Advanced Facilitation Strategies
Chapter One
Advanced Strategies
Overview
When we first set out to learn something new, it's very helpful to have simple
guidelines to follow: charts and graphs, checklists and straightforward tables of do's and don'ts.
Whenever we begin to explore a new topic we want samples to copy and models to emulate:
recipes that tell us exactly what to do.
But recipes and prescribed formulas have their limitations. Think of the cook who can only
produce a meal by following a recipe. What if some of the essential ingredients are missing?
What if other ingredients are available instead? What if more people turn up than expected?
While the novice cook knows how to follow recipes, the master chef knows how to work
with whatever's available. He or she has an intimate knowledge of a wide range of ingredients
and how they react to each other in different combinations and at various temperat ... read full excerpt from Advanced Facilitation Strategies: Tools & Techniques to Master Difficult Situations ebook
