CCC Basics
Facilitation ?'s
CCC Process
Neutral Facilitation
Facilitation Do's & Don'ts
100
8 - 12 People
How many people typically participate in a Circle at one time?
100
Elicits a 'Yes' or 'No' answer.
What is a close-ended question?
100
Five dialogue and action-planning sessions to address a community issue.
What are Community Change Circles?
100
Typically, two trained impartial facilitators.
Who leads Circle discussions?
100
Facilitator injects his/her opinion.
What is a Facilitator 'Don't?
200
These guidelines help establish a tone for respectful, productive discussion in the Circle.
What are Ground Rules?
200
Helps people look for connections between different ideas and requires a response that contains facts, opinions, or other information.
What is an open-ended question?
200
This includes: Welcome and introduction Develop/review the Ground Rules Dialogue and Deliberation Summary and Common Ground Evaluation and Wrap-up
What is the structure of a typical 2-hr. CCC session?
200
Characteristics include: Sets a welcoming and relaxed tone. Speaks sparingly- encourages discussion from others. Solicits diverse perspectives from Circle participants. Brings up issues that participants have not mentioned. Keeps the Circle members focused.
What are some characteristics of a neutral facilitator?
200
Let one or two Circle participants dominate the discussion.
What is a Facilitator 'Don't'?
300
Diverse community stakeholders from all walks of life.
Who participates in Circles?
300
This type of question includes: "What seems to be the main point here?" "What experiences have you had with this?" "How does this make you feel?"
What is a general (open-ended) question?
300
In this phase of the Circle Dialogue to-Change process, teams are coordinated to implement an action plan.
What is the Action phase?
300
By being familiar with the session's discussion material, understanding the goals of the community change effort, thinking ahead of time about how the discussion might go, and developing questions to help the Circle members consider the subject.
How can trained Circle facilitators prepare for each Circle session?
300
"Listen with the eyes as well as the heart." DAILY DOUBLE
What is a Facilitator 'Do'? DD: Explain the phrase, "Listen with the eyes as well as the heart."
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If a Circle attendee misses this, he/she will not be able to participate in the rest of the Circle sessions. DAILY DOUBLE!
What is the first Circle session? DD: What is the reason for this rule?
400
Appropriate situations: When a facilitator is asked a difficult question or an 'expert' question. When two Circle participants are in disagreement. When a Circle participant seems 'stuck'
What are some examples of when a facilitator might want to open a question up to the whole Circle?
400
This Circle phase includes: training, recruitment, planning, coordination, and marketing.
What is the Organizing phase of the Dialogue to Change (Circle) process?
400
Benefits include: Models diversity Provides mutual support Shares the work Combines skills Provides flexibility
What are the benefits of having co-facilitators for each Circle?
400
Offer a tissue, or to take a short break, if a Circle participant begins to cry.
What is a Facilitator 'Do'?
500
To provide an opportunity for citizens to work together to improve their community.
What is the purpose of CCC?
500
Helpful questions may include: "What is at the heart of this disagreement?" "What do you find most convincing about that point of view?" "What don't you agree with?"
What are some questions that can be used when addressing conflict in the group?
500
They are Organizing, Dialoge and Action.
What are the 3 phases of the Circle Dialogue to-Change process?
500
The keys to this are: Facilitators must maintain a neutral role and focus on the group process. Facilitators serve the group and help participants do their work.
What must facilitators do to ensure an effective dialogue experience?
500
When a Circle member puts forth information that is false, the facilitator merely ignores it.
What is a Facilitator 'Don't?
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