak in simple and direct language Work hard to stay neutral Display energy and appropriate levels of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cooperative Extension: Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-08T17:24:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/\",\"name\":\"Best Facilitation Practices - Cooperative Extension: Community\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-22T13:26:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-08T17:24:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Best Facilitation Practices\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/\",\"name\":\"Cooperative Extension: Community\",\"description\":\"Just another Extension Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Best Facilitation Practices - Cooperative Extension: Community","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Best Facilitation Practices - Cooperative Extension: Community","og_description":"Carefully assess the needs of the members Probe sensitively into people&#8217;s feelings Create an open and trusting atmosphere Help people understand why they\u2019re there View yourself as servant of the group&#8217;s needs Make members the center of attention Speak in simple and direct language Work hard to stay neutral Display energy and appropriate levels of [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/","og_site_name":"Cooperative Extension: Community","article_modified_time":"2019-10-08T17:24:33+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/","url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/","name":"Best Facilitation Practices - Cooperative Extension: Community","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-10-22T13:26:03+00:00","dateModified":"2019-10-08T17:24:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/best-facilitation-practices\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills","item":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/strengthening-your-facilitation-skills\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Best Facilitation Practices"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/#website","url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/","name":"Cooperative Extension: Community","description":"Just another Extension Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2279,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/2279"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}