Facilitation

• How to automate much of our communications by offloading to the digital?
• Encouraging others to take on leadership / facilitation
• Giving space to those who seem out of place or don't normally speak up or have been quiet for much of the meeting
• Talking sticks
• Subtle pressures and power dynamics related to established social norms
• Better onboarding process for new members could include creating more dedicated space for new members to introduce themselves at meetings, asking new members to teach a class
• Taking stack / creating a queue
• Separate stack-taker and facilitator role
• How to keep someone from fillibustering - take one of several points made, repeat it and ask the group for feedback / responses

Resources

• The Art of Facilitation
• Toolkit from The World Cafe
• The Jigsaw Classroom
• Open Space Technology