Acknowledgements Preface The Journey Begins The Facilitator Techniques of the Trade Across the Galaxy Facilitation Toolkit Purpose-Driven Agenda The End in Sight Reflect & Adjust Methods to the Madness: Lean Coffee – The What Lean Coffee – The How Lean Coffee Retrospective Campfire – The What Campfire – The How Campfire Retrospective Open Space – The What Open Space – The How Open Space Follow Up Open Space Retrospective World Café – The What World Café – The How World Café Mural World Café Retrospective The Journey’s End (or Beginning) References About the Author
The Facilitator’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Companion for Undertaking Group Conversation, Collaboration & Consensus sets out to provide the fundamental knowledge, techniques, and tools needed to serve in a facilitative role. Facilitators across the galaxy will learn how to create environments where meaningful conversation, collaboration, and consensus are achievable! Through recommended approaches, industry leading methods, and “how to” guides in an easy to understand format, there’s bound to be provisions for any facilitation journey.
Born and raised in the great state of Colorado (GO Broncos!), Elisabeth White is an Agile (and coffee) aficionado with a passion for people and transformation. She's spent the last decade guiding organizations on incredible Agile journeys - focusing on continuous improvements within Culture, People, Processes, and Tooling. Elisabeth is a Coach by trade, Facilitator by nature, and an Agilist at heart. She's attempting to save the world, one Agile journey at a time!