Discussion Book

50 Great Ways to Get People Talking

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Av Stephen D. Brookfield, Stephen Preskill, MN) Brookfield, Stephen D. (University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, NY) Preskill, Stephen (Wagner College, Staten Island, Stephen D Brookfield

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Build teams, make better decisions, energize groups, and think out of the box Do you need a resource that you can pull out of your pocket to liven up meetings, trainings, professional development, and teaching? The fifty easily applied techniques in this timely manual spur creativity, stimulate energy, keep groups focused, and increase participation. Whether you're teaching classes, facilitating employee training, leading organizational or community meetings, furthering staff and professional development, guiding town halls, or working with congregations, The Discussion Book is your go-to guide for improving any group process. Each of the concrete techniques and exercises is clearly described with guidance on selection and implementation, as well as advice on which pitfalls to avoid. All of the techniques: Offer new ways to engage people and energize groupsGet employees, students, colleagues, constituents, and community members to participate more fully in deliberative decision-makingEncourage creativity and openness to new perspectivesIncrease collaboration and build cohesive teamsKeep groups focused on important topics and hard-to-address issuesDerived from the authors' decades of experience using these exercises with schools, colleges, corporations, the military, social movements, health care organizations, prisons, unions, non-profits, and elsewhere, The Discussion Book will help you guide discussions that matter.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-02-16
Mått140 x 206 x 23 mm
Vikt295 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9781119049715

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STEPHEN D. BROOKFIELD is the John Ireland Endowed Chair at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books including The Skillful Teacher, Teaching for Critical Thinking, and Powerful Techniques for Teaching Adults, from Jossey-Bass. STEPHEN PRESKILL is professor emeritus at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York. He is the author, with Stephen Brookfield, of Discussion as a Way of Teaching and Learning as a Way of Leading, both from Jossey-Bass.

Preface ixUser Guide xiiiAcknowledgments xixThe Authors xxiIntroduction 11 Circle of Voices 92 Chalk Talk 133 Circular Response 194 Newsprint Dialogue 255 Today’s Meet 316 Giving Appreciation: The Appreciative Pause–Sticky Note Plaudit 377 Rotating Stations 438 Snowballing 499 Conversational Moves 5310 Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ) 5911 Strategic Questioning 6512 Open-ended Questions 7113 Nominating Questions 7714 If You Could Only Ask One Question 8115 On-the-Spot Questions and Topics 8716 What Do You Think? 9317 Clearness Committee 9718 Team Modeling 10319 Question Brainstorm 10720 Narrative Listening and Questioning 11121 Participation Rubric 11522 Critical Conversation Protocol 12123 What Are You Hearing? 12724 Understanding Check 13125 Stand Where You Stand 13526 Think-Pair-Share 13927 Drawing Discussion 14328 Musicalizing Discussion 14929 Structured Silence 15330 Writing Discussion 15731 Quick Writes 16132 Cocktail Party 16533 Bohmian Dialogue 16934 Methodological Belief 17335 Justifiable Pressure 17736 Hatful of Quotes 18137 Quotes to Affirm and Challenge 18538 Jigsaw 18939 Titling the Text 19340 Critical Debate 19741 Single Word Sum-Ups 20142 Setting Ground Rules 20543 Canvassing for Common Ground 20944 Dramatizing Discussion 21545 Deliberative Polling 21946 Participatory Decision Making 22347 Mutual Invitation 22948 The Three-Person Rule 23349 Conversational Roles 23750 Facilitator Summary 243Bibliography 247Index 249

"The Discussion Book" offers new ways to engage people and energize groups; will get employees, students, colleagues, constituents, and community members to participate more fully in deliberative decision-making; encourage creativity and openness to new perspectives; increase collaboration and build cohesive teams; and keep groups focused on important topics and hard-to-address issues." (Reviewer's Bookwatch, May 2016)