Putting On Your Oxygen Mask

Robin ChristopherMichelle DerksenMichelle Lanzi-Sheaman

Nobody said facilitating would be

easy, dear.

Placemat Protocol

1. Why is there a need for self protection as a facilitator?

2. Describe, from your own experience, a conflict within a team that made the team ineffective.

3. After reading the conflict described in question 2, what self protection strategy could the facilitator have used to diffuse the conflict and restore productivity?

Placemat Protocol

In the center of the placemat summarize…

what stands out most as you discuss the

responses to question 3 with your team?

Desired Outcomes

Understand the need for self protection as a facilitator.

Identify and use strategies of self protection in context.

Self Protection Strategies

Verbal

Presuppositions Reflecting

Non-Verbal

Gestures VisualsPosition in the room

Structured Inquiry

Round 1

A reads, B facilitates, C observes

Round 2

B reads, C facilitates, A observes

Round 3

C reads, A facilitates, B observes

Whip Around

What insight did you gain today that…

squares with your current thinking,

or

has changed your perspective?