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In the following description of a Basic dialogue Workshop, you will be referred to appendices at the end of the chapter that provide needed planning and workshop materials that you can copy and/or adapt for your own use. • Appendix 3.1 is a Planning Meeting Agenda. Though intended for a workshop, many items will be relevant to any type of meeting, so running through this agenda is important. • Appendix 3.2 is a planning materials checklist. Many of these materials will be needed regardless of the chosen dialogue activity. • Appendix 3.3 is a sample letter of invitation and registration form. • Appendix 3.4 is a sample letter to small group facilitators. • Appendix 3.5 is the plan for a 6 hour Basic Dialogue Workshop. • Appendix 3.6 is a four- hour Basic Dialogue Workshop plan. • Appendix 3.7 is Instructions for using the Common Ground Opinion Survey. • Appendix 3.8 is the Common Ground Opinion Survey. • Appendix 3.9 is the Common Ground Opinion Survey Results Form. • Appendix 3.10 contains an exercise on stereotypes, an optional workshop activity • Appendix 3.11 contains Workshop Evaluation Forms. Facilitation Needs for a Workshop A workshop needs an experienced lead facilitator (or co-facilitators) who takes overall responsibility for leading the process, and facilitates the large group sessions. Typically the lead facilitator also trains the additional small-group facilitators needed for the workshop, which requires the person to be fully acquainted with the dialogue methodology. A workshop also requires additional small group facilitators. This is because the workshop needs to subdivide into small groups for dialogue. Chapter Two advised about the types of people with skills for small group facilitation and where to find them. Regardless of their level of experience, facilitators have to be oriented to this dialogue model and to their specific responsibilities within the workshop. For this purpose a three-
hour training session for workshop facilitators is scheduled shortly before the workshop, usually the evening before, taught by the lead facilitator. Chapter Four addresses dialogue facilitation in more detail and provides the training meeting plan and facilitator materials. Specific suggestions about handling the various elements of the workshop are provided there. Workshop Plan Overview The Basic Dialogue Workshop is designed for an all-day, six to seven hour event (including lunch). This length of time allows participants to build trust with one another, spend a total of three hours in small group dialogue, and still have the opportunity for interaction in the larger group. The format is as follows: 9:00 a.m. Check-in, Coffee/juice/breakfast rolls provided. 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Session 10:00 a.m. First Small Group Dialogue 11:30 a.m. Break 11:45 a.m. Full Group Session 12:15 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. Full Group Session 1:30 p.m. Afternoon Small Group Dialogue 3:00 p.m. Break 3:15 p.m. Closing Full Group Session 4:00 p.m. Conclusion A more detailed Basic Workshop Schedule is provided as Appendix 3.5. A variant on this format is a four hour version which eliminates a meal period and the Opinion Survey exercise (discussed below), compresses the large group sessions, but retains the two small group dialogue discussions. This schedule is in Appendix 3.6. First Full Group Session - The Opening We begin the workshop with a round of introductions in which everyone present
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