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Don't allow one or more members to monopolize.
Deal tactfully with irrelevant contributions.
Avoid personal arguments.
Keep the discussion moving.
Keep the discussion on the subject.
Summarize frequently.
Use audio-visual aids.
3. Summarize the Discussion.
Review the highlights of the discussion.
Review the conclusions which have been reached.
Make clear what has been accomplished by the discussion.
Restate any minority viewpoint.
Get agreement for any action proposed.
Types of questions and their uses in discussion leading
The Uses of Questions
To get all members of the group involved in the discussion.
To draw out quiet, shy or backward members.
To start people thinking.
To awaken interest.
To find out what previout knowledge of the subject members may have.
To keep the discussion moving.
To keep the discussion on the subject or bring it back to the subject.
To recall a "wandering" mind.
To stop private conversa'tions.
To prevent monopolization by one member.
To draw out members' experience which may be relevant and helpful.
To pull a "difficult" member in place.
To get each member to hear a range of opinions all different from his/her own.
To highlight important aspects of the subject.
To check on the group's assimilation of the subject matter.
The Types of Questions
Broadly speaking, there are two types of questions:
1. The generalquestion(sometimes referred to as the "overhead" question) is addressed
to the group as a whole. The discussion leader wants to stimulate thinking by all
members of the group. If he/she names the person who is to answer before he/she
asks the questions, he/she is simply encouraging all the other members to go to
sleep while the "victim" tries to answer. If he/she puts the questions to a group as a
whole, every member of the group has to think. In addition, by using a direct
question too early in the discussion, it may embarrass members of the group by
asking them questions which they are not yet ready to answer.