Facilitation & Group Work Skills

Facilitating effective groups is a core aspect of behaviour change programmes. Facilitation is an art and within any art there are a number of key strategies, techniques and ideas to bring learning alive in the room.

Information & activity sheets

• Building a strong co-working relationship (PDF .5mb)
• Building motivation to take on new ideas (PDF .5mb)
• Checking in on our client relationships (PDF .4mb)
• Co-facilitation styles (PDF .4mb)
• Effective and positive engagement (PDF .4mb)
• Encouraging motivation to change questionnaire (PDF .3mb)
• Issues that influence co-facilitation & co-facilitation challenges (PDF .4mb)
• Learning games (PDF .5mb)
• Life cycle of groups (PDF .4mb)
• Positive communication and supportive language (PDF .4mb)
• SKILFUL Listening – Listening Questionnaire (PDF .4mb)
• The guiding principles of accelerated learning (PDF .4mb)

Media

• Build a tower build a team – Tom Wujec TED TALK (Video 6:49)
• Chris Wagner – The Essences of MI in groups & with individuals (Video 13:25)
• Mark & Joel – Integrating MI theory & practice into a group setting (Video 31:06)

Further reading

• Do no harm – Equipping facilitators for competent practice (PDF .1mb)
• Pro-social modelling (PDF .5mb)
• Social Change Through Group Work Chapter (PDF .6mb)