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Facilitation requires knowledge of group dynamics and how groups
develop over time (see Porter in bibliography). The learning of
facilitation is a process which combines various elements: self-critical
reflection on one's own performance; a learning-by-doing attitude as
well as listening carefully to other experiences and watching colleagues
perform. And the most important instrument for learning is
constructive critique from a colleague or supervisor. This may be aided
by a video recording of performance which can graphically spell out
certain actions or appearances which inhibit or improve the facilitation
process. It is very difficult for us to consciously perceive our own
behaviour. Accepting a supervisor's advise requires belief in our own
personal capacity to change.
Good facilitation requires giving directions, mainly through stimulating
questions to be answered by the participants. If the facilitator is too
non-directive, participants will lose respect for you and anarchy may
be the result. There is a fine balance to be maintained here.
Facilitation is not only a craft with determined skills and rules, it is an
art. The design of a workshop or event is a creative act which depends on
the imagination of the facilitators and their ability to stimulate participants.
THE USES OF VIPP
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