#c5recipeApr.17.13

#c5recipeApr.17.13

- facilitation tips-

Your Attention Please!

Count up clapFacilitator: If you can hear me, clap one time!Group: Claps onceFacilitator: If you can hear me, clap two times!Group: Claps twice

Repeat, adding claps, until everyone is clapping in unison

SloW clapFacilitator: Starts clapping slowly and rhythmicallyGroup: Joins in

Continue until everyone is applauding

Silent hands upFacilitator: Raises hand silentlyGroup: Raises hands as they notice other people doing it.

Continue until everyone is silent

Your Attention, Please!

When you don’t want to yell (or whistle)Try one of these techniques to get the attention of a large, noisy group.

• Count up clap

• Slow clap

• Silent hands up

- facilitation tips-

FishbowlHow it works

• Arrange four chairs facing the audience

• Choose speakers to sit in three of the chairs, one remains empty

• The speakers have a conversation with each other, the audience observes & does not interact with the speakers

• An audience member joins the conversation by sitting in the empty chair

• A speaker returns to the audience to maintain one empty chair

Variations1)Formatopiclist.Thefishbowlspeakersaddressthetopicforaspecifiedtime period. At the end of the time period, the audience votes to change topic (andspeakers)orcontinuesforanotherspecifiedtimeperiod.

2) A topic expert occupies one seat. Three empty chairs are occupied by a revolving group of conversation participants.

3) After a panel discussion, set out enough chairs for the panelists plus two extra chairs for participants. Participants occupy one of two empty chairs. Panelsts stay seated.

See alsohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbowl_(conversation)

self-organizing Panel ConversationAfishbowlconversationismadeupof“speakers”whositinchairsandan“audience”wholistens.Speakershaveaconversationwitheachother, while observed by the audience. When an audience member sits in the empty chair, he/she is promoted to speaker and one speaker returns to the audience. As a point of ettiquite, no-one should be forced out of a speaker seat until he/she has had a chance to talk.

Fishbowl

#c5recipeApr.17.13

#c5recipeApr.17.13

- facilitation tips-

Your Attention Please!

Count up clapFacilitator: If you can hear me, clap one time!Group: Claps onceFacilitator: If you can hear me, clap two times!Group: Claps twice

Repeat, adding claps, until everyone is clapping in unison

SloW clapFacilitator: Starts clapping slowly and rhythmicallyGroup: Joins in

Continue until everyone is applauding

Silent hands upFacilitator: Raises hand silentlyGroup: Raises hands as they notice other people doing it.

Continue until everyone is silent

Your Attention, Please!

When you don’t want to yell (or whistle)Try one of these techniques to get the attention of a large, noisy group.

• Count up clap

• Slow clap

• Silent hands up

- facilitation tips-

FishbowlHow it works

• Arrange four chairs facing the audience

• Choose speakers to sit in three of the chairs, one remains empty

• The speakers have a conversation with each other, the audience observes & does not interact with the speakers

• An audience member joins the conversation by sitting in the empty chair

• A speaker returns to the audience to maintain one empty chair

Variations1)Formatopiclist.Thefishbowlspeakersaddressthetopicforaspecifiedtime period. At the end of the time period, the audience votes to change topic (andspeakers)orcontinuesforanotherspecifiedtimeperiod.

2) A topic expert occupies one seat. Three empty chairs are occupied by a revolving group of conversation participants.

3) After a panel discussion, set out enough chairs for the panelists plus two extra chairs for participants. Participants occupy one of two empty chairs. Panelsts stay seated.

See alsohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbowl_(conversation)

self-organizing Panel ConversationAfishbowlconversationismadeupof“speakers”whositinchairsandan“audience”wholistens.Speakershaveaconversationwitheachother, while observed by the audience. When an audience member sits in the empty chair, he/she is promoted to speaker and one speaker returns to the audience. As a point of ettiquite, no-one should be forced out of a speaker seat until he/she has had a chance to talk.

Fishbowl