facilitation skills for a more productive project meeting

Facilitation skillsfor a more productive

project meeting

Yukie KONDOPhilip GURNEY

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February 5, 2015Ritsumeikan University

Who we are

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Yukie KONDO

Teaching Project-based English courses at Ritsumeikan University

Given workshops at different corporations.

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Yukie KONDO

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Philip GURNEY

Born in Vancouver

Living in Kyoto

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Multi cultural

Cross cultural

Working with others

Today’s goal• To learn how to facilitate in a project meeting

o Studying useful phraseso Working in a group

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Project(in this workshop)

Goal Period Decision making

What’s facilitation? 1

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Learn Complete tasks

Solve problem

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Make it easier to

What’s facilitation? 2

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Goals

Rules

TimeEncourageme

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Listen!

Communication

Information

Decisions

Summary

Atmosphere

Facilitator

What’s facilitation? 2

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Goals

Rules

TimeEncourageme

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Listen!

Communication

Information

Decisions

Summary

Atmosphere

Facilitator

What’s facilitation? 3

Facilitator

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What’s facilitation? 4• Benefits of facilitation

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Everyone speaks.

Information

PerspectiveBetter quality

decisions

Dialogue

Synergy

Let’s move on!

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Warm-up: Listening with your whole body

• Open body language• Eye contact

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Describe what you did this morning.(2 min.)

Task 0• Introduce yourself to your group members.

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Refer to your handout.

Feedback

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Break time (5 min.)

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Task 1-4

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Refer to your handout.

Feedback

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Break time

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Cross cultural facilitation skills

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Task 5-1

• How do you rephrase it?

• How do you communicate?

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Refer to your handout.

Task 5-2

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Refer to your handout.

Break time (10 min.)

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Final Task• Create your own “5 things…”

o Choose an interesting topic.o Give 5 pieces of Information or advice.

• Make a 3 minute presentation.

You have 20 minutes to prepare.

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Presentation

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Feedback

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