Facilitators Guide To Participatory Deci

The Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, Third Edition presents valuable tools and skills for facilitators, consultants and anyone who works with groups. The book is comprehensive in scope and contains an accessible format. Every key facilitation concept is illustrated and explained in a few pages. “This book is an outstanding resource for tackling complex community and business challenges. We’ve used it both at the City of Denver and at the State of Colorado. I keep a copy on my desk for easy reference.” —Roxane White, chief of staff for Governor John Hickenlooper, State Capitol, Denver, Colorado “Sam Kaner is one of the world’s leading experts on collaboration. His grasp of the challenges and dilemmas of collaboration is superb, as are his models and methods for facilitating complex processes. Clearly written and wonderfully illustrated, this book makes difficult issues understandable and provides sound, practical guidance.” —Sandy Schuman, editor, Creating a Culture of Collaboration and founding editor, Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal “It was a revelation to find the Facilitator’s Guide and realize someone had written down the way our organization was already working organically. Using this book has allowed us to put a translatable and trainable framework around what we do. Kaner and Fisk are masters at their craft.” —Harley K. Dubois, founder, Burning Man Project “NCDD has long listed the Facilitator’s Guide as one of the best-of-the-best resources for practitioners. The field of public engagement has been deeply influenced by this seminal book.” —Sandy Heierbacher, director and co-founder, National Coalition of Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD) “At Stanford University I convene an annual conference attended by hundreds of…