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Facilitator Journal | Issue #0211, July 5, 2005 | 7,000 Subscribers.. |
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Dear
friends,
As facilitators and trainers
used to participating in groups from the front of the room, we sometimes
assume that our participants know what it means to fully participate.
This may not be the whole truth, as is often the case with assumptions.
Further, participants' good intentions to remain fully involved
and engaged may dim as the workshop or training progresses over
time.
One of the tools I find useful to remedy these concerns is the Participant's
Full Participation Inventory. This is a simple checklist I that
gives participants the opportunity to check in with themselves on
their current level of participation and to give them some ideas
on increasing it. This checklist serves as a great reminder about
what participants can do to better participate in groups and it
offers the opportunity for them to increase their level of involvement.
In this week's issue, we include this simple inventory. This is
one of the 25 other checklists included with the new Facilitator's
Checklist Collection offered at the end of this issue. We hope you'll
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Help participants participate
Using
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When we ask participants to commit to full participation in our groups
and trainings, we may be asking for things our group isn't familiar with
or has forgotten about. Further, even when participants know what to do
to fully engage, with all their best intentions, they sometimes simply
forget what it is they intended to do. At times, when participating in
a group meeting, a training workshop, or some other event, it's easy to
forget our intentions to be fully involved and engaged to get all we came
for.
One of the tools I find useful is the Participant's Full Participation
Inventory. This is a simple checklist I hand out or email to participants
at the beginning or sometimes mid-way through a training to give them
the opportunity to check in with themselves on their current level of
participation and to give them some ideas on increasing it. I encourage
them to make commitments to action that will increase their scores on
this over the coming sessions. I find that this checklist serves as a
great reminder about what participants can in fact do to better participate
in groups and offers the opportunity for them to step up their involvement
a notch or two.
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| Application
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PARTICIPANT??™S
FULL PARTICIPATION INVENTORY
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Instructions:
Circle NT if Not True, T if sometimes True, VT if very True. Total
your 'score.' Go for a perfect 30. |
NT
T VT |
Statement |
1
2 3 |
1. I put forth
my best effort at all times within this group, physically, mentally,
and emotionally. |
1
2 3 |
2. I voice any
barriers I experience, both inner and outer, that might impede my
full engagement in the group. |
1
2 3 |
3. I ask for
clarification if I don't understand an activity or a request for participation. |
1
2 3 |
4. I interact
with other participants with respect and encouragement. |
1
2 3 |
5. When sharing
with the group, I speak what's true for me to the best of my ability
without qualification. |
1
2 3 |
6. I practice
keeping my attention in the present moment. |
1
2 3 |
7. I gladly volunteer
when volunteers are asked for. |
1
2 3 |
8. I make space
for and encourage others to contribute besides myself. |
1
2 3 |
9. I reflect
on how I can use what I learn in the group in my life and work as
relevant. |
1
2 3 |
10. I complete
the action items I commit to. |
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Total Score =
____ Go for 30! |
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Try out this inventory on your next group and see how it improves participation.
Please let us know what happens.
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