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==== Process Facilitation ==== | ==== Process Facilitation ==== | ||
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+ | === What is it? === | ||
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+ | Process facilitation guides groups of people to effectively work together in participatory situations, such as workshops, meetings or collaborative projects. | ||
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+ | Facilitators create space for dialogue and co-creation, | ||
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+ | While our individual members can facilitate processes in any context, organisation, | ||
+ | * Transition processes, especially connecting personal and systemic transitions | ||
+ | * Multistakeholder initiatives to address complex issues that cannot be resolved from a single discipline or worldview | ||
+ | * Unexpected alliances, beyond professional and social silos. | ||
+ | * Visioning, futurecrafting, | ||
+ | * Integrating transdisciplinary approaches into experimental frameworks, including multiple ways of knowing and learning | ||
+ | * Contemplative and reflective practices in action-oriented pursuits. | ||
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+ | === Why? === | ||
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+ | We live in uncertain times that call for alternatives to the status quo. As Einstein said, "A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels." | ||
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+ | == Why process facilitation? | ||
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+ | Most of our collaborative pursuits deal with issues that are complex, urgent and important. People involved tend to be pressed for time and resources. It is therefore crucial that the collaboration makes the most of everyone’s presence. Facilitating participatory processes enables individuals and groups to learn from each other, tackle problems from multiple perspectives and for multiple benefits. | ||
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+ | In a facilitated process, much thought goes into designing the most appropriate ways to engage everyone in the group and guide them towards their stated aims. When a facilitator takes care of the " | ||
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+ | === How? === | ||
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+ | We custom design processes for clients and partners, as well as offer ready-made thematic programmes (e.g. inspirational dinners, workshops on living with dis-ease…). While we can facilitate one-off meetings, workshops and other types of gatherings, we aim to develop long-standing relationships, | ||
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+ | Our process design evolves through continuous cycles including planning, experimentation and reflection, also known as the " | ||
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+ | A cycle begins by asking questions, finding gaps in our knowledge and learning what we need to know. It proceeds to a collaborative design and planning stage, which culminates in facilitating a process. As we custom-design every process, we see our work as a "real life lab", where we test our designs with different groups and contexts. We complement the established facilitation methods (e.g. The World Cafe or Open Space) with more experimental "lab approaches", | ||
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+ | === Who? === | ||
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+ | == Who are we? == | ||
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+ | Our process facilitators have diverse backgrounds, | ||
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+ | == Who do we work with/for? == | ||
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+ | Our clients and partners come from a range of sectors and professional contexts, looking to transform their work to become more inclusive, agile, creative and sustainable. For example: | ||
+ | * Organisations: | ||
+ | * Networks: multistakeholder initiatives, | ||
+ | * Communities: | ||
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+ | === Where? === | ||
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+ | The majority of our practitioners live in Belgium, with Europe as our usual operating sphere. Several of us are global nomads able to work anywhere where we’re called to. | ||
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+ | === When? === | ||
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+ | Depending on request and availability of facilitators. Long-term programmes take precedence over one-off commissions. | ||
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+ | Some of us work based on seasonal programming, | ||
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+ | === Needs === | ||
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+ | What does process facilitation need from the hosting community? | ||
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+ | * Access to potential clients and networks | ||
+ | * Communication and promotion of facilitation services | ||
+ | * People to co-host processes (experienced hosts, assistants, logistics support, (graphic) recorders…) | ||
+ | * (Optional) Space and facilities to host participatory processes | ||
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+ | === Offers === | ||
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+ | Why is process facilitation relevant for the hosting community? What learning will it bring? | ||
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+ | * Visibility of the community in diverse sectors and networks | ||
+ | * A toolbox of frameworks, methods, techniques and approaches | ||
+ | * A portfolio of realised work (good for promotion, visibility as well as learning) | ||
+ | * Possibly a good source of income | ||
+ | * Testbed for other hosting practices (e.g. guided meditations, | ||
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+ | ==== Process Facilitation Working Group ==== | ||
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+ | === What is it? === | ||
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+ | A working group and community of practice for process facilitators and team coaches. | ||
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+ | === Why? === | ||
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+ | * To support and learn from each other’s practices, | ||
+ | * To collaborate, | ||
+ | * To widen our professional networks, | ||
+ | * To broaden our skills and knowledge. | ||
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+ | === How? === | ||
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+ | Support for individual practitioners by offering co-hosting opportunities, | ||
+ | * Network where aspiring and established process facilitators can meet and initiate collaborations. | ||
+ | * Lab/Testing ground for experimental techniques | ||
+ | * Studio for co-creation of participatory processes | ||
+ | * Toolbox of practical techniques and methods | ||
+ | * Safe zone and support group for the practitioners to tackle professional challenges | ||
+ | * Living archive of (research) questions, conceptual frameworks and theoretical underpinnings. | ||
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+ | === Where? === | ||
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+ | In Belgium (Brussels, Ghent) and online. | ||
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+ | === When? === | ||
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+ | * Regular face-to-face gatherings (regularity TBD) | ||
+ | * Continuous access to a collaborative space online (mailing list, " | ||
+ | * Bilateral sessions (mentoring, co-creation, | ||
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+ | === Needs === | ||
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+ | What does this working group need from the hosting community? | ||
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+ | * Committed members | ||
+ | * Co-ordination | ||
+ | * Joint funding opportunities for long-term, larger scale projects | ||
+ | * (Optional) Space and facilities to host working group gatherings | ||
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+ | === Offers === | ||
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+ | Why is this working group relevant for the hosting community? What learning will it bring? | ||
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+ | * Support for individual members | ||
+ | * Proof of concept for the larger hosting community of practice | ||
+ | * Process facilitation is at the core of the hosting community, whatever we learn in this group would be likely be relevant for other work-streams | ||
+ | * Action research cycle is an example of how to implement continuous learning in a practical context | ||
+ | * Ability to initiate and participate in larger scale and longer term (research) projects | ||
+ | * Access to wider professional networks, promotion of all hosting community activities | ||
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+ | More working notes: from the skype call on the 25th of [[august 2016]] | ||
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