Group Facilitation Organizations
- International Association for Public Participation: https://www.iap2.org/
- International Association of Facilitators: https://www.iaf-world.org/site/
- National Coalition on Dialog and Deliberation: http://ncdd.org
Group Facilitation Guidebooks and Resources
- Developing Facilitation Skills: A Handbook for Group Facilitators by Prendiville, Patricia
- Facilitation at a Glance! Your Pocket Guide to Facilitation by Ingrid Bens
- Facilitator Tool Kit: A Guide for Helping Groups Get Results by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Quality Improvement.
- Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner
- Group Facilitation Skills by Kansas University Community Toolbox
- Public Dialogue: A Tool for Citizen Engagement by the Center for Public Dialogue
- Public Deliberation: A Manager’s Guide to Citizen Engagement by the IBM Center for The Business of Government
- Resource Guide on Public Engagement by the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
- The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation by the International Association of Facilitators
- The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Coaches, and Trainers by Roger Schwarz
Facilitation Techniques
Facilitators use a variety of techniques to help meet the goals and objectives of a group.
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Charrettes
- Community-Wide Dialogue
- Conversation Cafes
- Energizers: 100 Ways to Energise Groups: Games to use in Workshops, Meetings and the Community.
- General: Facilitation Tools for Meetings and Workshops
- General: Catalytic Leadership Handbook
- Icebreakers: Icebreakers Encyclopedia
- Icebreakers: The Encyclopedia of Icebreakers by Sue Forbess-Green and University Associates.
- Icebreakers: The New Encyclopedia of Icebreakers by Miriam McLaughlin and Sandra Peyser
- Liberating Structures
- National Issues Forums
- Open Space Technology
- Study Circles
- Wisdom Circles
- World Cafe
