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Good facilitation means:
- Making it clear what the team/ delegates will be doing - set out the process
- Agreeing ground rules with participants - how will we work together while we're here?
- Giving each participant the space to contribute, and managing those who want to hog the air-time
- Keeping attention focused on the objectives
- Engaging people in activities that allow them to have informal discussions, as well as round-table ones
- Ensuring that key points are brought out, and that the discussions are captured
- Creating an atmosphere that is serious, because the discussion is serious, but also ensuring that it's light-hearted enough for people to feel they're enjoying it, and are therefore contributing
- Restating what people have said,so that they may hear it back
- Continuing to work with the sponsor throughout the event, and advising them if there needs to be a change of approach
- Taking care of the environment drinks, breaks, fresh air
- Discussing implications of the debate with the sponsor, and looking at any follow-up activities they need to implement.
