Story: Value of talking skill
When people gather, even only 2+, someone takes the initiative. It applies to any circumstance, business and private.
In 2022, the value of talking in business is massive. If you can speak in front camera or on YouTube, you can surely make a business. TikTok is a trend. Young people may not be much hesitant talking on the camera. I am an old fashion. I don’t want to see myself on the screen. This is not good. I understand that. Therefore, I was practicing public speaking on Toastmasters before the pandemic. I have an aim. I don’t ignore speaking skills as a freelance web/graphic designer.
I searched for what makes a facilitator great. I wanna reach my ideal figure little by little.
What Do Facilitators Do
©IIFACWEB
Architects – gather information, understand the purpose and make agenda
Pilot – make the sure requirement, print out, pen, note, timer, translator etc, rules
Guide – navigate, manage, resourceful, support for making a good decision
How to Be a Great Facilitator
©EPM
– Make a progress
– Keep independent, don’t influence
– Encourage discussion openly
– Guide process
Scope
– Purpose
– What is the importance of participant
– Topic
– Objection
Design
– Scheduling
Prepare
– Tools
– Participant lists
Facilitate
– Describe topic
– Ice breaker, warmed-up
– Small group
– Active listening
– Focus what said, what did not say
Capture value
– Action plan
Challenge
– Luck of engagement, direct question
– Difficult people
– Dynamics
– Low energy
– Interruption
– Off-track
– Time out
Facilitation Skills [FACILITATION TECHNIQUES AND SECRETS]
©Adriana Girdler
– Be prepared
– Agenda & objective
– Set ground rules
– Involve everyone
– Stay on time
– Next step or action step
Facilitation Skills Training: Managing Difficult Meeting Personalities | Facilitator Dana Brownlee
©Dana Brownlee
– Dominator, angry → Accept
– Mute, less engagement → Ask one by one, instruction and guide, feel safe
– Rumble, talkable, less topic → Make a point
– Complain, no productive → Listen, rule setting, constructive,
– Slacker, no prepare, excuse → Leave room?
10 Tips On How To Facilitate PERFECT Meetings (2022)
©AJ&Smart
– Unstructured, open discussion
– Facilitator
– Right team, up to 7 people
– Sequence, agenda
– Visualize
– Timebox, limitation
– Work alone together
– Stop off-topic
– Action plan in the end
– Voting
– Show as a tangible format
Conclusion: Keep independent, don’t influence
There are many types of meetings. Attendants are different. Even so, there are some items of a good facilitator.
– Neutral
– Open and trust atmosphere
– Reason
– Recap
– Clear next action
If a person never searched about facilitation, basically a person doesn’t know what’s good facilitation and what’s not. It’s blind for them. Because a person never the role of facilitating a meeting, always attendant and may a low performance. Freelance is not required facilitation skills in daily life, but in many aspects of the business/private, we can apply the facilitation skills. Very true.
