Facilitation Micro-Skills Seminar

For the past three years, I've been thinking about how to map the art and science of facilitation into Ken Wilber's Integral Map. Over the past couple months, I've begun moving forward in my efforts to formulate this model and perhaps glean some new insights from it about achieving results in groups. My colleagues at the Integral Learning Community (ILC) at the University of Wisconsin are co-hosting a roundtable teleconference on this model on September 18th. Here are the details...

The focused effort of committed people in groups is an extremely powerful instrument. It has been engaged by social activists, harnessed by business, and inspired by politicians and poets. Over the past few decades, a method called facilitation has been evolving and showing up at town hall meetings, in board rooms, and in working groups throughout the worlds of business, government, industry, and education. All sorts of techniques, practices, and mindsets have been applied by the facilitator to aid in group cohesion and success. Facilitation, however, can not be reduced to flip charts, markers, or the latest slick process.

This session will describe and engage the Integral Learning Community (ILC) in Madison, WI with the possibility of integral facilitation: defining a comprehensive scope of facilitation to achieve optimal results in groups. Steve Davis and Darin Harris will help uncover the potential for a full systems approach to facilitation using Ken Wilber's "four quadrant" model.

During the first hour a descriptive teleconference will take place, while the second hour will allow more seasoned integral practitioners to delve deeper in the material. Find out more by visiting: www.integralfacilitation.com.

Registration. Click here and send a blank email to register for the call. The bridge line is limited to 50 callers so call in early to secure a spot on the call.

Schedule. The first hour of the call, from 3:30-4:30 PM Eastern, we'll present an Overview of the model as it stands. From 4:30-5:30 Eastern we'll engage in a group discussion and suggestions for continued development and use of the model.