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Breaking up is hard to do?

In a facilitation skills workshop back in the summer a participant asked about ways to break up a group into small groups. I threw the question back at the participants and suggested they could easily think of at least 10 ways to create small groups. We stopped at 12. Here’s their list which was the […]

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Full group or full participation?

Facilitating for full participation can be tricky. Usually we’re using techniques that break large groups down to allow quieter voices and less confident people be heard. It’s a generally accepted rule of thumb that to achieve full participation in large groups we avoid full group sessions. Smaller group sizes lend themselves to creating safer spaces […]

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