Creating and sharing useful, inspiring, and fun information about group facilitation is an essential element of IIFAC’s mission. We are continuously adding to the free resources shown here.
What Do Facilitators Do?
Using simple language and charming illustrations, the video describes the three principal dimensions of the facilitator´s job in terms that your friends, colleagues, clients – even your relatives – can understand.
Help! Our Meetings Need Facilitation!
In this new, free webinar, Help! Our Meetings Need Facilitation, Beatrice Briggs dispels some of the mystery and misconceptions that surround the role of the facilitator
The Facilitator’s Prayer
This heartfelt, funny, non-denominational oration by Samantha Bennett captures the essence of what we faciltators need, want, fear and welcome.
Bonfire Interviews
Colleagues share their personal stories about how they got into the field and discuss how they approach certain facilitation challenges.
IIFAC’s Hidden Agenda
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Guide to Consensus
A clear explanation of what consensus is about, the success factors for its use and four common mistakes that undermine their effectiveness.
Guide to Excellent Meetings at Work
This free guide focuses on five common mistakes that make meetings boring and unproductive and provides leaders with practical strategies for transforming meetings and creating more effective teams at work.
From Tedious to Terrific Guide
This guide describes seven practical steps you can take to build the case for transforming the meetings that are draining time and energy from [...]
Fearless Facilitator Checklist
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A Leader’s Map for Making the Meta Decision
If you like nautical metaphors, or if you have ever struggled to decide how to decide an issue, you will love this illustration. Use it to help distinguish between decisions that are “above the water line” (i.e., minor, minimal risk) and those that are “below the water line” (i.e., likely to sink the ship).
Wasted Time in Meetings
This infographic shows how time is wasted in meetings and what to do about it.
Cancel Bad Meetings
Cancel bad meetings is a convenient guide to deciding if the conditions are in place to have a productive meeting. Created by our colleagues at Lucid Meetings, this poster should be on the wall in every meeting room!
Facilitation is a Leadership Skill
A short article that contains a checklist of the skills that leaders need to be effective group facilitators and some practical suggestions for developing them.