Is participatory facilitation (ART OF HOSTING or DRAGON DREAMING) a known project planning methodology?
These are group facilitation techniques that work on leveraging collective intelligence to get projects done.
Faciliation/hosting is defined as:
- “an emerging set of practices for facilitating group conversations of all sizes, supported by principles that: maximize collective intelligence; welcome and listen to diverse viewpoints; maximize participation and civility; and transform conflict into creative cooperation.”
Please let me know if any of you are using these methods? Saving Changes...
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Bernard GorePortfolio, Programme & Project Professional| NZ PoliceWellington, New Zealand
I can't really say that either of those methods appeals.
The Art of Hosting seems a bit of a money-making scheme to me, it just takes established facilitation techniques that any experienced facilitator should know and re-packages them with some hype.
Dragon Dreaming, from the "Gaia Foundation", is just so full of "New Age" references and dependent on the acceptance of primitive society spiritualist concepts that I can't see it having any place in most situations. Even if the facilitator believes in such, they will alienate far too many of most groups and certainly not gain the consensus acceptance of principles that good facilitation requires.
I do use some formal approaches to facilitation in project planning - especially those that have been rigorously assessed independently and shown to have benefit. I use "Six Thinking Hats" and other "thought" approaches from de Bono. I use NLP. And I select appropriate tools for each group from the many available in the IAF (International Association of Facilitators) website. Saving Changes...
Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
Neither of these are formal approaches that I have ever used, but I have used other facilitation techniques. There's a good book called Collaboration Explained which you could probably get for a lot cheaper than getting in a consultant to work with you on participatory faciliation techniques, and teach yourself some excellent faciliation tools. Saving Changes...
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